Archive for the Promotions Category
On September 14th we announced the addition of the OutdoorCooking Affiliate program to AvantLink through this blog, and through our category on ABestWeb.
OutdoorCooking.com is the premier source on the web for outdoor cooking equipment. From Grills and Outdoor Kitchen Supplies, to Dutch Ovens and Camp Stoves, these guys have it all!
This is an exclusive AvantLink program, and so far so good with this merchant! And when I say “so far so good”, I mean really good (to the tune of 7.14% conversion on all Affiliate traffic so far this month). Now granted, this is a brand new Affiliate program so there isn’t a huge amount of traffic coming through the network yet, but those numbers should get your attention.
Considering there isn’t too much competition from other Affiliates yet, this opportunity is a good one. Seems like an easy chance to make an extra 100 smackers to me. Here are the specifics:
Craig and team at the OutdoorCooking Affiliate program are confident that it will be worth your while to add their links. In fact, they will pay any Affiliate who can drive $1000 in sales for the month of October a cold cash bonus of $100. For those of you who have already referred sales for OutdoorCooking.com this month, you have a head start already!
If you have any questions drop us a line at AvantLink or contact OutdoorCooking.com directly at affiliates/at/outdoorcooking.com.
This bonus opp was posted at AffiliateProgramBonus.com as well.
Affiliates periodically get the news from merchants that they will not pay commission on gift certificate sales. I am not sure where that logic comes from, but not to worry in this case, the GourmetStation Affiliate program just made up for it and big time! Here are the details on this gift certificate sale promotion:
All 4 course certificates, including anniversary, birthday, congratulations, “thank you” and “thinking of you” are now offered at 30% off. Basic 4 course dinner certificate is $79.99 plus $19.99 shipping. Occasions certificates are $89.99 plus $19.99 shipping. The 30% applies to product only.
Affiliates, use this important call to action when listing this promo: Coupon Code GC07 must be applied at time of checkout to redeem the 30% discount on the gift certificate. These GourmetStation certificates will never expire. The offer will run through the end of September 2007.
There is a landing page available. You can send your traffic to the following URL by grabbing the text link in AvantLink or by creating your own link with the Custom Link Builder. If you’re using the Dynamic Coupon Feed for GourmetStation not to worry, this offer is already flagged in the system and included on your site.
Landing page: http://gourmetstation.com/cgi-bin/gourmet/cat_gc.html
Again, these gift certificates will never expire. Affiliates get full 10% commission on all GourmetStation’s gift certificate sales the moment the gift certificate is purchased, not redeemed.
Remember, if you have any questions on promoting GourmetStation and their fine dining gift certificate, food gifts or complete product line contact Geno Prussakov from AM Navigator, the Affiliate program manager for this fine merchant. BTW if you’re not opt in to receive emails from GourmetStation and Geno please do so. He just sent out his first newsletter and it was excellent!
See the announcement for this promo at AM Navigator’s ABestWeb category.
Gary & AvantLink
We’re happy to bring your attention to program upgrades and a powerful Affiliate promo from The House Boardshop and their sibling store ProBoardShop.com. These Affiliate-specific specials are in place to help celebrate their 25th anniversary, and they both warrant your attention! These programs have been with AvantLink since the very early days of our network and they are compelling merchants to consider. With great payouts, performance incentives, regular coupons and promos, dedicated management from Michael Schaeffer and all the top brand names in board sports…don’t hesitate to step it up with them.
If you aren’t yet promoting these programs now is the time to start. With the upcoming 4th quarter holiday crunch, you won’t regret it.
If you’re not familiar with these programs, here are snippets respectively from The House Affiliate program and ProBoardShop Affiliate program detail pages on AvantLink:
The House carries all the major board brands in stock. Our 80,000 square foot warehouse contains hundreds of thousands of items, i.e. 38,000 boards, 36,000 pairs of boots, and much more, all ready to be shipped within 24 hours!
ProBoardShop.com is the premiere online store for serious boarders. Whether you ride on snow, pavement or water, we offer you the best brands in the business including Roxy, Rome, Nitro, Ride.
Details of the 25th Anniversary Specials for Affiliates are as follows:
- Both programs now offer a 365 day cookie life! This should get your attention as this is the only outdoor/recreation retailer online to offer a one year cookie. This is an ongoing upgrade to both programs that will not expire.
