Archive for September 2008

Hey Everyone,
The-House has a couple deals out and the creative is already live in the AvantLink network.Ā Here are the details:
- FREE Liquid Force Liquid Tunes Waterproof MP3 Player With Any Wakeboard Purchase

- Get a free pair of Spy goggles with the purchase of any Skis from great brands like head, K2, line, rossignol, salomon and more!
If you’re already an Affiliate for The-House in AvantLink, you can begin using these campaigns by taking the following steps:
- Login to your Affiliate account at AvantLink
- Select ‘Tools’ from the main menu
- Look for ‘Add/Link Tools’ and then select Get Merchant Ads
- Select ‘The House’ from drop down list of Merchants
- Select ‘Get Ads’
If you are not yet a part of The-House and their affiliate program here at AvantLink Join The-House.com Affiliate Program today!
Mark Kalbach
Affiliate Manager
The-House.com
ProBoardShop.com
ActiveSports/at/Avantlink.com
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
Trailblazer has served the outdoor specialty market since 1996, offering a broad selection of high-quality outdoor products at fair prices. They have five stores and two websites that feature an exciting array of products for outdoor enthusiasts. The Shop Trailblazer Affiliate program offers a very competitive (for the outdoor industry) 9% baseline payout, with 120 day cookie life. They also have a great site, big brand names to promote, and a responsive management team in place.
Folks, the best Outdoor/Recreation category in the Affiliate marketing world just got better. We strongly consider adding Shop Trailblazer links to your outdoor category or site for Q4! From the ShopTrailblazer.com Affiliate program description:
Join ShopTrailblazer.com’s Affiliate program and have the opportunity to earn commissions on sales of gear, apparel and footwear for the outdoor enthusiast. Among the brands offered are The North Face, Patagonia, Arcteryx, Horny Toad, Lole, Keen, and Merrell…
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting ShopTrailblazer.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Janet Colandrea, janet/at/tbtalk.com.
Gary & AvantLink
We rolled out new functionality that rates a merchant’s Affiliate datafeeds based on a three star system of “Average overall feed quality”, “Very good overall feed quality”, and “Excellent overall feed quality”.
This Datafeed Quality Score is now available to all AvantLink Affiliates.
Detailed information is available for each merchant’s feed quality score, including product count, overall quality and available columns. If they exist (there are none for merchants with an excellent feed quality rating), we also list the feed quality issues/limitations.
Affiliates can access datafeed quality scores when configuring new feed subscription in the Tools section. Follow these steps to access feed quality scores:
- Login and click on “Tools” from the main menu.
- Click “Sign-up for new datafeeds”.
- Select a merchant, then click the “Datafeed Quality Score” link.
Merchants can access their feed quality score(s) by clicking on “Tools” from the main menu, then “Datafeed Administration”.
Insight into the quality score and summary of the product data before downloading and processing feeds should be helpful. What do you think? Drop us a line or feel free comment here.

Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:
JustMyShopping.com is the largest furniture online store, where you can find the best brand names in furniture at the lowest price. JustMyShopping.com has accounts with many manufacturers who are known world wide, their site is easy to use, and their fulfillment is second to none. Combine all this with a 9% payout on a 60-day cookie, and you have a great opportunity to promote quality household and bedroom furniture.
Dedicated program management for JustMyShopping.com by Affiliate Traction, so you’re in good hands. Please Note: PPC bidding is allowed without restriction, which is an exception to our default network policy of no merchant name bidding, so bid away!
From the JustMyShopping.com Affiliate program description:
Great commissions, high tickets, and a fantastic selection giving you the best turnover results. Join now and get started.
- 9% commission for every sale you refer
- Special offers and significant discounts for your visitors
- Dedicated Affiliate Management
- Search affiliates welcome!
- Regularly updated creative
- Product datafeed
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting JustMyShopping.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Andrew Morales, andrew.morales/at/affiliatetraction.com.
Gary & AvantLink

Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:
Introducing the first web hosting Affiliate program on the AvantLink platform! Promote professional web hosting and reseller solutions, with 100% uptime guaranteed, from Good Avocado. This is a 100% carbon-neutral company that plants a tree for every new account they establish. Oh and BTW, they’ll pay you $90 for each sale, on a 120-day cookie. Now that’s some Good Avocado.
From the Good Avocado Affiliate program description:
Good Avocado knows you’re the key to our success and vice versa, so we never stop working at doing better for you. We have everything you need and everything your client needs: unlimited domain support, unlimited mySQL databases and unlimited email at no extra cost. Need banners that are traffic-stopping, eye-catching, fast-loading and original? We can do all that and more. Need a discount incentive to drive your business harder and more effectively? We’ll even provide you with hosting discount coupon codes that you can distribute to your visitors, members and subscribers. Good Avocado knows it’s not just an affiliate program that matters — it’s who you affiliate with that really counts.
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Good Avocado. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Chris Larson, chris/at/goodavocado.com.
Gary & AvantLink

