Hello there Sea Changers. Welcome back to my series of program lists to assist those of you looking to fund your sea change with affiliate marketing. Today we are going to step out onto the court to look at my 10 best tennis affiliate programs to return serve with this year. Tennis is an extremely popular sporting and leisure activity and whilst it falls nicely within the lucrative hobby niche where we know people will spend money, there is also the professional use element as well.

Before we begin however, I am conscious that there are a number of different areas or sub niches within this subject hence the quantity of affiliate programs to choose from may be just as large. So how have I picked my best 10? Well… I really just wanted to give you a good cross section of what is out there so I did some searching around and checked a few out and chose them by looking at:

• What they offer
• Commission rates
• Payment terms
• Cookie duration
• Application processes
• Affiliate/Marketing materials provided

Before we start however, let’s have a look at what I mean by the term ‘Tennis’ and how it can be incorporated within an affiliate marketing website…

What do we mean by tennis?

I guess this is probably a silly question, but we are of course talking about the sport of tennis where payers hit a little green ball back and forth over a net that seems to grow an extra 10 meters tall whenever I try and play that winning shot.  It is also one that millions spend hours each and every weekend trying to perfect – some even make a little money out of it… So all in all, it might just be something that could make a good little online business.

There is also quite a lot that we could look into when it comes to tennis so for this post, I have tried to cover a good cross section of tennis  related affiliate programs covering:

• General equipment
• Racquets
• Accessories
• Balls
• Lessons

And of course anything else you can think of when it comes to tennis… So, if you are looking to set up an online business in this space, let’s check them out below.

What can affiliate marketers promote?

There are essentially no real barriers to what affiliate marketers can promote when it comes to tennis. There are however some things to be aware of as you run your eye over tennis affiliate program possibilities that may suit your site. These are:

1. Know your audience, some are looking for specifics and want the best whilst others are hoping to just get their equipment on a budget. Choose your affiliate sites accordingly.
2. Tennis fanatics and professionals will not take risks if they don’t trust you or your affiliate site. Make sure the programs you choose are reputable and have good recourse options if the purchaser is not happy.
3. Those purchasing for a family members, or are new to the whole tennis thing will need to know exactly what they need and that the products you are promoting will fit in with their requirements. Make sure your programs can provide the products to back up the information that you are covering.

That said, stats show that people will spend money on tennis equipment online if it can make their lives easier so as long as you are meeting their needs and solving problems, then you are on the right track. And to give you a boost, let’s have a look at 10 programs that I have found below:

1. Do It Tennis

Let’s start with an all in one site in Do It Tennis. This is a massive tennis based site providing access to just about everything you could need to play the game. They stock all of the well known brands with products including:

• Racquets
• Shoes
• Bags
• Apparel
• Equipment
• String
• Grips
• Accessories

And that is just the category lists with numerous options available under each one for beginners to professionals alike.

This is a great site for affiliates as it allows you to cover all aspects of tennis in the one spot. In addition to this, they also offer a good range range of Pickleball products as well.

Commission Rate: 10%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Yes, the Do It Tennis affiliate program is managed by Sovrn. You will be required to apply for an account then for the Do It Tennis affiliate program. You will need to enter personal and website information as well as promotional plans and platforms to be used.

Marketing material provided: Banners, text links

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2. Tennis Point

Tennis Point is another massive tennis related site offering a great range of products – in fact, products to cover almost everything required to get a person ready to make that perfect serve. There is so much there that we could not even begin to cover everything here but their main categories include:

• Tennis rackets
• Tennis clothing
• Tennis shoes
• Tennis bags
• Tennis balls
• Tennis strings
• Brands
• Players

As with the site above, they also stock all of the well known brands and player gear allowing affiliates to promote by both the game and the name in one place. There is definitely enough here to build an affiliate marketing site around as well.

