Archive for August 2009
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
Yet another great opportunity from our Outdoor/Recreation category! Summit Hut provides outstanding specialty outdoor products and services for customers in a manner of superior value, service and merit. Earn 9% on every qualified buyer, and enjoy a very progressive policy which does not reverse commissions on returns. Mitch and team understand that if Affiliates send paying customers, they have done their job. Period.
From their Affiliate program details: Do you have a website or blog related to hiking, backpacking, camping, rock climbing, the American West, travel or Internet shopping in general? If so, join the Summit Hut Affiliate program and earn 9% on every qualified buyer you send our way. We have worked hard to optimize our site for high conversion, which translates to more money in your pocket.
Highlights of the Summit Hut Affiliate program include:
- Earn 9% on sales you send us.
- 120 day cookie duration.
- As an exclusive AvantLink merchant, our program is 100% parasite free.
- We have some of the best relationships with manufactures in the outdoor industry.
- Outstanding product selection and real time inventory.
- Excellent customer service.
- Free Shipping on all orders of $50 or more.
- No chargebacks on returns.
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Summit Hut. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Mitch Baker, mitch/at/summithut.com.
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
You can now promote a renown online surf shop on AvantLink! Since 1957, Jack’s Surfboards has built a reputation as the premier surf retailer, and now you can be one of their first Affiliate marketers. Feature the world’s top brands in the surfing industry and earn 8% baseline payout, with 12% potential. Jack’s Surfboards is has an average order value $100, with high conversions and customer friendly shopping terms.
From their Affiliate program details: Our passion for the waves and surf is what has continued to drive our growth and expansion. From the day we opened our doors we’ve been known as the place to go to find the newest products from all the top brands.
Highlights of the Jack’s Surfboards Affiliate program include:
- 8% baseline commission, 12% potential
- 120 day cookie duration
- Average order value $100
- Surf industry leader
- Biggest brands in surf
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting Jack’s Surfboards. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Christian Castellani, christian/at/jacksurf.com.
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
This is an exciting opportunity to promote high-quality fine jewelry and accessories at amazingly low prices…One Deal At A Time! SparkleCartel.com offers deals on jewelry typically 70% to 80% off MSRP or more. Do not hesitate with this one, folks. Get their dynamic daily deal campaigns featured on your site(s) asap, and be ready for the end of the year Q4 shopping season. You’ll earn 9% for each sale on a 120-day cookie. Outstanding conversion rate with free shipping on every order.
From the “About” page on SparkleCartel.com:
We do one thing here at SparkleCartel and we do it well. We find the absolute best deals on high-quality fine jewelry and accessories and blow them out at amazing prices. We sell only one item at a time, this allows us to buy large quantities at super deep discounts that we pass on to our customers.
Highlights of the SparkleCartel Affiliate program include:
- Parasite free
- 9% flat rate commissions
- 120-day cookie duration
- Free standard shipping
- Free gift box
- Outstanding customer service
- No return penalty
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting SparkleCartel.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Sam Hart, webmaster/at/sparklecartel.com.
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
o2 Gear Shop offers customers a knowledgeable team of gear experts, a broad selection of premium outdoor gear and a dedication to quality service. This high converting retailer, new to the Affiliate world’s top Outdoor/Recreation category, is well worth integrating into your site(s) asap. Promote top brands in the ourdoor industry including: The North Face, Burton, Oakley, Patagonia, Mountain Hardwear and Volkl. This is an exclusive merchant with AvantLink, so you know your traffic is heavily safe guarded. Get on board now for the holiday season with o2 Gear Shop!
From their Affiliate program details:
Our high rate of customer retention means o2 Gear Shop Affiliates can expect repeat commissions. A diverse selection of both summer and winter outdoor gear helps insure a steady stream of Affiliate commissions without seasonal slumps. o2 Gear Shop has experienced growth of over 150% in the past 2 years and is quickly becoming a leader among outdoor sporting goods retailers.
