Resolving Merchant-Side Affiliate Commission Tracking Problems

I just re-read the following comment regarding a merchant-side affiliate tracking problem that Kaycee posted to our forum some time ago. I was appalled by her merchant’s response and wanted to make all of our readers aware of how best to handle... [Read more...]

Beware Free Merchant Domains

I was wondering why I hadn’t earned a commission on a particular product in quite awhile. The merchant had given me a free domain set up to redirect to their store with my affiliate link, so I went to that URL and it was still redirecting, no problem. However,... [Read more...]

Podcast: What Merchants Do to Mess Up Their Affiliate Programs

Linda Woods, host of the weekly “Affiliate Marketing Insider” podcast on Webmaster Radio invited Kathleen Lindsay of Allegiance Marketing Resources and me back this week to talk with her on the subject “What Merchants Do Wrong to Mess... [Read more...]

AC Certified: Become a Certified Affiliate Manager or Learn to Attract MORE Super Affiliates to Your Program

AC Certified Training, certification and career placement assistance… If YOU are an affiliate manager or online merchant with an affiliate program who wants to increase affiliate program sales by attracting Super Affiliates, I can’t recommend... [Read more...]

The Art of Wooing Affiliates

“You spammed me” I said with a smile to the affiliate network manager standing next to me as we posed for a picture together at the last Affiliate Summit. Her smile suddenly disappeared. Kind, compassionate and understanding person that I... [Read more...]

Merchants: PLEASE Keep Your Links Updated

Cheese me. I was in the Linkshare interface the other night getting Allzine links for blog posting about on the Roamsters.com site. Thirty magazines were returned in the Travel & Leisure category. I grabbed about ten of them, creating ten draft... [Read more...]