Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

Thanks for visiting the Affiliate Tip blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed or enter your e-mail on the top left to get updates by e-mail.I was looking at an affiliate program that I would like to promote, and I see that they will charge £5 to review my affiliate application. If I am accepted, they [...]

I am all out of the Affiliate Manager Boot Camp DVDs that I announced back in November 2007. No more mail orders will be accepted.
The DVDs included 13 chapters on managing an affiliate program, and they were based on my book, Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.
Anyhow, I’ve ordered a new batch and they will be [...]

Affiliate Summit is sold out and the auctions for registrations are starting to pop up on eBay.
If you are interested in passes listed on eBay, please be sure to contact registration@affiliatesummit.com to confirm that the pass can be transferred.
All registrations have associated registration ID number. Request this number form the seller and provide it in [...]

The AffStat 2008 Report, a compilation of survey data from nearly 200 affiliates managers, has been published. This is the sixth annual edition of the report that I have authored.
The survey covered the overall statistics for affiliate programs, as well as a number of issues that face affiliate managers.
Areas covered in the survey included [...]

I came across a cool marketing idea, custom stickers from Sticker Giant that are removable. It’s a cheap and easy way to promote your brand, and I think people might be more likely to slap it on their laptop or phone if they know it can be removed down the road.
Many folks plaster stickers of [...]

The monthly AdMob Mobile Metrics report has been released with data from January 2008.
This month they report on share of the mobile market calculations based on requests and they also report the impressions by market to provide visibility into fill rates.
Also new in the January report from AdMob is trends tracking. They compile data [...]

The prospect of Microsoft buying Yahoo has had blogs and forums buzzing with speculation, but I haven’t seen much on how it would impact the average affiliate.
However, I just came across an article by Rajeev Goel, Co-Founder of PubMatic, that discusses implications on the many affiliates running ad units for the Yahoo! Publisher Network and [...]

Affiliate Summit is Sold Out
GeekCast 5 - ShoeMoney vs. WickedFire
Guide to Networking at Affiliate Summit
Affiliate Program News
Moniker Announces Top Domains for Auction at Affiliate Summit
Affiliate Fatblogging, Episode 13

The February 13, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing features news on the potential sale of CJ, Affiliate Summit selling out, an interview with Affiliate Classroom’s Anik Singal, affiliate fatblogging, and a special Valentine’s Day serenade from Shawn to Lisa.
Show Links

Is CJ Worth More Than VCLK?
Affiliate Summit Sells Out
Affiliate Classroom Launches AC Certified
Affiliate Fatblogging [...]

Adam Schwartz from CouponSurfer.com shared an interesting article with me about Amazon.com, and their apparent plans to become an affiliate themselves.
Amazon.com Inc. is testing a new paid advertising program that will drive shoppers away from products on its own Web site.
On some Amazon product detail pages, competing or complementary items and their prices now appear [...]