Re: Have You Ditched Next Directory And Other Low Paying Programmes - Poll
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Originally Posted by befuddle
I've just made my first Next via buy.at sale and even though it's only 2% commission it's money for old rope as Frostie puts it.
I am more concerned about Thomson Holidays who reduced their commissions for voucher sites to £5 without warning or consultation. So where I once would receive £50 for a booked family holiday I now get a fiver. And I don't have a voucher to help induce a sale in the first place.
I won't ditch that merchant either, just won't promote them over-and-above other better performing and rewarding merchants.
and what you gonna do Ray when all the Merchants have reduced their commission to ridiculously low levels? Wouldn't pack that full time job of yours in just yet!
Re: Have You Ditched Next Directory And Other Low Paying Programmes - Poll
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I've just made my first Next via buy.at sale
Any reason why you didn't pull the links?
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it's money for old rope as Frostie puts it
And as affiliates we wonder why merchants perhaps have their issues too. Sorry (both of you), but really you can't expect a merchant to be dancing around jumping through hoops to sort out their side of the bargain, when we're saying "hey, cool money for old rope"!
Re: Have You Ditched Next Directory And Other Low Paying Programmes - Poll
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Originally Posted by Elaine
Wouldn't pack that full time job of yours in just yet!
Sadly (for me) I didn't even earn a fiver in commission yesterday after Google had issue with my site. So in those circumstances every penny counts and I'll still be playing with phones for a long time to come.
Re: Have You Ditched Next Directory And Other Low Paying Programmes - Poll
lol Doug
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Originally Posted by befuddle
Yeah. My site visitors were/are searching for Next and I'd just made sales via Aff Win. So I knew the page would be visited and convert.
sometimes nothing is better than anything .. if that anything would be short term and the something, when it came, due to nothing happening with anything, would be far bigger for the long term and outweight the short term benefit of anyone settling for just anything.
Re: Have You Ditched Next Directory And Other Low Paying Programmes - Poll
Ray
Think about this my friend...
Next were found to be advertising on M&S trademarks. Why? Well maybe because their market research told them that the same type of person who shops at M&S could also be the same type of person who would shop at Next? Different on clothes, but everythings else such as homewares, gifts etc.... When I read about this on Shanes blog, I made a note, and now use my Next page to point to another merchant.
It works!
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Originally Posted by befuddle
I won't ditch that merchant either, just won't promote them over-and-above other better performing and rewarding merchants.
Question is Ray, who will be next to treat you and other affiliates like this? Eventually you will not be pushing anyone over and about anyone else. Its a vicious circle that once started will be hard to stop. That was the main message of my post!
