30+ Best Music Affiliate Programs and Networks [2024]

The possibility of you making a million dollars each year in the world of affiliate marketing depends on your willingness to go to extra lengths in being extraordinarily unique. Affiliate marketing is taking over the world’s market and it is not leaving the music industry behind. Most especially, music affiliate marketers are making thousands of dollars every month from having users visit their websites without even performing an action. And when they do perform an action, it only means more money for you.

The music market is becoming highly competitive by the day as a lot of people are diving in to have a piece of the cake. Nonetheless, your uniqueness will be the secret to your success in the music niche. If you are looking to go into the world of music affiliate marketing, then you are in the right place. We will give you a better insight into all you need to know about how the music affiliate market works and how to navigate through it.

How Does Music Affiliate Marketing Work

Music affiliate marketing in a simple context is when affiliates get commissions for promoting anything related to music, through an affiliate link. Whether you are a musician, a lover of music or not, it doesn’t matter as it is not limited to only people with such qualities.

Even though music affiliate marketers with a love of music tend to enjoy the program more, that is not a limiting factor and also, a discussion for another time.

Music affiliate marketing is so vast and widely appreciated to the point that it generates millions of dollars in commission every year for hard-working music affiliates. You might wonder how this works. Do not worry, we are here to share money-making secrets with you if you will do yourself well by just reading on. The amount of money made by any music affiliate (in commission) is impossible to narrow down to specific figures due to the revenue generated by the music industry, which is a lot. Take a look at this.

In 2021, the annual music revenue recorded was $28 billion. Take a wild guess where that figure is at the moment. A Preliminary estimate suggests that the music industry will hit $53.77 billion by the end of 2023. Imagine the millions that must have been made by hard-working music affiliates at the end of this cycle.

The music affiliate program creates a lot of opportunities for music affiliates to earn thousands if not millions of dollars in commission by the end of the year if they affiliate for the right program and put in the right effort. Music affiliates have been provided with a lot of ways to promote their affiliate links, making it a great competition in the market to the extent that it finally falls back to how creative you can be with the little knowledge given to you.

The way affiliates in this niche work is quite simple and less complex compared to other niches. All you have to do as an affiliate looking to make it in the music niche is to find a particular program or programs that match your professionalism and then promote such programs with the whole of your heart. Do not forget that ‘for every reaction, there was an equal action taken from the initial’.

The list of programs to choose from in the music niche is unlimited. In this article, we will guide you, and reveal ways you can also get multi-million dollar traffic to your music affiliate sites which will equal more money, things to consider when choosing a music affiliate program, and also how to create a music affiliate site plus target keywords that will bring unending traffic to your site.

Payment Models

The flexibility of the payment models associated with music affiliate marketing continues to serve as a means of motivation to both upcoming and expert affiliates working in the music niche. Here, we will look into the payment models associated with music affiliate programs and help you decide which one to pay more attention to.

CPC

Cost per click earns you a commission whenever a user clicks an affiliate link on your site. This type of payment model allows you to earn not less than $0.01, and as much as $0.10 every time a user clicks an affiliate link you are promoting. You will have multiple options of programs you can run with this type of offer since marketing is quite easy, and the user does not need to perform any extra action before you get paid your commission.

The specific amount of commission you earn in a month all falls back to the music affiliate program you are affiliating for. This has turned out to be the best offer for affiliate site owners with good content that keeps redirecting the traffic to their affiliate sites.

CPM

Cost per mille, also known as cost per impression works almost the same way CPC does, but even better. It is better in the sense that you will have a lot of options for programs you can advertise, even much more than you can with CPC. There are a variety of platforms you can utilize the CPM on. It is often used in social media platforms like Youtube and Instagram, some influencers make use of Facebook and Tiktok among others which is also productive.

The commission rate for CPM starts from $0.78 to as much as $2 per 1 000 impressions made on the Ad of the program you are affiliating for. Like CPC, the amount of commission also depends on the affiliate program. In other words, many affiliate programs in the music niche offer more CPM and the good side of this is that you can affiliate for more than one program and keep the cash coming.

CPA

Affiliate programs associated with a cost-per-action payment model pay more than the other programs, hence why affiliates tend to go more for programs like these. With this type of offer, you get a commission anytime a user you redirected through your affiliate link performs an action of any kind on the website.

