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Little Salesmen Affiliate System
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.cgitoolbox.com/

Company:

CGI Toolbox, Blaylock Enterprises, Midlothian, VA

Software Type:

CGI. No tech support for installation. Unix only, Perl

Affiliate/Merchant Web Interface

Yes

Pricing:

$197, bundled with Mail Master Pro and ClikGate Pro

Commission:

None

Affiliate Marketing & Recruitment:

No

Tracks:

Clicks, Sales

Two-Tier:

Yes

Customize individual payment rate:

Yes

Carts that support:

All

Payment Systems

N/A

Writes checks to Affiliates:

No

Data Export:

Comma or pipe delimited files. 

Affiliate ID generation:

Yes

Banner/graphic management:

Yes, on your site.

E-mail to affiliate after each order

Yes

Send e-mail to affiliates:

Yes

Affiliate sign-up:

Automatic, or individually approve

Redirects to particular pages:

Yes. In addition, each affiliate can have unlimited tracker IDs, and reports show ratios for each tracker ID.

Average Survey Rating:

9.0

Number of Respondents:

1

Positives:

I like the ease of use -- anyone can set up their tracking of ads, etc., and know exactly which ad pulls the best response, they can check their conversion rates (hits to sales %), they can see their commissions.

Negatives:

Getting adjusted to what needed html and what needed just plain text in the admin part. A couple of minor glitches getting it to work initially -- getting it to work with an outside secure server and still tracking the sale properly.

Purchase Again?

Yes, definitely. It's an excellent price with the right stats that most affiliates want.

Other comments:

 


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