If you want to make money as an affiliate marketer, it is important to find the right affiliate programs.

If you have a faith-based blog, website, or similar, you have quite a lot to choose from – but not all are equally good.

Therefore, I have here collected the 11 best Christian affiliate programs. They are, of course, all free to join.

In addition to this, you can also find some insights about the niche, the earning potential of it, the competition, and more.

This will help you find the right programs for you no matter the exact way you wish to promote Christian products and services online.

Can you make money with Christian affiliate programs?

Before we go into the best affiliate programs you can find, let’s first look at the potential of making money in the Christian niche.

To get an idea of the potential, I have used Google trends to check a few topics.

Below I have searched for a broad term “Christian products” to see the worldwide interest of searching online for this.

Even though it is not a more specific term than this, it shows quite a high interest. And the great thing is that the online interest is high all year round so that gives a lot of potentials as an affiliate.

And from here you can then go into more specific topics as well. Let’s try to look at one more – below I searched for the worldwide interest of Christian music.

This shows a very high interest year round.

So there is definitely a lot of searches for Christian related topics you could potentially monetize as an affiliate.

But you might be worried about the competition, so let’s also look into that so you can get some ideas.

Niche competition insights

A popular niche will always have quite a lot of competition.

But the opportunities online are so big that you, in general, should not let this scare you.

Often, it is just a matter of finding the right angle and a specific niche. And then you, of course, need to create great content so people find good and helpful info when they come to your site.

Personally, I think one of the best sources for long term results is to rank in the search engines. And if you find the right topics and keywords, this is definitely possible.

Let me give you a few examples of potential Christian keywords and topics you can go for, to get an idea. To find these, I have used my favorite keyword tool Jaaxy to get some data.

To just get started with some ideas, I searched for Christian music and the following data came up.

What you mainly need to look at here is the AVG which is the average monthly searches (should preferably be above 80), the QSR which is the quoted search results/the competition (should preferable be below 100 for newer sites), and then KQI which is the quality index so that should preferably be green.

The main term “Christian music” is likely a bit too competitive depending on the authority of your site. But if you have a great keyword tool, it will at the same time give you a lot of other related suggestions.

Above I only show a small part of the suggestions that came up when I searched with Jaaxy. There were many more ideas.

But already here you get several great potential keywords. And many more you could then look deeper into to get even more ideas.

Christian music lyrics is, for example, a great topic and it could actually be a whole niche site on its own.

Further down on the list, which you cannot see on the image, I also had great keywords like Christian music tours (avg 120, QSR 97), Christian music for children (avg 79, QSR 88), and many more.

I also did one more search to get even more ideas. This time I tried to search for something quite different – that is “Christian dating”.

Here you can see many more ideas.

These are just a few examples and with just a few minutes of research, it was possible to find quite a lot of keywords and topic ideas with pretty high volume and low competition.

So overall being an affiliate for Christian programs definitely has potential.

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11 best (and free) Christian affiliate programs

As you can see above, the Christian affiliate niche has a lot of potentials.

But a lot of it also comes down to finding the right affiliate programs, products, and services for you.

I have therefore collected a list of 11 top affiliate options. The list is not in a prioritized order as the best programs for you depends on your exact angle.

All of them are, of course, free to join.

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Christianbook.com

Products:
As the name suggests, Christianbook.com mainly offers books. But you can also earn commissions as an affiliate for several other products they have.

They, for example, also have Christian games, toys, musical toys, educational products, and more. In total, you can get access to promoting more than 500,000 products so there is enough to choose from. Just be aware that you need to be able to generate sales for a minimum of $313 per year to be an affiliate.

Commission:
Up to 8%

How to join:
You can read more and apply to join on Christianbook.com’s affiliate page.

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Truth Becomes Her

Products:
Truth becomes her is a movement that focuses on teaching young women about their true worth. A part of this is then several products they offer, and you can join as an affiliate and earn commissions by promoting these.

This, for example, includes the Bible Belles books that are meant to teach girls to understand God’s love and seek the true definition of beauty. In addition to this, you can also find Bible Belles party in a box products, bracelets, stickers, and more.

Commission:
15%
90 days cookie time

How to join:
You can read more details and see how to join on Truth Become Her’s website.

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Worship Guitar Class

Products:
Worship Guitar Class is specialized in video guitar classes. The videos are geared to both teach how to play the guitar and to do it for the purpose of worshiping our Creator.

