Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Coupon confessions

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Awkward moment of the day.  I rolled into Church Brew, the 1902 church that was converted into a stunning microbrewery.  As I get out of the RoadShow-branded car, two women smile at me.  I smile back and start walking towards them, they must be the two affiliates who had RSVP'd ...

Cleveland Rocks!

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

This morning was fun...about fifteen miles after I depart Toledo, my GPS unit powers off.  After lots of poking, prodding and moderate cussing, I determine that the unit itself isn't broken (thank goodness), it was the car charger.  I look around.  All I see are farm houses and a lone ...

ShareASale “Under the Stars” Party - August 9th

Monday, July 27th, 2009

ShareASale will be hosting an industry party on Sunday August 9th, the opening day of this years Affiliate Summit East in New York City. Here are some items that will be in attendance (confirmed).... Open Top Shelf Bar from 8pm to Midnight Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms Mini Kobe Beef Burgers A beautiful New York summer evening ...

Datafeed Maintenance Window - July 31st to August 1st

Monday, July 27th, 2009

In order to refresh datafeeds in accordance with our new network specification (http://blog.shareasale.com/2009/07/07/datafeed-specification-and-format-changes/), there will be a Datafeed Maintenance Window this coming Friday July 31st beginning at 7PM CST and lasting until approximately 7PM CST on Saturday August 1st. During this window: Datafeeds will be unavailable for download Datafeeds will be changed over ...

Merchant API Available

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

The Merchant API interface is available currently, allowing Merchants a more advanced method of interacting with real-time transactions as well as reports. The following are the types of things that could be done utilizing the Merchant API ... Real-time voiding or editing of a transaction as it happens on your site. Recurring commissions ...

Datafeed Specification and Format Changes

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

On August 1st we will be implementing a change to the format of datafeeds hosted on ShareASale. These changes have been engineered so that they should only affect you if you want them to. Merchants will be able to continue sending old formats, and the fields will all ...

Updates on California and Hawaii #advertisingtax

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Yesterday we were pleased to hear the news from both California and Hawaii that their respective governors vetoed bills containing language on the #advertisingtax. Here are a couple of press releases and news articles from the event, this is a very positive development for two reasons. 1. Obviously, the #advertisingtax would ...

ShareASale Holiday Hours

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Due to the holiday falling on the weekend this year, the official federal holiday is this Friday July 3rd. ShareASale will be on the following schedule: Thursday July 2nd - Open 9am CST to 1pm CST Friday July 3rd - Closed Saturday July 4th - Closed Sunday July 5th - Closed Monday July 6th - Open ...