Archive for April 2008
The GourmetStation Affiliate program has generously offered DOUBLE commission on all referred sales through the month of June! This increases payout from 10% to 20%. Geno’s exact words on his ABestWeb.com post for this promotion:
Effective immediately (April 28) and through the end of June 2008, everyone’s commission is increased to 20% for sweeter Mother’s and Father’s Day sales.
If you’re not active yet with GourmetStation.com, login and click on “Merchants” from the main menu. Then click on their name where you can find an Apply Now button.
To follow up on the REI Affiliate program launch announcement from yesterday (April 28th)…
Affiliates, please take note. REI is having their biggest sale of the year starting May 2nd and running through May 11th. It’s their Anniversary Sale, and it marks their 70th anniversary! This is a huge conversion opportunity, so get going with them on AvantLink now to have access to promotional material for this sale.
REI has been a leader in the outdoor industry since 1938 and is the Internet’s largest outdoor store, offering a broad selection of trusted gear as well as expert advice and in-depth information about products and outdoor recreation…
Details, and ideas for sales copy below (Please note: Creative will be available, and the Dynamic Coupon Feed will be populated with ads for the Anniversary Sale):
- Huge discounts on top-brand outdoor gear and clothing.
- Save now on gear you will use all summer! Hurry, sale ends May 11.
- REI Members SAVE 20% on one full-price item
- Save up to 30% storewide
- 20% off All Yakima Racks, Car-Top boxes and Accessories
- 15% off All full-price bikes
- 15% off All Full-Price Boats
- 20% off All BOB Strollers
Look for an email featuring this promotion from the REI Affiliate Team, and in the meantime drop them a line if you have any questions: affiliates/at/rei.com.
Remember, May 2nd - May 11th!
A while back (November 8, 2007 to be exact), we distributed some news about the Affiliate Link Encoder on PRWeb.com. In the article we published a testimonial from Greg at AlpineZone.com. The ALE was a perfect fit for his high traffic outdoor forum and site. I wanted to share his testimonial from that press release:
“This tool is a must have for forum owners. We have outdoor forums at AlpineZone.com, and members post links to merchant products all the time. Now we can get some deserved commission on sales from these links!”
Greg Blasko, Founder
AlpineZone.com
“The Northeast Guide to Mountain Adventure”
Thank you Greg! We appreciate your continued support, and value your partnership 
Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:
It goes without saying that we’re thrilled to have REI in our network! The REI Affiliate program is under new direction with Kyrstofer Glover, and this is certainly a good thing for their Affiliates. From my experience working with Krystofer to get the program off the ground, I can say with confidence that you’re in good hands. Expect to see regular and compelling promotions from REI and REI Outlet moving through the Dynamic Coupon Feed and other tools.
Some background & history on this merchant: REI has been a leader in the outdoor industry since 1938 and is the Internet’s largest outdoor store, offering a broad selection of trusted gear as well as expert advice and in-depth information about products and outdoor recreation. They stand behind their products with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and design their own line of award-winning REI branded gear and clothing.
Additionaly, REI-OUTLET.com features the best assortment of brand-name outdoor gear closeouts, overstocks and seconds with discounts of 20% to 70%! Note that the REI-OUTLET.com domain resolves to REI.com/outlet so all your referred traffic will be credited accordingly whether your customers buy on REI.com or REI Outlet.
From the REI Affiliate program description:
You’ll earn money with REI because…
- REI has been a leader in the outdoor industry since 1938
- REI.com is the Internet’s largest outdoor store, offering a broad selection of trusted gear as well as expert advice and in-depth information about products and outdoor recreation
- REI-OUTLET.com features the best assortment of brand-name closeouts, overstocks and seconds with discounts of 20 to 70%
- REI has a loyal customer and membership base
- REI’s 100% satisfaction guarantee and free shipping to local stores help to convert your visitors into REI customers!
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting REI.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the REI Affiliate Team, affiliates/at/rei.com.
Gary & AvantLink
Introducing our newest merchant in AvantLink:
We are pleased to welcome the MyOwnLabels.com Affiliate Program to our new custom/personalized products category here at AvantLink. MyOwnLabels.com began with a goal to make and sell the best short-run personalized printed products and that remains their goal today. Their hope is to supply you with products that contribute to making the most important events of your life memorable and unique.
MyOwnLabels.com adds that special touch to anything from books to crafts to homemade food gifts and special brews. Wether your taste is elaborate or simple, MyOwnLabels.com offers a large variety of products that will deliver your customized messages in a personal way.
Here is a bit from the MyOwnLabels.com affiliate program detail page:
My Own Labels provides personalized labels for wedding favors, canning jars, holiday gifts, or special occasions. We also sell custom bottled water, hang tags, coasters, bookplates, and note cards. We produce high-quality, personalized items at a very affordable price. We have extremely satisfied customers and offer a money-back guarantee. You can also find labels for personalized wine, beer and CDs. Small business owners can get professional-quality custom labels for their products.
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting MyOwnLabels.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or email Jim Moss, jim/at/myownlabels.com .
Mark & AvantLink
A few weeks back we began a concerted effort to improve the quality of our merchant email tools. You may have already seen the first change in our spam analysis tool, and just this week we’ve taken a few other changes live.
First, we’ve added message tracking capabilities to the affiliate emails you send. This means that you can view whether or not a message was actually delivered to an affiliate’s email address, or if it was “bounced” back by the affiliate’s mail server as a bad email address. Additionally, if you send messages with an HTML component you gain the benefit of being able to see whether or not affiliates are actually opening your message. This tracking information is available as a report, so:
- Login and click on ‘Reports’ from the main menu.
- Choose ‘Affiliate Email Summary’ from the list of available reports.
