Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Pay Per Call - Open and Ready

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

For Merchants and Affiliates who are interested in opening a Pay Per Call program, the time has come.  ShareASale's Pay Per Call platform, which has been running in a testing mode for the past few months, is now open for any Merchant. Here are some highlights: You control who, in your program, ...

Fourth Quarter Frenzy

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Are you ready to win big with ShareASale this Q4? You better be! Every single week from November 1 – December 24, we’ll be raffling off a frenzy of fantastic prizes for ShareASale affiliates…and one lucky affiliate will be the recipient of a phenomenally fun trip for two ...

Bloggers, Product Reviews, and the FTC Regulations

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently released a report regarding new guidelines surrounding paid sponsorships and product reviews, recommendations and blogging. The full report can be viewed here: http://ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005endorsementguidesfnnotice.pdf It is important that all affiliates and merchants read this report and determine what, if any, action needs to be taken in ...

Things We Need to Fix

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Today we launched a new mini-site to allow everyone to drop us anonymous feedback ... called "ShareASale Needs to Fix This". As part of our "Fix It" campaign - we will be posting some of the things we fix as suggested by everyone here as comments on ...

The lesson from Chester…

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Update: Shawn posted his response (Counterpoint) here: No room for wet cats in affiliate marketing/ Well I am trying something new here... at least new to me.  In this post, I am going to argue a certain side... and then reach out at the end of the post to ...

The ShareAStar is Born

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Always wanted to give the ShareASale star a makeover? Now is your chance... Click on over to ShareAStar to design and share your star with your friends!!! Stay tuned for an via twitter and facebook for announcements about upcoming holiday themed pieces!!!

Maintenance Tonight - Interface Closed 9/5/2009

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Greetings everyone, just a quick note to let you know of a maintenance window happening overnight.  Starting at around Midnight CST through 3AM CST the interface will be closed. All tracking and link re-directs will remain functional. Apologies for the short notice, but we felt with the combination of the holiday weekend ...

Sales and Use Tax RE: Missouri #advertisingtax

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Hey Everyone, looks like there is another State entering into the #advertisingtax mix. The below document is already a State regulation - and is now being used broadly to target Merchants with affiliate programs. Some interesting notes from the regulation document: In order to qualify under the term of "Vendor", total gross ...