Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:

Modern Furniture Warehouse

Since 2006, DA Stores, LLC has offered the highest quality furniture and the widest selection available anywhere. The Modern Furniture Warehouse group of buyers scours the world over to find the latest in design trends, the finest materials and the most cost-effective way to get these furnishings to loyal customers.

Modern Furniture Warehouse Affiliate program highlights include:

• 6% commission
• 60-day cookie
• Promote over 200,000 products
• Build your own links
• Average order value: $600
• Free shipping orders over $75

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Modern Furniture Warehouse. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Akmal Hodjaev, marketing@dastores.net.

New Reporting Feature

We’re happy to announce some new functionality added to the reporting interface that we feel will be very helpful in giving additional insight into your marketing efforts. In your reports, you can now see statistics on sales made from mobile devices, which includes sales made from smartphones and tablets.

For both affiliates and merchants alike, these new stats can be most easily seen under the “# Of Mobile Sales” line item in the Quick Stats Box on your account home page. Also note that the “# Of Sales” number listed above is an all-inclusive number and includes both mobile and non-mobile sales.

In addition to the Quick Stats Box, mobile sales can also be found in any performance summary and performance trending reports. If you do not see these mobile sales in your reporting section, it’s likely the stats have been hidden by default. To change this, click on the “Customize Display Settings For This Report” link at the top right of the report, find the mobile stat option and then uncheck the “Hide By Default” checkbox.

Mobile Sales Are Growing

In looking at the past four months in sales as well as the sales for May at the time of writing, mobile sales have clearly become increasingly more common. Here are the percentage of sales network-wide that were mobile over the past four and half months:

January: 14.43%

February: 14.77%

March: 14.99%

April: 15.2%

May (1-16): 19.49%

While we’ll need to wait another two weeks to get a full report of the mobile sale percentage in May, several factors may attribute to the month’s sharp rise, including a large number of early Memorial Day sales started this week.

How To Get Involved With Mobile Sales

Affiliates: If you’re looking to increase your efforts on mobile devices, try searching for ads that have been specifically configured as mobile ads. To do this, start by searching for merchant ads and then select “Mobile>Phones” or “Mobile>Tablet” from the Categories drop down box. This will take you to all ads from your merchants that have been configured as being mobile optimized. 

Merchants: Start providing your affiliates with mobile-optimized ads! When configuring a new ad that has been designed for a mobile device, make sure to complete these three steps:

1. Configure your ad based on our mobile banner ad size recommendations.
2. Mention the device the ad is designed for in the ad title. (eg. “iPhone 5 Spring Blowout Sale Ad)
   
3. Flag the ad as being mobile in the ‘Ad Categories’ section. Once flagged choose whether it’s a phone or tablet optimized ad. 

Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:

JCLU Forever

At JCLU Forever, you will find comfort gear and accessories anywhere from stylish sweatpants to sassy sweatshirts. All of the items you will find at JCLU Forever are made with, love, quality and the best intentions to spread a constructive and optimistic message. Join the JCLU Forever affiliate program and support the cause today!

Program highlights include:

• Earn 12% for every sale
• Cookie return days: 30
• AffiliateTraction™ program management
• Regularly updated creative

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting JCLU Forever. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Matt Lim, matt.lim@afftraction.com.

Introducing a new, exclusive AvantLink merchant:

Affordable Diabetes

AffordableDiabetes.com offers a huge selection of popular diabetes testing and management products. As the delivery of healthcare products shifts to a direct to consumer model with greater emphasis on cash purchases, AffordableDiabetes.com is positioned to serve customers who are in need of diabetes supplies.

They carry all of the most popular products from leading brands/manufacturers like Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer and Abbott. Their goal is to provide the best prices and best customer service in the diabetes healthcare ecommerce market.

Affordable Diabetes Affiliate program highlights include:

• Earn up to 10%
• 60-day cookie
• Easy to use, simple to navigate website
• Conversion rates have doubled in past 6 months
• Average order value of $60
• Popular diabetes testing and management products from top manufacturers
• Free shipping on most orders over $75
• Affiliate only coupon codes available
• Industry leading website & user experience

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Affordable Diabetes. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Alex Gross, agross@keyvive.com.

Some of you may have seen news about this already last week. We sent out an email drop to Affiliates, posted to social media (here and here) and announced @ABestWeb this exciting news: Prosperent is now fully integrated at AvantLink!

