Tag Archives: affiliate programs

Thu 11th March 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Hydra Affiliate Network Dumps 88% of Its Publishers - Large affiliate network trims its ranks. In a major shakeup in the affiliate network world, Hydra Network has dumped 88% of its affiliates, leaving it with fewer than 2,000 large publishers. Back in my days of affiliate arbitrage through pay-per-click, I frequently earned more than $5,000 a month from Hydra. I basically stopped using it a year or two ago, as I became frustrated with the terms of each of its offers changing from day-to-day. Hydra’s new, more stringent ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2009
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eBay Starts Paying Affiliates by a Click. Here’s Why. - eBay is no longer paying per sale. But the real reason isn’t so obvious. For years, online retailer and auction service eBay offered a traditional affiliate program. It paid affiliates for sending new registrations and sales to eBay, similar to how most online retailers pay a commission for sales. But as many companies try to move from PPC to a pay-for-performance model, eBay is going the opposite direction. Well, in name only. It’s still pay-for-performance, ... read more ...
Mon 6th April 2009
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Amazon Disses Paid Search Affiliates - Amazon to forbid affiliates linking from paid search ads. In an email to Amazon Associates today, the company announced it will no longer allow affiliates to send traffic directly to its site from pay-per-click ads on Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Affiliates may still bid on search engines to send traffic to their own web sites, which in turn link to Amazon.com through its affiliate program. I used to be active at affiliate arbitrage. In a nutshell, that means buying ... read more ...
Mon 9th March 2009
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California Law Would Emulate New York Affiliate Tax - California would extend sales tax collection to many online merchants. As state governments get strapped for cash, expect them to extend the reach of existing taxes. NYAffiliateVoice reports about a new proposed law in California that is similar to a New York tax law. New York’s law requires online merchants such as Amazon.com to collect New York sales tax if it has any affiliate program members in the state. New York basically extends its tax collection nexus ... read more ...
Tue 4th November 2008
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GeoDomains Can Profit from Affiliate Programs, Too - Try “local affiliate programs” for your geo domain names. Because of their local nature, geo domain names can be difficult to plug into affiliate programs. There are localized programs such as hotels, but finding dentists, doctors, and plumbers that are using localized affiliate program is difficult. There’s an answer, and it’s detailed step-by-step in Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest newsletter. Schoemaker is a famous affiliate known as Shoemoney. Schoemaker ... read more ...
Mon 18th August 2008
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Affspy Helps Monetize Domains with Affiliate Programs - Affiliate search tool opens to public beta. Affspy, a search engine to find the highest paying affiliate offers, has moved to an open beta this week. It has been in private beta since February. Affspy is a good tool for domainers looking for alternatives to domain parking. Sometimes it makes sense to forward your domains directly to an affiliate offer that may pay $20 or $30 per action rather than a few cents per click. But finding the right offers can be hard. ... read more ...
Tue 10th June 2008
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Affiliate Programs May Be Future of Parked Domain Names - Cost per action and cost per sale is a good alternative to pay-per-click. With all of this talk about dying pay-per-click revenue and the potential for Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) to stop supporting the domain channel, domain owners are looking for alternatives. One alternative is cost-per-action (CPA) programs. With CPA, you direct visitors to other web sites, but instead of getting paid for the click you get paid if someone performs an action at the target ... read more ...
Fri 30th May 2008
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New York Shuts Down Affiliate Businesses - Affiliate law sends e-commerce companies running for the hills. New York residents already feel the pain of high taxes. But now the state has basically shut down many of its resident’s businesses that rely on affiliate revenue, including domain name owners. In an effort to collect more tax revenue, the state decided that companies (namely Amazon.com) that have affiliates in the state technically “have a place of business” in the state. Thus, they are required ... read more ...
Mon 14th April 2008
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Should Companies Let Affiliates Use Trademarks in Domain Names? - Companies need to be careful when allowing affiliates to use their trademark in domain names. I do a lot of “affiliate arbitrage” by promoting affiliate programs through paid search platforms such as Google Adwords. This used to be really easy. But then Google decided to limit identical “display URL” for each search term to one. So if you were promoting Orbitz.com then you had to use a different domain name to direct traffic to the landing page. If you ... read more ...