My old list of affiliate-program directories, last updated in 2005, was very stale. I checked each of these Affiliate Program Directory web sites on August 9-13, 2010, and added some ranking factors and some comments (the sequence is roughly based on quality, with the best appearing first)

Affiliate Program Directories

1. Associate Programs Allan Gardyne Allan Gardyne Pty Ltd
2. 5 Star Affiliate Programs Linda Buquet excellent
3. Clamins Affiliate Directory
4. Green Affiliate Programs Ryan Jones Bee Nest Biz Inc. No privacy policy
5. Sponsor Directory Pier55 Group
6. Clicks Link Francis Colarik No privacy policy
7. Affiliate Scout Sheridan Corey
8. Rev Board
9. Affiliate Guide Greame Eastman Mainz Pty Ltd
10. All Affiliate Programs AffiliateBot? No privacy policy
11. Lifetime Commissions Glennys Faulds Allan Gardyne Pty Ltd
12. Ace Affiliates Romagna Media LLC
13. LookMy.info Affiliate Directory Alexandr Anedchenko
14. Affiliates Directory Clint Pheeney
15. Global Affiliate Programs George Forsyth
16. eSponsors.ws Josip Hoborka Skimpy
17. Affiliate Summary stale
18. Affiliate Programs Affiliate Media Inc. scammy, skimpy (paid listings)
19. Thunder Affiliate Directory Rodney Dickson Joolrod Services Skimpy; no privacy policy
20. Affiliate-Directory MoreNiche Ltd.
21. Top-Affiliate Pinnacle Industries LLC Skimpy, no privacy policy
22. Income Max Scamfree Ltd Stale content
23. Affiliate Seeking Jonathan W. White Webfusionstale, spammy
24. Affiliate Announcement Jules Bazley Webfusion/TMN Group
25. Affiliate Base Webfusion/TMN Group
26. 100 Best Affiliate Programs (crowded with ads)
27. Adbility.com No privacy policy
28. AffiliateBets No privacy policy
29. AffiliateRanch Skimpy
30. Residual Income Finder Curtis Kopeschny Skimpy, scammy
31. AffiliatesDIR.com P. Delinski Skimpy, scammy; no privacy policy
32. Which Affiliate Rick Davies Skimpy, stale
33. Ethical Affiliate Programs Oliver Hall Skimpy; no privacy policy
34. Check-Affiliate-Programs.com Andrew Taran
35. AM411.com
36. UK Affiliate Programmes Directory adBurst Ltd Skimpy, no privacy policy
37. Affiliate Ranker Ayemo stale, skimpy content
38. Affiliate Cash Directory BrazenMedia skimpy content; no privacy policy
39. Webmasters Channel Cleon Media Inc. Skimpy, stale
40. Jam Affiliates JROX Technologies, Inc. No privacy policy
41. Affiliate Showcase Ken McArthur McArthur Business Systems Inc. skimpy
42. Affiliate Key Neosys Consulting skimpy content; no privacy policy
43. Affiliate Turtle Guy Edrington New World Trading Ltd skimpy, no privacy policy
44. Affiliate Tracking Network TrackingSoft, LLC skimpy, no privacy policy
45. Affiliate Tips Gambling
46. Internet Affiliate Programs Mostly adult, gambling, credit; no privacy policy
47. AffiliatePlan Skimpy
48. Top Affiliate Websites Skimpy
49. Affiliate Mount Yogendra Oza skimpy content; no privacy policy
50. ClickAffiliate Maxim Skorniakov Skimpy, adult/gambling
51. We Are Affiliates Boris A Drobachevsky Skimpy, no privacy policy
52. Web Affiliate Directory Nick Ladd Skimpy, no privacy policy
53. Affiliate Programs Locator skimpy, no privacy policy
54. Webmaster-Affiliates.net Nick Ladd Skimpy, stale
55. StartEarning.com Rob Galloway Skimpy, stale
56. Sponsor Plus Skimpy, stale
57. Affiliate Hangout skimpy, stale content; no privacy policy
58. Affiliate Mantra Vikram Chandiramani skimpy content; no privacy policy
59. Affiliate Online skimpy content; no privacy policy
60. Affiliate First (stale, defunct listings)