So if you have an audience that is interested in Christian music, this could be a great affiliate program to consider. In addition to the video lessons, you can also find ebooks, DVDs, CDs, and more.

Commission:
20%

How to join:
You can read more and apply to join on the Worship Guitar Class affiliate page.

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Eden.co.uk

Products:
Eden.co.uk is a UK-based Christina store. They sell books, CDs, DVDs, church supplies, gifts, and more.

So if you have an audience in the UK, this online store is definitely an affiliate program worth considering as it has more or less all types of products.

Commission:
10%
30 days cookie time

How to join:
The Eden.co.uk affiliate program is offered through the Rakuten affiliate network. You can read more about it on Rakuten’s blog.

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Faithbox

Products:
Faithbox is a monthly subscription box for Christians and is filled with products from companies who have a positive impact on the world plus their self-published devotional products and an impact guide. Each box sent also provides 3 meals to hungry kids via their non-profit partner.

Every box is different and people that get it, do not know what is in it until the monthly package arrives. An interesting and different affiliate product to offer to your audience.

Commission:
$10 per sale
90 days cookie time

How to join:
Faithbox is one of the programs that is offered through an affiliate network. So to apply to join, you have to join ShareASale if you are not already a member.

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The Jerusalem Gift Shop

Products:
The Jerusalem Gift Shop is a large online Christian retailer. The company is owned and operated by Christian and Jewish believers in Yeshua.

Their catalog has over 3000 unique products and is growing on a daily basis. You can, for example, find anointing oils, jewelry, food, clay lamps, souvenirs, clothing, dead sea products, you can promote as an affiliate.

Commission:
15% for the first sale from a customer, 10% for the next order

How to join:
You can read more and apply on The Jerusalem Gift Shop website.

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DaySpring

Products:
DaySpring has been around for quite a long time and was founded already in 1971. It is one of the largest publishers and distributors of Christian greeting cards.

In addition to this, they also have products like Christian gifts, home décor, jewelry, books, bibles, ecards, and more. You can join as an affiliate and earn commissions by promoting any of these products.

Commission:
13%
30 days cookie time

How to join:
The DaySpring affiliate program can be joined through two affiliate networks. You can join through CJ or ShareASale. You can read more about the options on DaySpring’s website.

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Ignatius Press

Products:
Ignatius Press is a site that sells Catholic books, videos, music, art, and magazines and you can earn by selling these items as an affiliate.

So if you have a Catholic audience, this could be an interesting affiliate program to look into as it has many different products that fit for most audiences within that specific target group.

Commission:
10%

How to join:
Ignatius has teamed up with CJ but you can read more about how to become an affiliate on their website here.

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S&S Worldwide

Products:
S&S Worldwide is actually not specifically a Christian affiliate program but it has a lot of Christian products in the webshop and it is therefore on this list.

You can, for example, promote their Christian creative crafts, Christian novelties, Christian games, music, books, and more. Just be aware that the affiliate program can only earn you commissions for the USA and Canada.

Commission:
7%
14 days cookie time

How to join:
S&S Worldwide is another of the affiliate programs you have to join through the CJ network.

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Christian Strong

Products:
Christian Strong is a religious family-owned brand who creates and produces Christian clothing in the USA. Whether your audience is Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant, Episcopalian, or Baptist there are products you can promote in this affiliate program.

They offer religious apparel for people to show their love for Jesus Christ and have styles for men, women, and children.

Commission:
12%
7 days cookie time

How to join:
Christian Strong is cooperating with ShareASale, so you have to join this network to get access to this affiliate program.

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Answers in Genesis

Products:
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. It offers commissions on sales generated from your link to their webstore.

There are many different products you can promote as an affiliate. You can, for example, promote books, books for kids, homeschool curricula, digital downloads, gifts, tickets to Christian museums, and more.

Commission:
12%
30 days cookie time

How to join:
Answers in Genesis is another of the affiliate programs you can join through the ShareASale affiliate network.

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Final thoughts

If you have a Christian and faith-based website, blog, or a Christian audience in general, there are plenty of ways you can earn commissions through affiliate marketing, as you can see above.

Not only are there many great Christian affiliate programs, but there is also a great online interest and some great keywords you could potentially rank for if you want to get traffic by ranking in the search engines.

I hope this article and list has helped you get some ideas and see the potential to make the most out of the Christian niche.

 

If you have any comments, questions, or know of an affiliate program you think belongs on the list, I would love to hear from you in a comment below.