Commission Rate: up to 9%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Yes, the Tennis Point affiliate program is managed by AWIN. You will be required to apply for an account then for the Tennis Point affiliate program. You will need to enter personal and website information as well as promotional plans and platforms to be used.

Marketing material provided: Text links, banners

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3. Tennis Express

Our next site is Tennis Express, another all encompassing site that deals with everything to do with tennis and its related gear.  Their main catalogue is similar to the first two sites listed here – i.e. they have everything you could possibly need to do with tennis from both a beginner and professional point of view and all of the major brands as well.

This site could definitely be utilized to build a generalist online tennis business around as well as a great addition to the professional or player merchandise niches as well.

Commission Rate: up to 6%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Yes, You will need to enter personal and website information to apply.

Marketing material provided: Text links, banners

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4. TennisTopia.com

TennisTopia.com continues our range of tennis based sites offering everything needed to get started with, or improve on, your tennis game. “From highly customizing racquets to recurring injury advice, TennisTopia aims to elevate your game” with a nice array of options including:

• Racquets
• Shoes
• Bags
• Accessories

They also provide access to all of the major brands as well as the ability to purchase via professional player profiles too.

This site is definitely one that you could build an entire affiliate marketing business around or as a great companion/add on to just about any sporting related niche possible – and maybe even for those dealing with specific professional players as well.

Commission Rate: Tier-based commission system offering up to 8%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Yes, You will need to enter personal and website information to apply.

Marketing material provided: Text links and banners

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5. On Court Off Court

Now we take a look into the training side of things with On Court Off Court. On Court Off Court is “one of the world’s top creative resources for training aids and equipment for tennis, pickleball, fitness, yoga and more”. In regards to tennis, this includes access to:

• Ball machines
• Balls
• Books
• Court Equipment
• Home practice
• Nets
• Targets
• Training aids

And for those of you covering a number of different sports, they also stock a large range of training aids for:

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
• Padel
• Soccer
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Yoga
• And others

There is possibly enough on this site to base an entire affiliate marketing site around as there are good options for both the new and professional user as well as those dealing with multi-sport type sites. The site also includes a great range of free training options as well.

Commission Rate: up to 10%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Contact the affiliate Manager at oncourtoffcourt@eaccountable.com to apply.

Marketing material provided: Banners, text links

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6. Paragon Sports

Whilst more of an overall sporting goods site than one focuses solely on Tennis, Paragon Sports does however inlcude a massive tennis range as well. They stock all of the most well known tennis brands with options including:

• Racquets
• Bags
• Shoes
• Apparel
• Strings

From here, I was going to list all of the other sports that the site provides gear for, however there are so many that I didn’t know where to start. Categories though do include:

• Winter sports
• Personal training and fitness
• Outdoor (camping, surfing etc.)
• Team sports
• Club sports (tennis, golf)
• Skateboards, scooters etc.

This probably goes without saying but there is definitely enough here to base an entire affiliate marketing business around in both the tennis niches and any other sport listed above. And best of all, if you are in the general sport niche, there is something to cover all year round.

Commission Rate: Up to 8%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: 7 Days

Application required?: Yes, the Paragon Sports affiliate program is managed by Pepperjam. You will be required to apply for an account then for the Pepperjam affiliate program. You will need to enter personal and website information as well as promotional plans and platforms to be used.

Marketing material provided: Text links, banners, product feed

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7. Wilson

Here we head into the world of specific tennis brands and Wilson. Probably the most well known Tennis brand, this site contains absolutely everything you could think of when it comes to tennis – and to be hones, some of which I didn’t even know existed. This includes:

• Racquets
• Strings
• Bags
• Balls
• Grips
• Accessories
• Stringing Machines
• Bumpers And Grommets
• Tennis Clothes
• Tennis Shoes

And as with the site above, for those working across other sports, there is also a similar sized range for other sports as well including:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
• Golf
• Paddle sports
• Soccer
• Volleyball

This would make a great addition to any Tennis based site aimed at professionals and hobbyists alike as well as a baseline for those working on the other sports listed above as well. Oh, and of course anything to do with Roger Federer too.

