Affiliate Marketing
Fellow Affiliate Marketers - Does anyone else have issues Linkshare's home page not loading???
For a long, long time now, in fact the better part of
a year I have been able to log into my affiliate
account
LinkShare.com
but this
PHP
script that runs their first page after logging in
simply will not load. We're on
Macintosh
computers, all current
Intel
powered Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook
Pro
all running the most up to date version of
Mac OS X
"Leopard".
It doesn't matter what web browser we use same
outcome, absolutely nothing loads in the page but
you can see up in the web browser tab a
PHP
script is trying to run but it stops or gets stuck
every single time.
We've contacted LinkShare.com more times than we care to think about and they keep giving us the standard answers about allowing pop-ups, virus protection and firewalls, etc. None of those things are the problem. It's clearly an issue on their end with regard to us trying to log in to their new website from Mac computers.
I'm tearing my hair out because they manage some top notch companies that I affiliate with for example; Apple's iTunes, Macy's and Sephora just to name a few.
As fellow affiliate marketers know LinkShare manages the affiliate program for a lot of multi-national brand name companies.
I need to know if other's are having this problem or similar issues; please post your specific comments here at my blog and let's try to move this forward, maybe we can get
someone's attention at LinkShare who actually gives a damn about solving this problem instead of handing out pat answers and frankly ignoring very specific issues as laid
out in our emails. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FELLOW LINKSHARE (MAC) ACCOUNT HOLDERS POST COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES TO THIS BLOG POST. THANKS.
HERE'S A SCREEN SHOT OF WHAT THE WEB BROWSER "LOOKS LIKE" -- pay attention to the PHP reference in the tab of the web browser window screen shot.
We've contacted LinkShare.com more times than we care to think about and they keep giving us the standard answers about allowing pop-ups, virus protection and firewalls, etc. None of those things are the problem. It's clearly an issue on their end with regard to us trying to log in to their new website from Mac computers.
I'm tearing my hair out because they manage some top notch companies that I affiliate with for example; Apple's iTunes, Macy's and Sephora just to name a few.
As fellow affiliate marketers know LinkShare manages the affiliate program for a lot of multi-national brand name companies.
I need to know if other's are having this problem or similar issues; please post your specific comments here at my blog and let's try to move this forward, maybe we can get
someone's attention at LinkShare who actually gives a damn about solving this problem instead of handing out pat answers and frankly ignoring very specific issues as laid
out in our emails. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FELLOW LINKSHARE (MAC) ACCOUNT HOLDERS POST COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES TO THIS BLOG POST. THANKS.
HERE'S A SCREEN SHOT OF WHAT THE WEB BROWSER "LOOKS LIKE" -- pay attention to the PHP reference in the tab of the web browser window screen shot.
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Are Affiliate Commissions Getting Smaller?
So, has anyone else noticed some affiliate
commissions being reduced, in some cases by 50%? Now,
the rates have trended lower for higher ticket items
like computer and electronics but now I'm seeing that
commissions that were a meager 2% have been reduced
to 1%. Is it me or is sending a message to marketing
affiliates that we're not needed or valued but we'll
throw you a tiny bone for the sale? I tend to promote
products that I'm personally using which is why my
reviews tend to generate notice with some converting
to sales. I share my story and my review of the
product or service and the rest happens as people
pick up the article/review while searching Google or
elsewhere. Oh, just to provide some perspective, say
your referred customer spends $100.00 you've made all
of $1.00 [volume is key in retail, I guess] Yikes
makes me wonder if I should bother, the bummer is
we're talking about my favorite high-tech. companies.
I'd love to hear back from others, share your story,
opinion, etc. I’ve been an affiliate marketer from
the beginning. I joined Amazon’s program when it
began along time ago; their associates program is
still the best on the internet; all in, control
panel, commissions structure, et al. Also, what’s
with the harrassing emails from ‘affiliate mangers’
telling me I’m not doing enough to promote their
brand and that giving me monthly targets, this is BS.
I have traffic but people aren’t converting (I have
no control over where or even if, the consumer will
decide to buy. The consumer has more purchase
opportunities than ever before and more ways to
conduct research to facilitate making more informed
purchase decisions. Content is king, it’s not just
about traffic, I learned that years ago and internet
customers are in a unique sub-set of their own. I’ll
stop for now because I didn’t intend for this become
a rant. Enjoy the day.
