Appendix 1. Detailed descriptions of Dedicated Affiliate Management Software

Ad Server Solutions
PO Box 6682
Freehold, NJ 07728, US
Phone: 321-221-9432
URL: http://www.adserversolutions.com/affiliate_software/
Contact: onlinehelp2@adserversolutions.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: Yes.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Flexible pay per click, sale, lead, impression download, etc. Commission can be set for specific products, specific affiliate, or specific affiliate categories.
Operating system, programming language: .jsp Java Servlet.Database: MySQL, SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, etc.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Includes IP tracking. Can deliver and track all kinds of ads, including rich media and pop-ups. Self-replicating pages. Ad serving is this company's main product.
Technical support: Free lifetime support.
Pricing: Affiliate program software $299. Can be bundled with ad serving software.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

RJR Computing Solutions, Inc.
PO Box 251
Palos Heights, IL 60463-0251,
Phone: 866-942-9701
URL: http://www.affiliate-management-software.com
Contact: http://www.affmanager.com/contact.cfm

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Redirect script on merchant's site allows affiliate links with merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: Yes.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Links can be created to multiple categories and product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pay per visit, pay per lead, pay per sale models can be run simultaneously. Payment as percentage of sale or flat dollar amount. Can handle recurring commissions. Flexible cookie expiration. Original referrer cannot be superseded by a later affiliate link. Commissions can be set globally or for individual affiliates. Payment by check, QuickBooks IIF import file, or PayPal. Also offers a 5 level "incentive" structure to give increasing rewards for affiliates that reach sale thresholds.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Fraud protection from duplicate subscriptions or same IP address.
Technical support: Installation and integration service included in setup fee, free technical support for 90 days on Gold Version, extended free e-mail support for Platinum and Diamond Editions.
Pricing: $37.00 per month and up. Price structure not given on website.

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Thermo Media LLC, an Experian Company
310 Washington Blvd., Suite 106
Marina del Rey, CA 90292, US
Phone: (310) 822-4447
URL: http://www.affiliatefuel.com
Contact: support@affiliatefuel.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? No. Links are specific to Affiliate Fuel.
Categories or groups of affiliates: 'Our affiliate promotions are relatively hands-off for the advertiser. We manage the program and affiliates ourselves. Each publisher is assigned an account manager who understands the system, is knowledgeable about the network promotions and can assist them with any program they need help with. The advertiser does not interact with the affiliates directly. It's also important to note that not all of our advertisers are "merchants". We are primarily a lead generation company so many of them are promoting brochure/information requests, free memberships and other soft-sell promotions that do not require a purchase.'
Separate ad tracking function: Not for advertisers, but for affiliates, called PPC Smart Track (TM) and is highly effective for search engine marketers.
Check writing service: "Advertisers are not required to pay affiliates directly. We handle all check-writing and our affiliates receive a consolidated check for all of the programs that they run."
Deep linking to multiple product pages: "Since about 85-90% of our promotions are single-page lead generation forms and do not allow users to browse beyond the intended promotion, there is no need for this feature. Even the sale offers we promote typically only present the user with one product as opposed to a commerce site promoting many."
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: "Lead generation is quite a bit different than standard merchant affiliate programs and, in my opinion, a far more competitive market as far as networks are concerned. Since many of our advertisers work with multiple networks and our prices need to be competitive, we typically payout the maximum that we can without any need for haggling. Occasionally, large volume partners may warrant a price increase when possible, but usually the pricing is already competitive. As for payment, we pay Net 30, making occasional exceptions in a few instances for partners that we deem have special needs."
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: "The affiliate network is an integral part of what Affiliate Fuel offers the merchant. The merchant can direct affiliates to us to signup for their program and we actively encourage our affiliates to participate in advertiser promotions."
Misc. comments and features: Full service advertising network. Handles lead generation, registration, downloads, and cost-per-sale types of advertising campaigns.
Technical support: 'Affiliate Fuel's tagline "The Full-Service Advertising Network" really says what it means. We handle the promotion almost entirely and pride ourselves on the level of support that the advertiser experiences. All creatives are mailed to our campaign coordination department and we handle it from there. We handle all check processing, affiliate support, marketing of the campaign to our publishers, etc. The advertiser's only job is to keep us informed about the quality of the traffic being sent to them and to help us in making sure that fresh creatives are available and that the program is competitive for its market.'
Pricing: No set-up fees or monthly minimums. Fees quoted on an individual campaign basis.

