As I’ve stated a few times recently in blogs or interviews, it is my feeling that 2009 will see a great increase in the number of toolbars implemented throughout various affiliate and/or merchant sites. Due to the increase in installations of Firefox extensions as well, these toolbars will have varying levels of interaction with the […]
Affiliates: Viewing feedback from your Merchants
A few posts ago I wrote encouraging Merchants to leave positive feedback for their Affiliates when things were going well – not just negative for bad events. A bit of a loophole in our system was that Affiliates were only able to really view any “Negative” feedback so that they could respond. We corrected that […]
Gift Cards Database
Thanks to a wonderful suggestion from our annual ShareASale Think Tank held a few weeks ago in San Diego, we’ve created a Gift Cards Database. Merchants are able to upload specific creatives that direct consumers to specific landing pages designed to sell Gift Cards – a popular item this time of year! In similar form […]
ShareASale Pledges and Expectations… Part 2
Well this is later than I was hoping to have the second part of the series finished, but so much has happened since then with the NY sales tax issue taking center stage there for a while. Because it is long – here is a bulleted summary – but it is really important if this […]
Couple of little things…
1. We changed the “Feedback Expiration” from 30 to 120 days. For merchants, this means that within the interface you will now be able to see feedback posted on affiliates (and the corresponding rebuttals) for a period of 120 days. 2. Follow us on “Twitter”. I have recently created a “ShareASale” specific entry which […]
Spring changes…
1. We decided to launch a whole new look for our external website today – which we hope provides a much cleaner and streamlined look to those who are visiting ShareASale for the first time especially. We would really love to have any feedback on the new design so if you have any thoughts, please […]
Marketing with Respect
I just returned from Las Vegas and the Affiliate Summit West (which was phenomenal again – thanks to the founders Shawn and Missy and all of their staff!) – and actually was able to take a couple days vacation directly following in order to wind down and reflect on all the business that occurred during […]
A few things we have changed since Think Tank
Well, I hope to get to all of the great suggestions that were put out there at our in-person annual event (the ShareASale Think Tank) … but here are a few highlights that we’ve been working on since then (October). Feedback Feature – was actually in place just before Think Tank, but was discussed a […]
Thoughts on a “Clean” Network Environment
I was asked the other day what it took to run a “clean” network, as it was put… and I hadn’t answered that question in quite a while – so I wanted to share with everyone some thoughts on the subject. “Clean”, of course, is all relative … it depends on your own individual perception […]
Chicago Dinner, “Thank You”s, Focus changes and General Musings
Happy Friday Everyone. :) I have returned safely from the dinner in Vancouver – it was a great event I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to make the trip… it’s a great city and a very well run event. As you know, we’ve been doing the “Month of the Interface” this February […]