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Over 26 Percent of LinkShare Premium Advertisers in Auto Mode

Affiliate Program Management, General Discussion / By / 1 minute of reading

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 […]

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Good Affiliate Application or What Affiliate Managers Want to See

Affiliate Program Management, Thoughts for Affiliates / By / 1 minute of reading

About a month ago, I made a blog post on the 3 signs that tell you to decline an affiliate application. It was an international (i.e. non-US) affiliate, and an Ireland-based search and affiliate marketer, Dave Davis quickly commented: Wow, awesome seeing the “other side” of the applications. This example

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3 Signs You Do Not Want That Affiliate

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Nearly every day I get applications from affiliates that are either hoping to get approved by an inattentive affiliate program manager, or aren’t really thinking much about how their application looks to the manager. If you want your affiliate application declined, here’s a 3-step guide for you (satisfying any 1

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Why Automatic Approval of Affiliates is Always Dangerous

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Automatic Approval of Affiliate Applications (AAAA) is a mistake commonly spread among new and seasoned affiliate program managers alike. If automatic declines of affiliate applications can be destructive to the development of your affiliate program, automatic approvals may end up costing the merchant significantly more than an auto-declined application. The

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Automatic Approval of Affiliate Applications is Dangerous

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I’ve conducted an experiment whereby a newly opened affiliate account, which had one website listed, applied into 4 affiliate programs. All of these programs were in the niche absolutely unrelated to the niche that the affiliate website was listed in. The first three responses were: So, two pending applications, and

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