The kind of action to be performed depends on the requirements of the programs. Some of these programs only require new members to sign up for their services, while some only need new customers to make purchases. You will come across one or two music affiliate programs that will require members to sign up and purchase codes for online classes and other activities.

The payment models associated with the music niche cannot be limited to these three, some programs might offer a customized offer where you are paid in multiple ways. Amazon for example pays its affiliates CPC and also CPA so you have multiple channels where the commission comes in.

How to Get Traffic for Music Affiliate Sites

One thing with the music niche is that when it comes to generating traffic for affiliate sites, you have a lot of options that you can choose from and in the end, have a very outstanding result.

Music can be promoted in numerous ways, with that in mind, we have selected a few of the best and most productive ways you can attract great traffic to your affiliate sites at little to no cost at all.

Create a Website

The best way to generate good traffic for music affiliate sites is to create and own good Websites that you can use to convert readers and viewers to potential customers. Your website can be about musical instruments, and artists or you can make it a celebrity blog. Anything to keep the viewers engaged for as long as it takes for you to earn a commission.

Engaging potential customers is a trick you must master in this campaign. For that to happen, you will need to make your website unique and appealing. A case study said, “Customers only need half a second to decide if they can trust you or not after a glance at your landing page”.

The secret to retaining customers is to have a peaceful landing page and not a conflicting one. Too much of everything is bad and by peaceful, I mean a landing page that is not pushy and conflicting with lots of pop-ups from every corner.

You can take your creativity to another level and make the landing page of your website unique and friendly to visitors. It shouldn’t be like you are trying to rob them of their money by shoving down lots of discount offers with declarative statements down their throats.

A welcome display will be delightful and help make potential customers relax while they go through your site. Your aim is to build trust between you and users, this way, you will find it easy to convert them to your affiliate sites.

Social Media

The numerous social media platforms we have today offer a lot of options for you to drive unending traffic to affiliate sites. Your options are unlimited with the social media platforms; you can pay for adverts or get an influencer to promote your affiliate links. Even though a lot of the influencers these days on social media platforms are also into some form of affiliate marketing, you will always find one or two that are willing to promote your affiliate links for a considerate price.

Thinking about your options, you can as well be an influencer. You can also create and own social media accounts where you promote music products and services through affiliate links to your loyal fans. The social media platforms are friendly, and if you can maintain a good reputation, you will have loyal followers coming in from every direction in no time.

Joe Porter is one such affiliate marketer that promotes his affiliate links through social media platforms. You will be surprised at the kind of traffic Joe Porter gets from YouTube posts like these.

You can see how many subscribers Joe Porter has, and also how many views he currently has from this video alone. When you click the description button of this video, you will see affiliate links in the description which when you click will lead you directly to an affiliate site.

Depending on the payment model associated with whatever music affiliate program Joe Porter is marketing for, he gets a commission each time you click an affiliate link on the post's description, or sign up for services through the affiliate link he provided. Joe Porter will get a bigger commission when you purchase any of these musical instruments through the link he posted in the video description.

TikTok is one such platform where you can generate traffic to your affiliate sites in no time. Of all the social media platforms, Tiktok videos accumulate thousands of views in no time making it one of the favorite platforms for affiliate marketers.

Unlike other platforms, it is easy to gather followers on TikTok. A music video can come up in the form of a challenge with a little dance step attached to it, or a unique picture compilation in slide mode. All these kinds of videos will get thousands of views in no time and before you know it, you will have users liking and sharing your videos. Keep this up and in no time, you will have gathered thousands of loyal followers that are waiting for you to drop your next video. You can start making review videos and include your affiliate links in the video description, just like this user does.

Keywords

We have shown you how to convert users into potential customers, and also how to promote your affiliate links in numerous ways. Allow us to introduce the final magic trick which is ‘keywords’. No matter the kind of website you build, or the kind of followers you have, it will be useless if users cannot access your site or posts due to the wrong placement of keywords.

You can capture the attention of users from the search they make by narrowing down the target keywords associated with what they might be looking for. Why should you write “Affordable-Headphones”, if you can easily improvise and write “Enhanced-Sound-Adjustable-Headphones-at-Affordable-prices”? With the latter, if any user inputs any of the keywords placed there, your site will be brought up and from there, you will have the chance of converting them into potential customers.

Generally, long-tail keywords place you at an advantage. Sometimes, users come looking for something but end up getting another thing. A long-tail keyword is all you need to make this happen.

