AffiliateShop
Affiliate Program Software Characteristics & User Feedback

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, E-Commerce Consultant
Web Commerce Today, Issue 46, May 15, 2001

Research for this survey of affiliate program software was conducted in early May 2001. The top part of the form is from material obtained from the software's website. Material at the bottom of the form is based on feedback from our readers who use the software. Their remarks are candid, and are not necessarily the opinion of the editor or publisher. If you have experience with using affiliate program software to manage an affiliate program, I'd appreciate your candid feedback about the program you use at www.wilsonweb.com/survey/affiliate-software.cfm

URL

http://www.affiliateshop.com/

Company:

Pendulab Pte Ltd., Singapore and Quebec

Software Type:

ASP (Application Service Provider)

Affiliate/Merchant Web Interface

Yes

Pricing:

Shared Server: $345 set-up, $45/month, up to 1000 affiliates. $150 for next 1000 affiliates.
Dedicated Server: $9,000 up. $1000 up/month

Commission:

None

Affiliate Marketing & Recruitment:

Yes

Tracks:

Clicks, leads, sales

Two-Tier:

Yes, and three-tier

Customize individual payment rate:

Yes

Carts that support:

CCNow, Americart, EasyBasket, Intershop, 1ShoppingCart, Kagi, AbleCommerce, WorldPay, ShopAssistant, BuyWired , MIVA Merchant, CommerceStore, PDGSoft, Virtual-Banking, IBill, eWebCart, Cart32, NetBilling, Concept2100 UK

Writes checks to Affiliates:

No. Except through vendor Troy Systems

Data Export:

Comma delimited database. Can export to export a Payment Report to PayPal's mass payment system.

Affiliate ID generation:

Yes

Banner/graphic management:

 

E-mail to affiliates:

Yes

Affiliate sign-up:

Automatic or manual approval

Links to particular pages:

Yes, redirect available

Average Survey Rating:

8.7

Number of Respondents:

Positives:

Webmaster control center: adding, e-mailing, deleting, tracking of affiliate earnings and affiliate payment and customizable e-mail templates; able to customize '%' pay out for top performers. Affiliates have their own 'private' interface where they can track their sales in real time.

Ease of access, cost, content management.

Simple, flexible and not expensive

Negatives:

Affiliates are not automatically notified as sales are made.

fits my needs at the moment but will see in the future

Purchase Again?

Yes. Very responsive support and they program is constantly being upgraded/improved.

Yes.

Yes. Could quality for the price

Other comments:

About to implement a significant price hike but from my research it is not out of line with the others out there.


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