Comments on: Networks Make A Name For Yourself http://www.webaffiliate.co.uk/networks/networks-make-a-name-for-yourself.html Monetising your website and affiliate marketing ramblings from Chris E Frost... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Overdrive http://www.webaffiliate.co.uk/networks/networks-make-a-name-for-yourself.html/comment-page-1#comment-8830 Overdrive Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:34:13 +0000 http://www.webaffiliate.co.uk/blog/networks/networks-make-a-name-for-yourself.html#comment-8830 I like this idea. However, what if a non-affiliate copies the discount codes off your page and starts distributing them on his own webpage? The advertiser would potentially be giving the discount to people who were not even referred to them by an affiliate. That is, giving the discount away for free since no commission is due anyway. So, only visitors who have actually visisted your website should be able to use your discount code. The problem is, how can the advertiser, at the time of purchase, know were the visitor came from? The affiliate network knows this, but not the advertiser. The advertiser can't read the cookies of the affiliate network in realtime. I like this idea. However, what if a non-affiliate copies the discount codes off your page and starts distributing them on his own webpage? The advertiser would potentially be giving the discount to people who were not even referred to them by an affiliate. That is, giving the discount away for free since no commission is due anyway.

So, only visitors who have actually visisted your website should be able to use your discount code. The problem is, how can the advertiser, at the time of purchase, know were the visitor came from? The affiliate network knows this, but not the advertiser. The advertiser can’t read the cookies of the affiliate network in realtime.

]]> By: Raymond Theakston http://www.webaffiliate.co.uk/networks/networks-make-a-name-for-yourself.html/comment-page-1#comment-8454 Raymond Theakston Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:27:10 +0000 http://www.webaffiliate.co.uk/blog/networks/networks-make-a-name-for-yourself.html#comment-8454 I like the slider if it's not in the control of the affiliates. If it was, in theory, this is what I could do. I'd have two sites minimum. One offering 4% discount. I'd also have another site offering the full 8% discount and receiving 0% commission, to stand out. Then when my second site, with its high volume, quickly hit its sales targets and got boosted up the commission levels, I'd add more discount and keep some back as profits. I like the slider if it’s not in the control of the affiliates. If it was, in theory, this is what I could do. I’d have two sites minimum. One offering 4% discount. I’d also have another site offering the full 8% discount and receiving 0% commission, to stand out.

Then when my second site, with its high volume, quickly hit its sales targets and got boosted up the commission levels, I’d add more discount and keep some back as profits.

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