January 2010

Super Affiliates Prefer Per-Click Payments?

One of very few theoretical and more academically-written books on affiliate marketing (if not the only one) is the Strategic Affiliate Marketing by S. Goldschmidt, S. Junghagen and U. Harris published in 2003. While discussing the basics of affiliate marketing, the authors spend time looking at “Affiliates’ Characteristics” (p. 51-52). […]

Super Affiliates Prefer Per-Click Payments? Read More »

2010 State Budget Shortfalls and Affiliate Tax

Gary Kibel of Davis & Gilbert LLP has tweeted: I’ve just finished reading the Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) article he has linked to. While the article seems to  view the affiliate tax as primarily Amazon’s trouble, it provides a good recap of what has happened on the affiliate tax

2010 State Budget Shortfalls and Affiliate Tax Read More »

Misconception: Only High Commissions Attract Affiliates

Today I am starting a series of posts (I am not planning to publish them in a consecutive manner, but new ones will be added as I come across the issues to address), and a whole new category – Affiliate Marketing Fallacies. In this rubric I will be covering the

Misconception: Only High Commissions Attract Affiliates Read More »

Value of Click and Quest for Perfect Attribution Model

Fred Wilson has tweeted: I’ve just finished reading his “Affiliate Marketing Undervalues The Link” post. In essense, he argues that the 535 clickthroughs he sent to Amazon were worth much more than the money he received in commission (a total of $25.20, or less than $0.05 per click). Linking to

Value of Click and Quest for Perfect Attribution Model Read More »