We are proud to introduce our newest AvantLink merchant:
Major Vault is a established, professional jewelry retailer from the heart of the NY diamond disctrict with over 60 years of experience in the industry. MajorVault is a family owned business which has continued to expand by keeping their margins razor thin on conflict-free, quality jewelry and continues to grow their customer base by offering great deals. MajorVault.com has a steady flow of incentives to keep their customers coming back like their jewelry on clearance and offers like Free Diamond Earrings with every purchase. In addition to this they offer Free Shipping and No Sales Tax.
Affiliates! As a member of their affiliate program you can expect dedicated support and continued frequent promotions, coupons, specials, free giveaways and other incentives. The Major Vault affiliate program offers huge potential for those of you looking to promote a merchant in the jewelry niche! You will also enjoy a 10% Base Commission Payout and a 90 Day Cookie Duration all with full access to the AvantLink tool suite and free industry leading tools!
A bit from their program description:
Majorvault is an established 60 year old professional Brick & Mortar Jewelry retail chain. Over the years, we have grown to have a large customer base and would like to continue spreading our brands presence onto the web.
We offer very special incentives for our customers and are trusted as a no-frills family owned business.
We manufacture our Conflict-Free Jewelry directly in the heart of the NY diamond district and keep our margins razor thin so that we can offer our customers with a better product than our large mall based competitors at incredibly effective pricing.
In addition, we always enjoy offering our customers specials, coupon deals, and free giveaways to enhance their Jewelry shopping experience.
View the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting MajorVault.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or email Corey Frons, corey/at/majorvault.com.
Mark & AvantLink

Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
We’re excited to bring you RememberDelaware and their new affiliate program. RememberDelaware started out at the base of the Wasatch near Salt Lake City between little cottonwood and big cottonwood canyons. The company founders and staff share an appreciation for the outdoors with their loyal customers which allows them to offer informed commentary on the gear they sell.
RememberDelaware carries the most recognized, desired brands of outdoor equipment in the industry, including gear for venturing into the backcountry and much more which is one reason their customers love them. Another reason RememberDelaware continues to grow their customer base is because visitors appreciate things like free shipping on orders over $50.00, 100% guarantees on satisfaction and of course a knowledgeable staff that know their products. Their affiliate program is offering a base payout of 8% with potential to earn 12% and a 120 Day cookie duration to their affiliates so sign up today to begin earning!
Here is a bit from the RememberDelaware.com affiliate program detail page:
What is RememberDelaware.com, what does it mean, where does it come from, you ask? It all started on a little street between the base of big and little cottonwood canyons in the Wasatch of Salt Lake City. RememberDelaware came from a love for the mountain and dreams of powder days. RememberDelaware.com grew from there to become an online retailer for the outdoor enthusiast who demands the best products developed by the most forward thinking manufacturers in our industry. Our customers are loyal and return to us for their purchases. We know our stuff about our products because we actually use them and will give them the honest truth about them. Our customers also love us for our exceptional service and our dedication to making them happy.
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting RememberDelaware.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or email Nathan Ungricht, bubba/at/rememberdelaware.com.
Mark & AvantLink

Introducing a new AvantLink merchant:
We’re excited to bring you ShopSansa.com, the official store for all of the well known products of the SanDisk audio line, such as the Sansa View, Sansa Clip, and the new Sansa Fuze. This is the debut of our Electronics category on AvantLink, and we’re happy it’s with such a well known brand, and high converting site. There are a number of compelling promotions already in the Dynamic Coupon Feed for this program, so get their links live asap. MP3 Players are HUGE gift items and we’re closing in quick on the buying season, so add their links asap.
We would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Affiliate Traction, the management firm for Shop Sansa. Don’t hesitate to contact Andrew Morales and team if there is anything you need to increase conversion on your site. You’re in good hands with Affiliate Traction.
From the Shop Sansa Affiliate program description:
What Is Shop Sansa? ShopSansa.com offers the newest line of MP3 players by SanDisk. Highlights of the program include:
- 5% commission for every sale you refer
- Special offers and significant discounts for your visitors
- Dedicated Affiliate Management
- Search affiliates welcome!
- Regularly updated creative
- Product Datafeed
Read the program launch announcement on ABestWeb.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Shop Sansa.
Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Andrew Morales, shopsansa/at/affiliatetraction.com.
Gary & AvantLink

As some of you may be aware The-House.com is currently running a bonus program for the month of September. ProBoardShop.com is now offering a bonus program of their own through their AvantLink affiliate program. Any affiliates which are currently active with ProBoardShop or considering promoting a new outdoor gear merchant, check this out!
ProBoardShop.com is currently running a contest for their affiliates for the month of September until the 30th. The first five affiliates to reach $500 in sales will receive $50 cash bonus. Cheers and happy converting.
Apply now to the ProBoardShop.com Affiliate Program.
Mark Kalbach
ActiveSports@AvantLink.com
The-House.com
ProBoardShop.com