Defunct Affiliate Program Directories

1. [defunct] Best Affiliate Programs empty directory
2. [defunct] Affiliate Guild (defunct – parked domain)
3. [defunct] Refer Me Affiliate Directory Empty directory
4. [defunct] HostAffiliates.net Invalid domain
5. [defunct] Affiliate Program Directory US parked domain
6. [defunct] Home Business Search Parked domain
7. [defunct] MyAffiliateShop.info parked domain
8. [defunct] Mr.Beo Redirected
9. [defunct] Pro Affiliate Programs Site broken
10. [defunct] 2-Tier.com
11. [defunct] Affiliate Boards
12. [defunct] Affiliate Directory Program
13. [defunct] Affiliate Moolah
14. [defunct] Affiliate Options
15. [defunct] Affiliate Program Directory
16. [defunct] Affiliate Program Host
17. [defunct] Affiliate Ranch
18. [defunct] Refer-It.com

Forums

1. ABestWeb Michael Coley iNet Interactive excellent
2. Digital Point
3. Amazon Associates Forum
4. AssociatePrograms.com forum
5. RevBoard.com
6. Webmaster World
7. WebProWorld
8. Wicked Fire
9. A4UForum (UK only) good
10. Affiliates4u Forum
11. [defunct] Aff Community
    

Blogs

1. Affiliate Marketing Manager – India
2. ShoeMoney Affiliate Marketing Joel Shumacher Shoemoney Media Group
3. Murray Newland’s Affiliate Marketing Blog Murray Newland
4. Fish & Clicks Blog Paul Wright
5. AffiliateTip.com Shawn Collins
6. [defunct] Affiliate Recruiting Blog
   

Added September 2015:   Geno Prussakov’s list of affiliate program management agencies (useful for vendors planning new or updated affiliate programs): http://affiliate-program-management.com/top-affiliate-marketing-opm-ranking/

6 Responses to “Affiliate Program Directories”

1. Tammy Nozawa says:

   November 10, 2010 at 6:10 am

   This is a wonderful resource for affiliate managers. Thank you so much for putting this together. A number of listings say “No privacy policy” – what does this mean in terms of listing your program here? Does that mean that they can sell your information to other companies?

2. Mark Welch says:

   November 10, 2010 at 10:29 am

   That’s such a good question, I’ve posted my reply as a separate blog post:
   Why Is a Privacy Policy Important?

   Note that for an Affiliate Directory (or any content web site), the presence of “essential links” like “Privacy Policy” is probably less important than “indicia of authorship,” or the name(s) of the individuals and companies responsible for the content. Anonymous content is much less credible than content with a clearly-identified author or editor.

3. George Forsyth says:

   May 19, 2011 at 1:05 am

   Hi Mark,

   Thanks for the link. Tell me, with over 3,000 programs listed you describe Global Affiliate Programs as ‘skimpy’. How many would you like to see?

   George

4. Mark Welch says:

   May 19, 2011 at 9:14 am

   I assume that I clicked on one or more of the category links on your site (and either saw few listings, or I recognized some omissions). Looking at the site today, it’s definitely not “skimpy.” I’ve removed that note and pushed your site higher up on the list.

   FYI, your “Google site search” appears to be configured incorrectly — when I try to search your site only, I see external web results, not any links at your site.

5. Mark Welch says:

   September 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm

   Good list of affiliate program management agencies (useful for vendors planning new or updated affiliate programs):
   http://affiliate-program-management.com/top-affiliate-marketing-opm-ranking/

6. Ernest ODell says:

   September 21, 2019 at 6:34 pm

   It’s been about 8 years now since you’ve updated your site. I like it. I recognize a lot of the old names that have been around for the past 20 years. When are you going to scrub it again? I would be interested, as many others probably are, in seeing information a bit more up to date. Thanks! Great site. Ernest O’Dell (AKA Ernest ODell)

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