Consider this: Most consumers will wait about 3 seconds for a website to load on a desktop or laptop and about 5 seconds on their mobile device. Amazon found that if their pages slow down by 1 second, they lose $1.6 billion a year. Google uses page load time as a factor in their ranking […]
Merchants: Coupons & Deals Database Best Practices
If you are a merchant who would like to provide coupons or deals to your affiliates to promote, you will want to check out our Coupon & Deals Database. This database is the easiest way for affiliates to find your available deals and the best way for them to receive the links. Why? For one, […]
Product Datafeed Best Practices
If you work as an Affiliate Manager for a retailer on ShareASale, you’ve probably seen the word “Datafeed” before, and may be wondering … What is that!? Datafeeds account for a full 5-10% of all conversions tracked on ShareASale… which means that if you aren’t providing your Affiliates a detail-rich datafeed with which to work, […]
#BestOf2013 – Top 10 ShareASale Posts of the Year 2013
Best Ways to Increase your Value as an Affiliate or Blogger This post lays out a series of tips and advice on how to increase your overall value – leading to higher commissions for your efforts! via: blog.shareasale.com Organize & Motivate Sign-ups From our #ConferenceSeason series, this post will show you how to prepare for […]
#BestOf2013 – Free eBooks from the 2013 Blog Series
We had a very exciting initiative in 2013 – One Blog Per Day. Each month had a theme, from Building Blocks and Conference Season to Gift Guides and How To’s. This initiative lead to a number of helpful and insightful blog posts, which we have now turned into Free eBooks! The more that you read, […]
#Q4Prep – Merchants Remember your Best Practices
Throughout 2013, we posted a series on “Best Practices for Merchants” on the ShareASale Network. Take a look at the following below to make sure that you are ready with all of your #Q4Prep! Best Practices Series: Affiliate Application Review | ShareASale Blog Posted by Sarah Beeskow Blay – Discusses best practices on reviewing new […]
#Q4Prep – Get your Datafeeds Ready
Datafeeds are critical to the overall success of a retail based Affiliate Program. They allow Affiliates to market specific products or sub-sets of products with up to date and rich data. Take a look below at 3 posts from this year that walk you through this important piece of #Q4Prep How to Create a […]
Best Practices Series: Affiliate Application Review
As you see affiliate applications roll in, merchants may be left wondering – “What should I be looking for?” Combing through these applications and deciding which affiliates are the best fit for your program might seem a bit overwhelming at times, especially considering that new programs may receive, on average, 80 new applications a month! […]
Best Practices Series: Recruitment
Today we talk about one of the most important aspects that will contribute to the growth and success of your affiliate program – affiliate recruitment. Success comes not with how many affiliates you can recruit, but with how many quality affiliates you build a relationship with. When a program is just starting out, the prospect […]
Best Practices Series: Featured Programs
Best Practices – Featured Placements What is a Featured Placement? Featured Placements are ad spots which live on various pages throughout the Affiliate Interface. The goal of the placement is to recruit prospective affiliates into that featured program. So when creating a Featured Placement ad, they should be designed in such a way as to […]