Webgains Voucher Code System Sale

26th February, 2008 3 Comments back me up

I’ve recorded my first sale using the new Webgains Voucher Tool system.

When clicking on today’s earnings and the commission amount for JustSocca I can see that a code was actually used in the sale process. That’s good to know.

I can see what products were purchased. Also useful.

I can also see which code was used. Very useful. My Exclusive “SHOPCODES1″ code was given to me on the 25th and it made a sale on the 26th. I’m impressed with that.

I’ll use that information to make sure JustSocca receive a prominent position on the site.

Interestingly the sale didn’t have any url data. So I don’t know what page or creative was used to get the sale.

Now that Webgains are paying on code usage and not last cookie referrer, it’s feasible that it was another affiliates website.

Now that would be even better.

I’ve raised one issue with the system in that the customer discount wasn’t listed alongside the voucher description. So I had to still refer to my emails to confirm. This is reliant on merchants including as much detail as possible in the ‘description’ field.

Well done Webgains.

Innovation

‘Pay Day’ Becomes ‘Play Day’

25th February, 2008 5 Comments back me up

Never have I felt so happy printing off a ‘mini statement’ at the cashpoint.

It was only last month that I was paying out £770 to pay off a 3-year Personal Loan, which in turn helped pay off Credit Cards that had increased their interest rates up to 18% APR.

Today is a very different day. For the first time in probably all the time I’ve been in full time employment, a monthly payment went in and remained there. It’s not moved. I’ve just checked again online. Yes, it’s still there.

  • The LOAN is gone!
  • The CREDIT CARDS are gone!
  • The OVERDRAFT is gone!

And that money in that personal account is mine to save with only a small gym payment and this month’s rent to take care of.

I can say to get to this position wasn’t easy. But in fact it was. It just involved sitting at the computer for a couple of weekends and building a site up from scratch. Then it involved maintaining the site for a couple of hours every evening, once I’d gone home from my full time job.

Before I got the loan I calculated it would take me over 30 years to pay off my credit card debts because I was paying off a significant amount but the interest was still racking up.

With that kind of debt hanging around, it’s not difficult to get motivated to get a second job or sit at the computer.

In fact forget the debt, it’s not difficult to get motivated to sit at the computer when just ‘Big Brother’ is on!

I had a fear that I’d lose the motivation to update ShopCodes once I’d got to this stage.

Far from it. The scare I had last week when Google stopped linking to my home page for four days has made me more determined to take the site to the next level.

I’ve been updating the site by adding lots of fresh codes, pinging my RSS feed and emailing my subscribers.

And those extra hours updating the site have been rewarded in a few ways by Google since. It’s like the big search engine is keeping a watchful eye on me.

As well as the sitelinks, Google is also now indexing my site at the fastest crawl rate meaning my pages are getting indexed quicker, resulting in more conversions and commissions.

Pay Day’s don’t come soon enough but with continued affiliate marketing success how many more will there be?

Affiliate Marketing

ShopCodes Sitelinks Success

23rd February, 2008 6 Comments back me up

ShopCodes has been rewarded with an extra eight links displayed when you perform a Google search.

ShopCodes.co.uk is the number one result for the search query ’shop codes’ that has over 3million results.

These additional links shown below only some sites in the Google search results are called sitelinks and are there to help users navigate.

Shop Codes sitelinks

Google systems have analyzed the link structure of ShopCodes to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they’re looking for.

Google only show sitelinks for results when they think they’ll be useful to the user. If they don’t think that the sitelinks are relevant for the user’s query, they won’t show them.

The links are completely automated and you have to be in the first position for a search, for a chance to have this feature applied to your site.

I’ve ten links in total displayed when you include the second result on the page. Some sites only have five.

As well as linking to my voucher codes, exclusive codes and site map pages, the sitelinks list some high profile merchants too. Currys, Dixons, Figleaves, Debenhams and Tesco all feature.

Unfortunately at this time there are no affiliate released codes for Tesco and Debenhams, so I’ve included an RSS subscription form prominently on those pages.

Google

What’s Wrong With Flowers?

21st February, 2008 4 Comments back me up

This creative promotes a 10% Mother’s Day code from BeCheeky.com, who specialise in sensual and flirty women’s thongs & g-strings.

BeCheeky Mother's Day

Sending an embroidered thong in pink to mum just seems so far removed from the usual card, chocolates and bunch of flowers.

Or is Mother’s Day also a day for sending presents to your mates fit mum?

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