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Was 2008 A Bumper Year?
In the past, I’ve kept track as to the amount of sales I done on behalf of merchants purely out of interest. 2008 has been a good year mainly due to the introduction and focus on new sites, especially niche and seasonal ones, helping to bump up sales throughout the year.
Sadly the huge increase in sales, isn’t reflected in the same way when it comes to commissions. Trust me, I would be jumping for joy if I could say an average 10% commission was paid for each sale, and certainly would be giving up the day job!
Even so, it goes to show that us small affiliates (the ones that do it along side fulltime jobs, in our bedrooms) can still help companies achieve growths and profits.
| NETWORK | 2006 SALES | 2007 SALES |
2008 SALES |
07/08 CHANGE |
| Affiliate Future | £20,375 | £18,380 | £74,985 | 308% |
| Affiliate Window | £25,390 | £1,020,799 | £2,085,969 | 104% |
| Buy.At | £114,620 | £316,979 | £563,201 | 78% |
| CJ | £16,575 | £174,675 | £919,591 | 426% |
| DGM | £1,171 | £26,643 | £130,063 | 388% |
| POR | £3,917 | £22,745 | £52,697 | 132% |
| TD | £32,929 | £211,931 | £782,572 | 269% |
| Webgains | £854 | £22,256 | £301,227 | 1253% |
| TOTAL | £215,831 | £1,814,408 | £4,910,305 | 171% |
So why the changes? Well once again a lot of it is down to my relationships with networks. CJ, who in the past I’ve found to be a bit of a faceless company, have made contact with me. Just having a contact on MSN (thanks Hildegunn) has driven me to look at and push their merchants a little more, resulting in a 426% increase.
Another possible reason is the introduction of a bi-weekly newsletter. After collecting email addresses since I care to remember, I never did a single thing with them. Now my newsletters are sent out every 2 weeks, pushing merchants who in turn offer me and my visitors something special.
All in all a good year, but I’m not holding out much hope for this year with the credit crunch, yet think Eco Friendly stuff maybe worth a punt.
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