- Set the ‘Date’ to ‘This Month’ or some range long enough to encompass your most recent emails to affiliates.
- Click ‘Select Report’ to see the breakdown of information for your email campaigns.
Now, there are some limitations to the above capabilities. For starters, our tracking processes were only finalized on April 21st, so any affiliate emails sent prior to that won’t be able to show any delivery statistics. And obtaining message open information requires the use of an image embedded in your email, so if affiliates don’t view the images in your HTML email they won’t count as having “opened” the message. Because of this it is possible that an affiliate could read a message you sent without being tallied in this report; we suggest you avoid leaving angry voice mails demanding why your emails aren’t being read!
In addition to the tracking changes, we’ve also upgraded our infrastructure to enhance the quality of our email. All of our outgoing email now utilizes both SPF (Sender Policy Framework) validation and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signing. Both of these solutions help mail hosts verify that messages coming from AvantLink servers are not SPAM.
Let us know if you have any questions or comments.
David & AvantLink
Why download a datafeed with 5000 records if only 5 records have changed since your last download?
Fortunately, if you’re an Affiliate in the AvantLink network you no longer have to. Last week we rolled out some changes to our datafeed download system that gives Affiliates the option to download only the incremental changes since their last download or a specified date. These new options can drastically reduce the size of your downloads and any subsequent processing time.
Here are the details on the additional parameters that you can add to your standard datafeed downloads URLs:
- incr - Use this parameter to trigger an incremental download. Options include the following:
- only-modified: This will retrieve all products that have been added to or changed in the merchant’s datafeed since a given date.
- only-removed: This will retrieve all products that have been removed from the merchant’s datafeed since a given date.
- all-status: This option modifies the layout of your download slightly by adding an additional “Status” column (or node, for XML formatted feeds). This allows you to simultaneously retrieve new/modified products (”Status” = “Modified”) and removed products (”Status” = “Removed”) in a single request.
- from - Use this parameter to set the date from which new/modified/removed products should be retrieved. Dates should be formatted as “YYYY-mm-dd” or “YYYY-mm-dd HH:ii:ss”. If you leave this off your request (but still use one of the above “incr” options) then our script will automatically determine the date you last downloaded this datafeed, and use that as the reference point.
If you have any questions or comments about this functionality feel free to contact us.
Scott & AvantLink
Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:
We’re happy to bring you this quality pool supplies Affiliate program, our fifth new program to launch this week! AquaSuperStore.com offers an outstanding opportunity to promote one of the largest discounters online of pool supplies and more. In addition to pool products, shoppers can also find great deals on pond equipment and general backyard products like Hammocks, Patio Heaters and Swingsets. This program opens up the Home and Garden category on AvantLink, and it’s launching just in time considering people are starting to uncover pools and spring clean their yard.
From the AquaSuperStore Affiliate program description:
At Aqua Superstore, Inc. our goal is to be the best source for discount pool, pond, and backyard living products. Your cutomer’s purchase can be made with confidence, supported by our team of pool industry professionals. The staff is here for your customers before and after they purchase. Shoppers can expect superior customer service from our friendly experts on all the products we offer, and even products that we don’t…
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting AquaSuperStore.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Peter Schmeiser, peter.schmeiser/at/aquasuperstore.com.
Gary & AvantLink
Introducing our newest merchant in AvantLink:
OlindaRidge.com joins as an exclusive merchant in AvantLink. They are a welcomed addition to our food/drink category and we are very pleased to have them on board!
The Olinda Ridge company is named after the town and road in Shasta County, California where they first started out. From some of the most northerly olive groves in the state amidst small family farm lands, Olinda Ridge produces some of the healthiest, hand-crafted, award-winning extra virgin olive oils available. They started OlindaRidge.com with a commitment and passion for reaching a larger audience and sharing some of their tasty products with everyone.
Affiliates will quickly see they are launching an aggressive program and want you to make money. To show it they are offering opportunities like tiered commissions starting at 12% with the chance for 15% after reaching $500, 120 Day Cookies, incentives frequently available and typically enjoy a 3.5% conversion rate.
Here is a portion from the OlindaRidge.com affiliate program detail page:
The OlindaRidge.com Affiliate Program is dedicated to helping you make money! This is a great opportunity for you to earn a commission on sales you direct to Olinda Ridge and all the tools available to you as an affiliate are completely free!
We are an online boutique specializing in award winning extra virgin olive oil and other organic and gourmet products from Northern California, including specialty vinegars, olive spreads and more. Our goal is to provide local products that are always fresh and healthy. Other popular offerings include gift sets, gift certificates, and case discounts. Our attractive online site also includes recipes, health resources, blog, online exclusives, monthly newsletter and more.
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting OlindaRidge.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or email Antonella Severo and the Olinda Ridge team at, marketing/at/olindaridge.com .
Mark & AvantLink
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
With the launch of Wakeside today as well, the TruSnow Affiliate program makes our industry leading Outdoor/Recreation category that much stronger! I’ve worked closely with Jordan Edmonds and team getting these programs set-up, and I feel confident in saying that you’re in good hands. These programs will be good ones to get involved with. They have a huge thumbs up from me in terms of site usability, Affiliate program initiatives, product information and straigt up class.
Together with Wakeside, TruSnow.com is based in Clackamas, OR, and they offer an impressive product line of snowboard gear and clothing. They are a socially responsible company carrying some of the top brands in the snowsports industry including Burton, Oakley, Roxy and DaKine.
From the TruSnow Affiliate program description:
TruSnow was founded with a simple goal in mind; offer the very best snowboarding gear available and provide the best possible customer service. With this in mind, let us convert your Snowboarding traffic at a high rate…
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting TruSnow.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Jordan Edmonds, jordan/at/wakeside.com.
Gary & AvantLink
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