Highlights of the o2 Gear Shop Affiliate program include:
- 8% flat rate commissions
- 120 day cookie duration
- Average Order of $150+
- Lowest Price Policy
- Free ground shipping on all purchases over $49
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting o2 Gear Shop. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Chris Fink, cfink/at/o2gearshop.com.
In early March 2009 we released a tool called the Additional Product Content Widget (PCW): a JavaScript library that makes it easy for affiliates to retrieve useful information (and lots of it!) for a given product. Quite some time prior to that we created the Affiliate Link Encoder (ALE): similarly a JavaScript library, but in this case one to encode direct links and keywords as affiliate-enabled links. It was a long-term goal of ours to combine those two projects and produce a new tool that could automatically mark up an existing web page with product-specific links and content.
Well, we’ve finally achieved that goal with the most recent updates to the PCW.
The functionality we’ve added allows you to specify particular tags (e.g. <h1>, <span class=”prodName”>, etc.) that you use in your web pages to identify product names or keywords. The PCW can then scan through your pages and automatically convert any text within those tags to a link that will pop up pricing/availability information (using our ProductSearch API). If you’ve ever seen the ALE in action then this will probably seem pretty familiar, but an example or two is always helpful.
Suppose you had a blog where you wrote about some products, say the Venture Storm Snowboards and Wedding Napkin Rings. Maybe it’s an outdoor-themed wedding 
. Those of you reading this post should see those product keywords (“Venture Storm Snowboards” and “Wedding Napkin Rings”) underlined as links, even though if you view the source of this page you’ll see they’re just plain text within <span> tags, e.g.:
<span class="productKeyphrase">Venture Storm Snowboards</span> <span class="productKeyphrase">Wedding Napkin Rings</span>
If you click on the links you should see the results of searching through AvantLink.com’s product databases for each of those products. Not bad for a single line of JavaScript – which is all that is required to use the PCW in a page. You can confirm that for yourself if you view the source of this page. The only reference you’ll find for the PCW is the following call to include the library:
<script src="http://www.avantlink.com/apcw.php?ti=1317" type="text/javascript"></script>
Aside from this automatic linking of product names/keywords, you can also use this functionality of the PCW for more targeted content. Perhaps you want to show pricing/availability information for your products in the body of your pages rather than as separate pop-ups. You can achieve that by creating a div, and then using a custom call to the PCW library to populate the div as in:
<div style="width: 414px;" id="pcwContent"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
avPcwShowInlineFromSearch('pcwContent', 'Baby Jogger Elite Strollers', '');
</script>
As with all of the content in the PCW tool, what you show and how you show it is customizable at the subscription level. So you can decide for yourself if you want to show merchant logos or product imagery, product names, prices, etc. along with all of the formatting and layout that you want to apply to each element.
If you’re interested and want to get your hands on your own copy of the PCW, log into your affiliate account, go to the “Tools” page and see the section for the “Additional Product Content Widget”. And if you have any questions or comments, let us know!
-David & AvantLink
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
1800Pools.com offers customers a large selection of pool supplies and spa parts, a long with the leisure-related items required for quality indoor and outdoor recreation all year. During off-season swimming pool times, check out their Ice Rinks, Winter Fun, and Christmas Store categories. With substantial buying power, 1800Pools.com offers some of the most competitive pricing in their industry. From their program detail page:
1800Pools.com offers in-ground and above-ground pools, along with everything required to maintain and enjoy them, using our massive inventory to pass along “volume savings” to our customers.
Highlights of the program include:
- 7% Commission on EVERY sale
- 90 day cookie
- Average order value $250.00
- LOWEST return rates in the industry
- Free, advanced Affiliate tools & scripts
Let us know what we can do to help you get started promoting 1800Pools.com. Contact anyone at AvantLink or the program manager Todd Daugherty, todd/at/1800pools.com.
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