- 10% storewide coupon codes for both programs!* From 9/5 through 9/11 customers who enter coupon code “House25” or “PBS25” in the respective cart of The-House.com and ProBoardShop.com will receive an extra 10% store wide discount. This can mean up to a 70% savings on snowboard gear, apparel and skate shoes, including most 2008 products!
Mike Schaeffer and team also posted a press release to PRWeb.com highlighting these 25th Anniversary Affiliate Offers:
St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) September 2, 2007 — The-House.com and its sibling ProBoardShop.com are saying thank you to their affiliates and customers. “We are so thankful for our partnership with our many affiliates that we wanted to give a little something back for our 25th anniversary” said Michael Schaeffer, Affiliate Manager. Affiliates of The-House.com and Proboardshop.com in the Avantlink network will now be able to refer sales on a 365 day cookie- the longest cookie available to affiliates of any outdoor and sports companies. “We want our affiliates to take advantage of this deal before our busy season starts.”
Let us know if you have any questions or need help getting started with these two programs. Happy converting with The House and ProBoardShop.com!
* 10% discount coupon excludes 2008 Burton gear.
Gary & AvantLink
This is a biggie! Affiliates please take note. The Backcountry.com stores roll out a Semi-Annual Sale twice per year where they clear inventory in the warehouse to accommodate the change of season, and the gear that comes with it. This is going on right now, featuring over 12,000 items on sale at up to 70% off! The sale will go from now through September 3rd. Here are the details hot off the press from Brian Boyd’s email that he sent to Affiliates (BTW, if you aren’t opt in to Brian’s emails through AvantLink do so. He does a great job of communicating sales and promos that will help you earn more through the Backcountry Affiliate program):
Dear Affiliates,
The Summer ‘07 Semi Annual Sale at Backcountry.com has arrived! We have over 12,000 items on sale at up to 70% off. Expect HUGE savings from brands like The North Face, Burton, Arc’teryx,Patagonia and more. Make sure to place Backcountry.com creative in the high traffic areas of your website, you can be assured conversions will skyrocket. Hurry the sale only lasts for two weeks; 8/20 to 9/3. This is our largest sale of the year so please take advantage of the opportunity.
We’ve tagged all text links to be added to the Dynamic Coupon Feed. If you haven’t subscribed to this feed, banners and text links have been added to the AvantLink interface.
This is our largest sale of the year so please take advantage of the opportunity.
Sincerely,
Brian Boyd
Affiliate Coordinator
bboyd[at]backcountry.com
801-746-7580 x 5194
Brian posted the sale details to ABestWeb as well. Three of the sites are participating in this HUGE sale. Sites and landing pages for sale listed below:
Backcountry.com
http://www.backcountry.com/store/dc/476/summer07_SAS.html
Dogfunk.com
http://www.dogfunk.com/dogfunk/dc/478/summer07_insane_sale.html
Tramdock.com
http://www.tramdock.com/tramdock/dc/473/summer07_ski_extravaganza.html
Let us know if you have any questions, or contact Brian directly. He’s very responsive!
Gary & AvantLink
This is an excellent opportunity for high conversion and payout from the Backcountry.com Affiliate program! From now through August 19th Backcountry, BackcountryOutlet and Dogfunk are running their summer Ski and Snowboard Clearance sale. Incredible deals on all of last years top brand name snow gear with discounts of up to 70%. Brands including Burton, The North Face, Salomon and Volcom are featured. These are high converting brands from a high converting merchant.
Brian Boyd has updated banners, text ads and the coupon feed to feature this promotion so have a look. He’s also posted to ABW about this sale, and sent out emails to his opt in list of Affiliates. (Note: If you’re not opt in to receive Backcountry’s Affiliate emails in AvantLink considering doing so. Between their four sites, Brian has high converting sales and promos to bring to your attention on a regular basis. You don’t want to miss these Backcountry promotions!)
There are landing pages for each of these clearance sales. The creative in AvantLink will land your customers on the respective sale landing pages, or you can use the Custom Link Builder to create your own site or PPC ads.
