AffiliateTracking Network
Affiliate Program Software Characteristics & User Feedback
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
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Company: |
Craig Belcher, AffiliateZone, Piney Flats, Tennessee |
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Software Type: |
API and very basic e-commerce |
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Affiliate/Merchant Web Interface |
Yes |
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Pricing: |
Basic service $75 set-up, $34.95/month. Up to 1000 affiliates, 1000 order/month, 15,000 clicks/month. Basic uses their secure order forms on their site. $75 addition for integration of orders on customer's site. |
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Commission: |
No |
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Affiliate Marketing & Recruitment: |
No |
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Tracks: |
Sales, Clicks |
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Two-Tier: |
Yes. |
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Customize individual payment rate: |
Yes. |
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Carts that support: |
Compatible with a wider range of Unix platforms and shopping carts, including: Miva, Intershop, Mercantec, ShopCart, LeCart, Dansie, WebCart, WebGenie, Xtropia, QuikStore, Actinic, Hazel, BizBlast. |
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Payment Systems |
iBill, iTransact, Authorize.net, VeriSign, CommercePay, SecureTrans, NetBilling, WorldPay |
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Writes checks to Affiliates: |
Not for basic. Additional module $75 set-up, $20 per month plus $2.50 per commission check. |
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Data Export: |
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Affiliate ID generation: |
Yes |
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Banner/graphic management: |
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E-mail to affiliates: |
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Affiliate sign-up: |
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Redirects to particular pages: |
Yes |
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Average Survey Rating: |
7.25 |
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Number of Respondents: |
4 |
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Positives: |
Easy customization. Easy initial investment Using a very early version that I am happy with. It could be easily integrated into all my order forms (we use 6 different type of online and offline forms) and allowed me to customize all related templates. Completely automated |
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Negatives: |
No accounting module. Have to download all data and convert to other system. Would be nice if they had something a bit more sophisticated. Told me they could connect to Miva Merchant with no problem. Bought on that basis. The program picks up the shipping and tax and pays my affiliates on that basis. Craig Belcher tells me it isn't his problem, Miva Merchant tells me it isn't their problem, ValueWeb tells me it isn't their problem. They basically have all told me that it was my problem. Cookie based - but not too many ways around that. Percentage payouts cannot be anything but a whole number |
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Purchase Again? |
Yes, for what it does. However, I would look at all the other programs now available to see if additional features are available for similar price. No. Yes Price was reasonable and the major deciding factor. Not any real competition here that I have learned about although I have not really looked lately. If there was something better for price I would change. |
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