The Buyat affiliate marketing network is run by experienced affiliate marketeers who are responsive to the needs of affiliates. Buy.at have a wide selection of merchants including household names (M&S, BT, Disney, John Lewis, MFI, Powergen, BT).

Buyat specialises in helping charities, schools, community groups and sports clubs to raise money.

Buyat payout monthly by cheque and is a Spyware free network.

POR affiliate marketing network is also run by experienced affiliate marketeers and offers comprehensive tracking and reporting features.

POR also offers merchants the option to offer affiliates a residual commission on repeat sales which means you get paid even after your cookies have burnt out or been overwritten. Merchants include Freemans, Miller Brothers, QED, Grattans, Haven Europe and Yes Car Credit along with dozens of SME merchants.

POR payout monthly by Bank Transfer (BACs) and they are a spyware free network.

Europe wide scheme including affiliate schemes for Tesco's, Boots, Dell, PC World, Curry's, Dixons and dozens of other household names.

Excellent content generator provides auto-updated plug-in content - add it then forget it!

At Tradedoubler you can link to merchants before your site is approved and if your site is declined you won't get paid for any sales so our advice is to wait for approval before adding links.

Payment is monthly by bank transfer (BACs)

Affiliate Future affiliate marketing network should be one of the first networks any new affiliate should join because their minimum payout is just £20 and they guarantee you'll get paid even if a merchant goes bust or doesn't pay their bill. AF are strongest in the SME (small/medium sized enterprises) sector offering a wide range of niche retailers - you will find something to promote whatever your site content. They also have a selection of high profile merchants including Google Adwords, Kitbag sportswear and Virgin Atlantic. Affiliate Future pays monthly by cheque or Bank Transfer (BACs). Affiliate Future is a spyware free network.

Affiliate Window displays everything you need in an easy to understand interface. You can see EPC stats which indicate how well (or not) each merchant performs which is really useful when choosing new merchants to work with.

Affiliate Window offers the widest selection of UK merchants from household names including B&Q, Burtons, RAC, ntl and Lloyds TSB along with hundreds of niche SME merchants which makes it easy to fit in with the content of any site. Currently all programs are pay per sale or lead.

AW charge a £5 signup fee but you get that back with your first commission payment.

AW pays monthly by Bank Transfer (BACs). Affiliate Window is a spyware free network.

Commission Junction is a massive worldwide affiliate marketing network. They recently launched a UK office and have some top UK merchant programs including Argos, Weight Watchers®, Virgin and many others. The online interface is comprehensive and their smartzones concept means you can load a different ad each time the page is refreshed to keep your site content fresh with the minimum of hassle.

Wegains offers weekly payments and a great interface with excellent reporting tools. There's a wide range of SME merchants along with friendly and helpful staff.

Be sure to join this network.

clixGalore - Over 1400 affiliate programs worldwide to join and promote. Good selection of UK merchants and built-in support for Sterling and other major currencies. Minimum payout is £35. NO set up or monthly fees - affiliates are paid by results.

Leadhound - Good selection of pay per lead programs. Tip! Select ALL the categories which are appropriate to your site content because this determines which campaigns are made available to you.

Mailwasher displays email directly on the server where junk mail (spam) and viruses can automatically (and manually) be deleted before you download mail to your local machine.

This is a great program which makes it easy to recommend it to your site visitors.