Just an FYI to follow-up on Chuck Hamrick’s recent post at ABestWeb…

The FetchDog Affiliate program has secured the lowest pricing on Marley & Me DVDs! Banners and text links are now available in AvantLink. More info about the movie and this DVD available here and here.

If you’re not yet active with FetchDog, APPLY NOW. If you are active, talk to Chuck about premium site placements for a higher commission.

Exclusive Offer for Internet Retailer’s Top 500

We would like to extend a zero risk offer to all stores listed in Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide.

Attention all top 500 retailers, from now through August 2009 AvantLink will waive the integration cost of $1000 to set-up and launch your Affiliate program.

Offer your Affiliates advanced, network-integrated scripts and Affiliate tools for free, while enjoying more brand protection and the benefits of working with high-value Affiliates.

More information (for web retailers) about AvantLink.com:

• AvantLink’s Value Proposition for Merchants
• Is Your Network Keeping Up?
• Why AvantLink? (more testimonials…)

As one of the web’s most savvy retailers, we invite you to join the growing list of quality Merchants using AvantLink to build sustainable and productive Affiliate partnerships.

Contact Paul Kalbach, Director of Sales (sales/at/avantlink.com) to get the ball rolling on this offer.

Affiliates, please note the featured Valentine’s Day Promotions below. If these campaigns aren’t in the respective merchant’s ad list yet, they soon will be. Happy converting!!

• Altrec.com Outdoors has a promotion for Valentine’s Day called “Gear For Your Diva”. Brands include, Lole, Prana, North Face, Nixon, Roxy, Patagonia and more.
• HaberVision.com has a “Sale for Her” and “Sale for Him” campaign called “Haber’s Velentine’s Day Sale!”.
• Check Tahoe Mountain Sports for the “Valentines Gift Ideas” campaign. Brands include Black Diamond and Cloudveil.

Great Valentines Day Promos from great merchants in AvantLink. Click store names above for more information, and how you can apply to these Affiliate programs.

Merchants, for more info on how you can feature your promos in future posts like this, as well as newsletters, click here.

Good news! The Patagonia Affiliate program recently launched their Deal of the Day Affiliate offer in AvantLink. Affiliates can now feature dynamic daily updates of discounted Patagonia products. And all products featured through this tool will be offered at a minimum of 30% off the retail price. This is an incredible opportunity to promote a brand with worldwide appeal and reach, with killer discounted products

This will encourage impulse buying, considering the power of the Patagonia brand. Remember, if you configure an RSS integration type for the Patagonia daily deal, than you can easily promote RSS feed subscriptions to your customers, as well as the deal itself.

Active Affiliates of the Patagonia can access their daily deal campaign by following these simple steps:

1. Login, click “Tools” on the main menu.
2. Under Deal Of The Day Tool, click “Deal Of The Day Sign-up”.
3. Select Patagonia from the list, then choose your integration type.

That’s all their is to it. If you’re not yet active with the Patagonia Affiliate program on AvantLink, APPLY NOW because you’re missing out.

*** BTW, Patagonia is offering an Affiliate exclusive coupon for free shipping through November 19th, so jump on these opportunities! ***

The Official Store of Speed Racer offers their Affiliate program exclusively through AvantLink.

On October 2nd we announced the launch of the Speed Racer Affiliate program. I’d like to post a follow up to that announcement to let Affiliates know that Speed Racer is offering a $100 cash bonus to the first 20 Affiliates who send $1000 in sales! Great opportunity to earn an extra $100, in addition to the generous 10% you’ll be paid on each referred sale.

Remember, the Speed Racer Affiliate program has a number of effective promotions available right now for you to push out to your customers…including a site-wide coupon and some great deals for the coming holiday shopping season. Happy converting

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

Affiliates,

As we are nearing the end of summer and peak season is approaching we have something that we hope will interest you affiliates out there. The-House.com is offering a nice incentive to affiliates for the month of September. The sales contest will take place from the 1st through the 30th and the first five affiliates to generate $1,000.00 in sales will receive the added bonus of $100.00!

We hope all of you will take advantage of this opportunity and want to say thanks for all of your hard work so far this year.

Check out the ABW announcement as well.

Best of luck to all of you!

Mark Kalbach
activesports@avantlink.com

This is great news for all current and soon to be Masseys Professional Outfitters (and 800-SKI-SHOP, theflipflopper, WeGotYourPack) Affiliates. You all have a raise! Massey’s Outfitters is now paying 9% baseline, with incentives. And the three others will payout a generous 11% baseline, with incentives. That may just be the highest baseline payout anywhere in the outdoor industry.

Massey’s Outfitters Commission Change

I’m excited to announce that there are some major changes with Massey’s affiliate programming.

1. Starting August 1st, Massey’s will be moving all affiliates into a single program. We have chosen to standardize on Avantlink because of the fantastic support we have received in the past year from their professional and accessible staff.
2. We are Raising ALL Commission Rates. Since we no longer have to support the administration (and costs) of managing two programs, we are pasing that savings on to our most loyal affiliates. The new commission structure is as follows;

MasseysOutfitters.com will start at 9% and transition up to 11% for higher sales tiers. 800-SKI-SHOP.com, theflipflopper.com, and WeGotYourPack.com will START at 11% and transition to 13% for the best performing affiliates.

I will remind everyone: WE DO NOT REVERSE ON RETURNS! This means if you make the sale, you will get paid. Only in the case of fraud or abuse will we reverse.

You don’t have to do a thing. Your rates are already changed.

Look for additional Massey’s affiliate news coming out in the next few weeks.

Please contact me if any questions.

Mike Massey

For more Affiliate program information from Masseys Professional Outfitters, or to Apply, click on the store logos:

Introducing a brand spankin’ new site from PawsUpPetSupply.com, our first pet supply Affiliate program. Jeff and team have been hard at work optimizing the pages and product line for high conversion. This program offers a generous 10% commission with a 360 day cookie!

Here are the details from their new site announcement, as well as some killer coupon offers for Affiliates:

In addition to a re-designed site…

• PawsUpPetSupply.com has some amazing discounts that are sure to attract buyers.
• PawsUpPetSupply.com is adding thousands of new products.
• PawsUpPetSupply.com is aligning itself with a Second Chance with Saving Grace.

Coupons valid through June 21, 2008… (coupons have been added to the Dynamic Coupon Feed)

• 10% off Eco-Nap, earth friendly pet beds, Coupon Code ECONAP10
• 10% off All Topical Flea and Tick products, Coupon Code FLEA10
• 10% off all automobile merchandise for your pets, Coupon Code AUTO10
• 10% off all Natural Planet Organic Pet Food, Coupon Code ORG10