Commission Rate: Up to 8%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: 30 Days

Application required?: Yes, Wilson’s affiliate program is managed by Impact. You will be required to apply for an account then for the Wilson affiliate program. You will need to enter personal and website information to apply.

Marketing material provided: Text links, banners, monthly newsletter

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8. TennisMindGame

Aimed at assisting those looking to “Achieve a Winning Tennis Mind”, TennisMindGame is a series of e-Books and videos aimed at assisting tennis players to become better at the sport. These include lessons on:

• Mental tennis tips
• Psychology and strategy 
• What you can learn from professional tennis players
• Tennis and life
• Tennis drills and instruction
• Tennis for beginners
• And much more 

This site would make a great addition to anyone working within the Tennis niche or as an add on to junior coaching related sites as well.

Commission Rate: 70%

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: Not Stated

Application required?: Yes –TennisMindGame’s affiliate program is managed by ClickBank. You will be required to apply for an account and then for the TennisMindGame affiliate program. You will need to enter personal and website information to apply.

Marketing material provided: Text links

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9. ProTennisJobs.com

And finally we look a site for those looking to work within the world of tennis with ProTennisJobs.com. The site is like a seek.com for tennis with listing for jobs such as:

• Tennis instructors
• Tennis professionals
• Tennis coaches
• Tennis club staff
• and so on.

If you are in the Tennis niche you would probably not be able to base an affiliate program on this one however there are obvious add on opportunities for all levels and needs to do with Tennis. And best of all, commissions are recurring for the entire time that members renew their memberships as well.

Commission Rate: 20% recurring

Payment Terms: Monthly

Cookie Duration: 90 Days

Application required?: Yes – You will need to enter personal and payment information to apply.

Marketing material provided: Text Links

10. Amazon Associates

Alternatively, should you wish to set up your site up with a range from a few different brands or companies on the same site then you can do so via Amazon. Amazon provides access to a good range of tennis related products and has a fairly good affiliate program as well. So if you wish, join the Amazon Associates program, locate the best products relevant to your site within Amazon itself and you can post links on your own site as per below:

Amazon’s commission rates are not too bad and some prefer this avenue due to the sheer amount of traffic and trustworthiness that comes with a company site of this size.

FAQ

How to find your own affiliate programs

As stated earlier, by outlining the sites above I have really just tried to give you a good cross section of the types of programs that are out there by listing the really good ones in each ‘category’. That does not mean that you cannot find affiliate programs that better suit what it is that you are trying to do within this space especially as I could never even begin to cover every tennis related requirement or sub niche in the one post. Luckily for us, there is a simple way to find these programs online.

All you need to do is enter “affiliate: niche type” into your search engine (substituting ‘niche type‘ for whatever product it is that you are choosing to sell).

There are tennis related affiliate programs for everything else that we have listed at the top of this page as well – you will just need to have a look around until you find one or two that suit your site. Once you have completed your searches, you can look through and find programs that:

• Relate to your niche/problems that you are solving.
• Have quality products – your brand can be severely damaged if you promote poor quality products.
• Have solid payment and customer service arrangement.
• Pay decent commissions.
• Have good testimonials covering commission payouts and quality of product.

In most cases, you will need to apply for the program before you are allowed to promote their products – don’t take this step lightly or you will be rejected. Affiliate programs will generally want to know:

• Your website name.
• Traffic levels.
• Why you want to join – (so I can make money by selling your balls is unfortunately not generally a good enough answer).
• How you plan to promote their products.

Conclusion

So… There are 10 of the best tennis affiliate programs to serve up this year. I hope it has been helpful for you as you commence your own tennis based affiliate marketing business and as usual, please do not hesitate to comment below if you have any questions, need some advice or have any experiences to share. Oh, and especially comment if you have any experience with these, or any other programs as well.

Until next time

Have fun

Paul

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