Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Deals Database - Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2009 Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Prior history has shown that the weekend following Thanksgiving (which falls on November 27 - November 30 this year) is one of the strongest retail time periods of the entire calendar year. So in preparation for this, we went out to all of our ShareASale merchants and collected over ...

Merchant Timesaver - Multiple Email Addresses

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Hey Everyone, just a quick video to show you how to setup, as a Merchant, multiple email addresses where important notifications can be sent such as "New Affiliate Signups" and "Low Balance Notifications". Here is a quick video to show you how to get it done... (Click here to open a new ...

ShareASale ThinkTank Golf Video - A Tutorial Bonus!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

We hosted a golf event at the most recent ShareASale ThinkTank (#thinktank09) and shot a really fun video that was shown later in the event. I decided to take the opportunity to teach everyone a little bit about the ShareASale Make-A-Video and how Affiliates can use it to take their own ...

Affiliate Interface Timesavers - Quitting Programs

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Hey everyone, just a quick post complete with video on a new addition to the "Activity Summary" report on the Affiliate side which is designed to help you save some time when you need to remove yourself from multiple affiliate programs at once. There is a filter added for "Closed" Merchants, ...

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 ...