We have outlined some keywords in the other part of this article, that will help your website or posts rank higher in search engines. From there, you can build more ideas on the kind of keywords to use for websites or posts relating to your music affiliate sites.

What to Consider When Choosing a Music Affiliate Program

Here are things you should consider when choosing an affiliate program in the music niche to promote.

Your Enthusiasm

The first thing to consider when choosing a music affiliate program is if you have a passion for that program or not. Promoting a program you cannot relate to is a silly thing to do and that act will keep you at the ground level for a very long time. For you to be successful in music affiliate marketing, you must have a selling point. Your words need to be trustworthy and relatable.

Choosing an affiliate program that you can market because you have the experience will give you a better chance at converting users to potential customers and making great commissions. Because they’ll trust you for the fact that you have the experience and you on the other hand will enjoy what you do because you love it.

Payment Model

Consider the payment model of the program before choosing it. You might not know this but choosing a program with a stiff payment model might leave you working hard and not having anything to show for it. In most cases, payment models that work for bloggers do not always work for influencers. Luckily, affiliate programs in this niche make use of different payment models. You can easily find a program that matches your preferences.

Commission Rate

The commission rate of the affiliate program matters a lot, regardless of the payment model associated with that program. Some networks pay way less than others. Consistency aside, for once you can be selfish and choose a program that will pay you well.

Payment Frequency

How long does it take before you can cash out your earned commissions? A lot of affiliate marketers enter into contracts without understanding this. Do not be like them, consider the payment duration and your chances of going broke before the next window for withdrawal opens.

Brand Establishment

Above all, affiliating with a popular and well-established brand will make your work easy. Users do not need much convincing if the product or service you are proposing is a popular one. You can decide to promote a local brand that is not too popular, but your work will be doubled as you will have a lot of convincing to do compared to when promoting a popular one.

Affiliate Trackers

The affiliate program you choose should have a way to track and keep a record of your progress and contribution to the program. This helps a lot in keeping a trustworthy transaction between programs and affiliates.

Cookie Duration

Cookies might sound harmless, but they are the determinants of whether or not your referral counts and you get paid. Some music affiliate programs offer as low as 15 days’ cookies, while others offer as many as 90 days’ cookies. Be familiar with this before affiliating with that program. This way you’ll know the progress you are making and how much to expect at the end of the cycle.

Popular Sites and Influencers Who Do Music Affiliate Marketing

We will be looking at some popular affiliate sites and influencers that do music affiliate marketing just the way we have discussed and are cashing out big.

Case #1: HelloMusicTheroy

This is a music affiliate website. If you take a look at the upper part of the screenshot below, you will see a pop-up advert offering you a 33% discount on all the musical resources you will find on this site.

Aside from running adverts for music affiliate programs, this website also does musical instrument reviews which I am guessing by now, you already know how it works. It means they stand to gain a percentage whenever a user goes through their review and makes a purchase of any of the instruments reviewed in the list, through their affiliate link.

Case #2: Ramsey Voice

Ramsey Voice is a verified Youtuber that teaches users how to find their ‘True Singing Voice’. The way he does this is quite impressive. First, he makes tutorial videos with steps, showing users how to go about unlocking their ‘True Singing Voice’.

And then secondly, he includes his affiliate link in the video description prompting them to sign up for classes that will enable them to master their singing voice. When users sign up through his affiliate link, he gets a commission for referring, and possibly another commission for the courses users purchase.

One thing common with these case studies is the fact that they both are music affiliate marketers, even though they both have different ideas of how to go about it.

How to Create a Site for Music Affiliate Programs

Music affiliate sites are sites where you can promote your affiliate links and products, just like we discussed earlier. Creating a site for music affiliate programs can be complex, especially if you intend to make yours stand out and attract more users directly from the search engine. From building a friendly and welcoming landing page to selecting perfect keywords that will attract users, and then customizing how users view the site to ensure a comfortable user experience.

In this part of the article, we will show you easy steps on how to create and start up a website for your music affiliate programs.

Step 1: Choose a Music Affiliate Program

The first step to creating a site for music affiliate programs is to find an affiliate program you intend to promote. We believe we have given you the necessary orientation from the previous part of this article to know which music affiliate program will fit your criteria better.

The kind of affiliate program you intend to promote will be your ultimate guide in creating a befitting affiliate site and you will understand this when the time comes. You can refer to the sub-heading “What to Consider When Choosing a Music Affiliate Program” for a better understanding of this part, that is if you have not gone through it.

