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Walmart vs Amazon: Affiliate Program Comparison

Having read the Internet Retailer’s comparison of the online storefronts of these two merchants (my bullet point summary of it may be found here), the only logical next step for me was to see how Walmart.com’s affiliate program compares to Amazon.com’s associates program. By looking at the information provided in […]

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Amazon UK to Prohibit Affiliate Direct Linking (PPC or Organic)

Following the example of Amazon.com and Amazon.ca, Amazon UK has just notified its affiliates/associates that DTM (direct-to-merchant) linking will be prohibited starting from February 1, 2010. Unlike their North American counterparts, Amazon.co.uk is explicit that they are against direct linking of both paid search ads and organic SE results. Those

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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

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Online Holiday Shopping in Full Swing: Stats and Trends

The holiday shopping has really picked on the Black Friday (November 27 this year), and continues to grow. The chart on the right shows an increase of affiliate-referred sales within just one affiliate program. I have noticed a very similar picture across several affiliate programs: a considerable slowdown in sales

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Advice for Advertisers with Affiliates on Twitter

On October 27, 2009 LinkShare launched a Twitter tool for affiliates to use. Almost simultaneously with the LinkShare’s announcement, Amazitter (an iPhone app for tweeting Amazon affiliate links) came out. The wave continued, and yesterday Amazon has changed its policy from no affiliate links on Twitter to let’s “Share on

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How To Construct a Good Affiliate Program Description

The advertiser’s affiliate program description page is frequently the first place from which a prospective affiliate learns about the program. It is also the main place to which an affiliate turns to when looking for affiliate program details and conditions. There are different ways to word the text and the

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Amazon.com Fails to Adjust Affiliate Program for New Technology?

Joshua Odmark has published a post on A Disconnect Between Social Media Marketing and Amazon.com where he talked about posting an earnest product recommendation via Twitter, using an affiliate link condensed with a URL shortener, generating sales for Amazon.com, yet receiving no commissions for the customers he referred. “After realizing

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Amazon Prohibits Affiliates from DTM PPC

Amazon has announced earlier today that they starting from May 1 2009 they are prohibiting affiliates from engaging in direct-to-merchant (DTM) paid search campaigns. The exact wording of the letter is as follows: After careful review of how we are investing our advertising resources, we have made the decision to

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