Affiliate programmes for websites in the Asian region are difficult to find. The current focus is promoting products in the US, Europe 2nd and then other countries. The problem with promoting affiliate programmes in Asia can be drawn to the lack of local knowledge about western product, language difficulties and the lack of monetisation from Asian blogs.

However, as there’s more publishers online throughout Asia this situation will bound to change in the future, particularly in China. China, along with India has the most web users in the world, tapping into the Chinese market would be a great way of making money, although American and European bloggers are too self focused on expanding outside their “niche” country to take into account Asian blogs.

At the moment the main programmes to use for China based merchants are:

Apple Store Hong Kong (and Singapore)

Apple Online store – The official Apple Online shop, apple products convince by their simplicity: within moments after unpacking they exceed the customer’s expectations. Your commission at the start of the program: 2.0 % per sale.

Jshoppers China

Jshoppers opened in 2004, with registered members in 115 different countries. Buy items made from Japanese materials, sizes, and designs at a Japanese price. With over 10,000 types of items for sale and shipped by 78% of sales are repeat shoppers.

Yesasia Worldwide

YesAsia.com, for all your Asian Entertainment. YesAsia provides a lot of music, movies, games, toys, and electronics from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China, as well as DVDs, Game consoles and Games from the US. Free international shipping worldwide, on all orders over USD 25.

British Airways CN

The British Airways China Affiliate Advertising programme allows you to advertise British Airways flights on your website and earn a commission when someone clicks directly through to the ba.com China web site and completes a flight booking.

Emirates CN

On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two aircraft—a leased Boeing 737 and Airbus 300 B4 and it has since been characterised by two key features: continuous growth and a constant focus on a top quality service.

elong CN

eLong, Inc., a branch of Expedia, is a leading online travel service provider in China. eLong, Inc. has built one of the largest travel service distribution networks in China.

Yesstyle APAC

YesStyle.com is the first online retailer in Asia to globally distribute a wide range of lifestyle and fashion products from the region. Every season, we will bring our worldwide customers the latest trends along with thousands of fashion items from designers across Asia.

AsiaJam

Asian Fashion starts at AsiaJam.com! An Asian megastore carrying the newest & hippest Asian Fashion from Japan, Hong Kong and Korea. Sport styles from Japanese Streetwear to Sophisticated Urbanwear for teenage and young adult fashionistas who are ‘kawaii’ or cute. You earn 10% – 17% for each sale, recurring for a year.

Giles Dawe runs Best Blogs Asia, promoting blogs in Asia region.