Step 2: Domain Name

A domain name consists of two parts. The first part is a name you will craft yourself, and the second name is already existing in the form of an extension. Brainstorming should be done for the first name as the second name is already there, even though you will need to consider some things before choosing one from the list available.

The first part of your domain name should be able to represent your affiliate music program. It should be short (2 – 3 words) and catchy as well. Do you intend to promote guitars, pianos or even violins, then the first name on your domain should entail that. This way, users will be confident of what you are offering them. I mean, who wouldn’t trust a guitar review site named ‘Guitars’?

The second part of the domain name comes in the form of a dot (.) and then an extension. It is usually called a top-level domain. Some of the popular top-level domains you must have come across are .com, .org, and .info. There are many other top-level domains, so you are not limited to these. However, a lot of users feel top-level domain names that are long are not trustworthy so you will find them clicking domain names ending in .com or .org more often.

Also, as a beginner, you might want to consider getting domains that are free for some time, this will give you a minimum expenses head-start.

Step 3: Web Host and Builder

This is the part where you choose a web host and builder. Luckily as a beginner, you will have multiple options of web hosts and builders that are quite easy to use, and will also give you complete control over your site. Although there might be certain limitations attached to this offer like limitations to some professional tools, it is nothing you can’t cope with until you are capable of spending more money on the better things.

Finance aside, you do not have to settle for the free packages and the limitations they come with. By doing most of the work yourself when building a web, you will spend more or less $100. If you are capable of spending more, then getting the help of professionals will do you good.

Step 4: Select Themes and Setup Plugins

If you make it to this stage, then I must say congratulations, as you have successfully created a music affiliate site. All that is left now are some finishing touches. The next thing to do is select a theme for your website that best describes the affiliate program you are promoting. It will be welcoming to users whenever they access your site.

Plugins on the other hand will help customize your site to suit the affiliate program you are promoting, in addition to a theme. Luckily, you will not lack web builders with numerous plugins that you can use to increase the flow of traffic to your affiliate site for free.

Step 5: Optimize Your Website

Optimizing your website plays an important role in the kind of traffic you get on a good day. Below, we have a list of keywords you may find helpful in setting up your affiliate site. You can use the ones we have selected to build more ideas. You can also use backlinks to optimize your music affiliate site. This will make your site trusted and reliable, especially for the fact that you always have what users are looking for, one way or the other.

Step 6: Creating Content For Your Affiliate Website

You already know what this part is all about. It is time to test your website and see if your creation will be attractive and appreciated by users. Creating the first content on your site is not an easy thing to do, but we have equipped you with the right knowledge to not lose ideas on how to create the best and most productive affiliate content.  You can start with product reviews just like on this music affiliate site that promotes guitars.

You can see an affiliate link that leads directly to Amazon and when you click this link the site owner gets a commission. You can equally use this method to start pumping traffic to your affiliate site, even though it depends on what program you decide on being affiliated with. Be rest assured that after creating and uploading the first content on your music affiliate site, creating and uploading will no longer be hard for you as you found it to be from the beginning.

Step 7: Promoting Your Music Affiliate Site

As we have discussed, there are many ways you can get traffic to affiliate sites, you can equally use the same methods discussed in this article to promote your music affiliate site. One of the easiest ways of driving traffic to affiliate sites is by building a fan base on social media. This way, you can easily direct your loyal fans from social media platforms to your site.

Some Target Keywords for Music Affiliate Sites 

Selecting keywords for music affiliate sites depends on the kind of program you are affiliating for. Your best chance at capturing the attention of random users online is using long-tail keywords. This type of keyword helps in capturing the attention of random users making searches online that are related to music, and it can be fixed anywhere.

Note: To check if these keywords are functional, you can copy them and paste them into a search engine to see the result they would bring up for you. Just like this.

If you implement this example and write your keywords as we did ours (In the form of long-tail) your site will also be brought up with searches relating to any of the keywords included there, which is one of the great ways to capture the attention of potential customers.

Conclusion

The music niche is so big that if you play your cards right you will end up earning thousands of dollars every month. All you have to do is choose a music affiliate program that best defines your passion and dominates that program. Sometimes, you do not have to work hard, but smart. Take into serious consideration the matters discussed in this article and you will make the music affiliate market your playground.  Remember, your uniqueness will be the secret to your success in the music niche.