Greetings everyone… a quick note to tell you about how we are helping a Los Angeles charity – LA’s Best – with a fundraising drive. The short story is that they lost funding during budget cuts that affected their ability to provide transportation for things like fieldtrips, after-school activities, etc… ShareASale is matching donations in […]
Proposed Toolbar Policy
As mentioned in my previous post, we have developed (with the help of a lot of folks in the industry) a modified policy regarding the allowance of toolbars and other extensions of the browser such as FireFox extensions, etc… Thanks to everyone who helped! Here is the proposed policy – we welcome your input and […]
ShareASale and Toolbars / Call for Participation on Guidelines
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 […]
Ad-Tech NYC, the Affiliate Thing Podcast, and the PPC “3 Strikes” policy
I was able to get away for a couple of days and attend the New York Ad-tech show, which I’ve made it to I think just about every year. It is one of my favourite shows because the volume of companies exhibiting is so substantial – and one can really get a good idea as […]
PPC Violation Reports – Now Available
Merchants who login can now report PPC Violations for ShareASale review. Please note that this process is seperate and independant from any action that a Merchant wishes to take on an individual affiliate. There are some instructions in there on how this report should be used, as well as the information that we will need, […]
PPC Policy – 30 days – Certification
For those awaiting news on the new PPC policy… Our plan is to begin the second stage on August 1st, where a method of reporting PPC abuse will be opened up to merchants. Remember, the first 30 days (roughly the month of August) will be a test period for this system which means that strikes […]
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 […]
ShareASale Pledges and Expectations…
Over the next few weeks I will be posting a series titled the “Pledges and Expectations”. The goal of this series is to set out what we pledge to our clients, as well as what we then expect from them. The series will be about 5 posts long and will start with one regarding Outsourced […]