London Calling June 16th, 2005 8:48 pm Leave a comment

It’s the capital of the UK and potential host of the 2012 Olympics - and home to just about every affiliate event under the sun - which is a pain in the butt for those of us in live anywhere but close to London.
One of our main merchant partners is having a social event on …. Continue Reading

Creating Content Units June 15th, 2005 9:26 pm Leave a comment

Had a go at using the content unit options at Tradedoubler and Paid On Results today. A content unit utilises product feeds from merchants and allows affiliates to simply place a line of code into their site to provide useful content.
First up was Tradedoubler. The feed system at TD is at best awful - …. Continue Reading

Non Productive Day June 13th, 2005 10:07 pm Leave a comment

It’s been a relatively non-productive day affiliate wise today.
Suffered an allergic reaction to something this morning which followed something similar last night. Now, ok this is bizarre… but yesterday after taking a blackcurrent cough sweet my arms turned red! Today after having blackcurrent jam on toast… my legs and arms and just about everything …. Continue Reading

Tradedoubler Pools June 12th, 2005 11:09 pm Leave a comment

I still find the “new and improved” Tradedoubler interface somewhat horrible, unwieldy and not so user friendly as before, I was pleasently surprised when putting together an adverts pool.
Although it would be nice if the %age of advert shows defaulted to the %age of number of ads/100 using the format was relatively easy - …. Continue Reading

Affiliates Need to Embrace Change…. June 9th, 2005 3:02 pm Leave a comment

Hot affiliate potato of the week is the decision by ASOS to contact affiliates through both Tradedoubler and Paid on Results and let a few of them go! For those that stay they can enjoy a shorter cookie period. That’s nice of them! The discussion rages at A4U.
The ASOS decision does put us in quandary …. Continue Reading