Ski & Snowboard Clearance from Backcountry.com - Landing Page:
www.backcountry.com/store/dc/465/ski_snowboard_clearance.html
Ski & Snowboard Clearance from BackcountryOutlet.com - Landing Page:
www.backcountryoutlet.com/outlet/dc/467/ski_snowboard_clearance.html
Snowboard Clearance from Dogfunk.com - Landing Page:
www.backcountryoutlet.com/outlet/dc/467/ski_snowboard_clearance.html
If you have questions feel free to contact Brian Boyd from Backcountry.com directly, bboyd[at]backcountry.com
Three Affiliates have the opportunity to make $500 each this month with the GourmetStation Affiliate program (10% payout on all sales referred). Not too shabby! That $500 bonus justifies some PPC spending with a merchant that converts like GourmetStation (Gourmet Food Gifts)…3% plus on all traffic! 
Here are the specifics of this bonus opportunity:
Be one of the first three GourmetStation Affiliates that reach $4000 in gross sales in August 2007 and you will get a $500 bonus!
More info at the AM Navigator category on ABestWeb:
GourmetStation - Three $500.00 GBs Bonuses for Jul-Aug
As always drop me a line if you have any questions.
Gary & AvantLink
Another great promo from another great merchant in the Outdoor/Recreation category! Greg T and the Altrec Affiliate Program are offering a killer sale on The North Face. Back to school deals are on! Here are the specifics of this promo, hot off the press:
Back to School means people are shoppin, North Face on the cheap means people are buyin. Get on it immediately - take advantage of the hundreds of North Face products currently on Sale. See the selection for yourself. Details are simple. For the next two weeks, all this North Face will be up to 40% off (Sale ends August 10th).
Creative for the sale have been added, and the datafeed and coupon feed are both featuring these deals on The North Face.
Greg Toledo
Altrec.com Outdoors
541.316.2400 x146
gregt[at]altrec.com
Let us know if you have any questions, or drop Greg a line directly!
Affiliates take note. Backcountry just announced a couple of sales today so I wanted to be sure you were aware. One is for Backcountry.com (Backcountry.com Summer Shoe Clearance) and the other is for Dogfunk.com (Gotta Haves Sale at Dogfunk.com).
Details are available on Brian’s ABestWeb threads, which I’ve linked to above accordingly. Some of the brands on sale include The North Face, Chaco, Burton and Reef. These are all hard to find discounted brands, so you should see good conversion.
Brian has updated their coupon feeds accordingly (he’s the man!), and also added new creative for these promos.. so have at them!
Should you have any questions, here is Brian Boyd’s (Affiliate Manager for Backcountry stores) contact info:
Affiliate Coordinator
bboyd[at]backcountry.com
801-746-7580 x 5194
Brian and Backcountry.com have been running weekly exclusive coupons for their outlet store. These are product-specific discounts with a minimum of 50% off retail. Not too shaby. Here is this week’s Affiliate coupon:
Vestal Maxell Jr. Watch, 55% discount!
- Get 55% Off The Regular Price On The Vestal Maxell Jr. Watch
- Your customers can use Coupon Code: 1QZ-1-GACS6
- Starts: 7/25/07 - Ends: 7/31/07
New heavily discount coupon every week. Stay up-to-date on these Backcountry.com Affiliate exclusive coupons by watching the Backcountry Forum @ ABestWeb or our Promotions category on this blog. (Click for Promotions RSS feed from our blog!).
Brian has added this to the BackcountryOutlet coupon feed, or you can create a custom link using the product detail page as the destination URL.
Feel free to get in touch with the Backcountry Affiliate program manager Brian Boyd if you have any questions:
Brian Boyd, bboyd[at]backcountry.com
801-746-7580 x 5194
BackcountryOutlet.com is currently offering a coupon that’s exclusive to their Affiliates. I thought I would post the details in case anyone was interested in testing out a product-specific promotion. By the sheer nature of the discount (50% off) there is a good chance it will convert. Here are the details:
We have an Affiliate Exclusive coupon for Backcountry Outlet: 50% off the regular price on the Zoo York Dispatcher Shorts (sku #ZOO0197).
Get 50% Off Men’s Zoo York Dispatcher Short. Use Coupon Code 1QG-1-WSNTX
Starts: July 16th 2007 Ends: July 23rd 2007
Landing Page: Men’s Zoo York Dispatcher Short
This deal is exclusive to the affiliate program only.
This offer has been added to BackcountryOutlet’s Coupon Feed already…so if you’re using the feed it’s already showing on your site page(s). More information is available on Backcountry’s ABW forum category: Affiliate Exclusive Coupon at BCO
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