When asked on the ABW forum last week how Affiliates can benefit from Prosperent, here was their very fast and thorough answer…

Our mission is simple. We help affiliate earn more money from their traffic. We do this by working with the best networks and merchants out there, we aggregate millions of products into a single fast, searchable system and provide tools to access that data.
* Performance Ads: Dynamic ad units that display relevant products to your visitors.
* WordPress & vBulletin Plugins: A product search engine and/or price comparisons.
* API: Programmable lightning fast access to all Prosperent data.

All of our products are designed to optimize your traffic. By that I mean, we leverage our size to show the products and merchants that are the most likely to convert into a sale and earn you a higher epc. If a merchant drops out of a network or changes terms in an unfavorable way, traffic is instantly rerouted to the next best merchant with no intervention on your end! Along the same lines, we are always negotiating higher commission rates with merchants!

We are completely FREE to join and give unlimited access to our data. In return we have a simple 70/30 revenue share model (70 to you 30 to us).

Merchants that work with Prosperent gain instant access to over 8,000 affiliates and more than 2 billion monthly visitors.

Read more…

AvantLink will once again be heading to The Windy City in June to exhibit at the Internet Retailer Conference and Expo, better known as IRCE.

This will be AvantLink’s third time attending IRCE as an exhibitor and we’re excited to be returning to Chicago for another chance to meet with new and existing clients alike. Will you or your company be at IRCE? If so, we want to see you! Here’s how to find us:

Here’s who you can look for at the AvantLink booth:

                 Scott Chaplin, Director of Biz Dev                 Chad Waite, Marketing Manager

If you’re planning on attending IRCE, contact us and let us know when you’d like to drop by and we’ll look forward to seeing you in Chicago!

Introducing a new, exclusive AvantLink merchant:

Gun Casket

Gun Casket manufactures and sells the fastest opening shotgun safe in the world. They also carry pistol safes. All safes are constructed of anodized aluminum and are available in either silver or black. They offer a very aggressive commission rate and boast high customer satisfaction.

Gun Casket Affiliate program highlights include:

• 13% commission
• 120-day cookie
• Average order value $250+
• 8 SKUs
• Hamrick.biz program management

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Gun Casket. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Chuck Hamrick, guncasket@hamrick.biz.

Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:

Goal Zero

Goal Zero is the industry leader for portable power. Born out of the desire to empower people everywhere, Goal Zero’s solar products are designed to give you the freedom to go anywhere, regardless of battery life. Their products are developed, tested and proven in the harshest climates, from pole to pole, to ensure your gear can go the distance. From cellphones to refrigerators, and everything in between, Goal Zero keeps you connected and powered up in any situation.

The first Goal Zero prototype was created to bring reliable, portable energy to the war-torn people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Today they work hand-in-hand with TIFIE Humanitarian (Teaching Individuals and Families Independence through Enterprise), not only to provide access to portable power, but to create opportunities for a better life.

Goal Zero Affiliate program highlights include:

• Earn 5% for every sale
• Cookie return days: 30
• AffiliateTraction™ program management
• Regularly updated creative

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Goal Zero. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Matt Lim, matt.lim@afftraction.com.

Affiliates, it’s time to get your training on! Join AvantLink in our monthly “Affiliate Training Webinar” series as we take an in-depth look at the affiliate account interface as well as a new, innovative strategies involving one of AvantLink’s many tools.

These monthly webinars will go over the following important subjects:

1. Updates and changes to the network.
2. Need-to-know components to the AvantLink affiliate interface.
3. New tools, features, and functionality.

Additionally, the second half of each webinar will highlight a featured AvantLink affiliate tool and a best-practice strategy for using it.

The next affiliate training webinar will be on Wednesday, May 22nd at 11am MST and feature an affiliate training segment on using the AvantLink API as voted by you! 

Space for these training webinars is limited to 100 attendees. Register ASAP to ensure you get a spot before space runs out- we anticipate it will fill up very quickly. Can’t make it? We’ll record the webinar and make it available after the event for your viewing pleasure at any time.

Introducing a new, exclusive AvantLink merchant:

Onward Reserve

Onward Reserve began in 2012 and is the online destination for gifts and men’s apparel. Visitors can shop from over 50 of the most popular mens lifestyle brands in one location. Every order ships free and if customers are not 100% satisfied with their order, they can send it back at no charge.

Partnered with exciting, sought after brands, all in one location with free shipping, results in a high number of return purchasers, yielding high conversion rates and commissions for you!

Onward Reserve Affiliate program:

• 8% Commission
• 60-Day Cookie
• Average Order Size $100+
• Free Shipping All Orders
• One-Page Checkout (reduces cart abandonment)

Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Onward Reserve. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Will Watts, will@onwardreserve.com.