If you run an affiliate program on Commission Junction you should have noticed a new sub-tab appear in your “CJ Account Manager” a week or two ago — the Flex ID sub-tab: I am surprised no one has blogged about it yet (maybe Commission Junction itself should start a blog […]
Commission Junction Introduces Flex ID Mapping Read More »
In the manner of my recent experiment with LinkShare premium advertisers, today I have conducted a similar test with the top affiliate programs on Google Affiliate Network. Having sorted advertisers by “Payout Rank”, I have applied to 100 4-bar ones (since each bar “represents one quarter of the advertisers payout
Most Top Google Affiliate Network Programs Work in Manual Mode Read More »
Upon reviewing a good number of different top brands’ affiliate programs recently, I have been really surprised to see how many of them do not deep-link. It is isn’t at all unusual to see a merchant of the Top 500 Internet Retailer List caliber have specific text (e.g.: “Save up
Are Your Affiliate Links Deep-Linked or Homepage-Bound? Read More »
Not too long ago I have put together a list of European affiliate networks. Apparently, the number of affiliate marketing networks servicing Eastern Europe is large enough to put together a separate blog post just on Eastern European countries. Below you may find the list of the ones I was
Eastern European Affiliate Networks: Czech, Polish, Russian, etc Read More »
One would think that it is common sense to have a separate section prohibiting parasitic affiliate behaviors in your affiliate program and your program agreement. However, even larger online merchants sometimes do not do so. First of all, this makes them significantly more vulnerable to rogue affiliates. Secondly, it makes
Walmart Affiliate Program Now Prohibits Parasitic Behaviors Read More »
In the beginning of August 2010, I wrote about the 15 factors that influence affiliate choice in picking a program. Today, as I was looking through my previously-posted polls, I’ve come across this one, and was happy to see that we’ve had more votes roll in since the time of
15 Factors Detrimental to Affiliate Program Choice (Revisited) Read More »
I have conducted an experiment, and applied to 107 advertiser/merchant affiliate programs which are listed in LinkShare‘s “Premium Advertisers” section: The results were quite interesting: 18 merchants auto-approved me into their affiliate programs right away (i.e. without even seeing my website), 10 automatically declined my application (again, without even reviewing
Over 26 Percent of LinkShare Premium Advertisers in Auto Mode Read More »
I personally hate it — can’t help but recall how just recently I was explaining to my daughter that “hate” is a very strong verb (and she should be careful how she uses it), but here I mean it — when “affiliate marketing” is used in conjunction with words like “spam”
Affiliate Marketing Spammers — Disgrace to Industry Read More »
It’s Friday again, but my today’s blog post isn’t going to be another thematic Twitter list, or not just a list of Twitter accounts you may want to follow, but also a list of invaluable content websites you want to visit if you’re involved in affiliate program management. I’ve hand-picked
15 Must-Follow Resources for Affiliate Program Managers Read More »
Today I’ve had Caterpillar apply into an affiliate program I manage. At least so it looked from the URL on the application. Had it happened 5 or 6 years ago I would have probably even gotten excited about it. But not today. As an affiliate program manager you do not
Affiliates Who Fake URLs Read More »