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AlstraSoft
Farrer Rd St 25
Singapore, 687754, SG
Phone: 5968700
URL: http://www.alstrasoft.com/affiliate.htm
Contact: sales@alstrasoft.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Allows commissions as a percentage of sale or flat amount. Real-time tracking of clicks, leads, and sales. Can export payment information to PayPal Mass Payment.
Operating system, programming language: PHP 4.1.0+, MySQL 3.23+, and one of the following supported payment systems: PayPal, E-Gold, Stormpay, and Authorize.net
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Allows you to set up an affiliate network of merchants and affiliates, or an affiliate program for a single store. Can run in multiple languages by adding language files. Multi-currency support. Advanced fraud control with IP blocking features. Can provide the option of rotating banners on affiliate sites. Referrer log for additional transaction analysis. Full contact information not included on website.
Technical support: Free technical support and 1 year free updates with purchase.
Pricing: $390 single license and one year of updates.

Times contacted to verify material: 1

TrackingSoft LLC
124 South Church Street
Rogersville, TN 37857, US
Phone: 877-689-4255 +1 423-921-0801
URL: http://www.affiliatetracking.com
Contact: sales@affiliatetracking.net

Program Type: ASP or Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? $20/month for masking the standard affiliate link with a subdomain of your site.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Yes.
Separate ad tracking function: Can track and manage banner and PPC search engine buys, but does not report impressions.
Check writing service: Optional writing and mailing of affiliate checks.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited unique URLs for various landing or product pages on your site.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Payment information can be exported to QuickBooks, PayPal, or exported in CSV or Excel formats. Either flat amount per sale or percentage. Commissions can be customized for each affiliate. Can handle affiliate payments for recurring billing (with PayPal and NetBilling).
Operating system, programming language: It is Unix compatible, written in Apache mod Perl.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Shows comparison chart with MyAffiliateProgram and DirectTrack. Includes tracking per click, lead, or sale. Can categorize affiliates and ad creatives. Multiple site tracking and management. Affiliate may select from Italian, Spanish, or English. E-mail address can be checked so two accounts are set up with the same e-mail. Multi-site support. Includes banner publishing. Affiliates can select from several banner images. Reports include: clickthroughs by affiliates and subaffiliates, subaffiliate sign-ups, sales, sales by entrance (product) category, and grand totals. Includes certain fraud protections that can restrict domains of URLs, affiliate URLs, duplicate orders, etc.
Technical support: Free e-mail support. Phone support $60/hr.
Pricing: $179 one-time set-up fee. Up to 10,000 clicks per month $54.95/month; up to 50K $124.95/month, etc. Licensed software on your own server $1200, includes set-up. Webpage replication for up to 1000 affiliates, $50/month. For a $50 integration fee and $20 per month they provide affiliate links to the merchant's main domain rather than a subdomain.

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Affiliate Window Ltd
2nd Floor 279-283 Greenwich High Road
London, SE10 8NL, UK
Phone: +44 (0)20 8269 4879 0870 990 4228
URL: http://www.affiliatewindow.com
Contact: http://www.affiliatewindow.com/contact_us.php

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: Pays each affiliate monthly.
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments:
Operating system, programming language:
Related affiliate network: Network of 40,000+ primarily UK affiliate sites.
Misc. comments and features:
Technical support:
Pricing:

Times contacted to verify material: 2

AdComplete.com, LLC
1065 Nash Drive
Celebration, FL 34747, US
Phone: 407-566-9259
URL: http://www.affiliatewiz.com
Contact: sales@adcomplete.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain
Categories or groups of affiliates: Allows categorizing and segmenting affiliates for commissions.
Separate ad tracking function: Administrator can create a separate Affiliate Type for tracking other forms of advertising such as Google and Overture.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can generate links to multiple products and banners, and to any page desired.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Supports per sale (flat rate or percentage), per lead, and per click commissions. A single affiliate can support one or all types and have individual rates for each type. Commission data can be exported for a user-specified period to MS Excel, .TXT files, Quicken QIF, QuickBooks IFF, or uploaded to PayPal for mass payment. Supports recurring commissions.
Operating system, programming language: Works on two platforms: Windows 2000+ with .NET framework 1.1 or Windows NT+, with SQL Server 7+, MS Access, or SQL 2000.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Works with most carts as well as PayPal IPN. Supports an unlimited number of rich media or conventional banners. Banners can be made to rotate on the affiliate's site and can be changed at any time. Can send earning summaries to affiliates for any period. Tracks which banners are most effective in terms of click rates and conversion rates. Software tracks the amount of time for each conversion in days.
Technical support: Support database, e-mail support, and phone support.
Pricing: Pricing depends on server and database configuration. Varies from a low of $199 for the older AffiliateWiz 3 to a range of $299 to $1049 for the more recent version for Windows 2000+ with .NET framework 1.1.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

KowaBunga! Technologies, subsidiary of CGI Holding
962 Newburgh Rd
Westland, MI 48185, US
Phone: 877-228-9827 734-728-4500
URL: http://www.affiliateclicks.com
Contact: sales@kowabunga.net

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Can be set to merchant's domain using a redirect script.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Merchants can create up to 20 different categories of affiliates.
Separate ad tracking function: Runs separate reports for ad tracking and affiliate marketing.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited product links; products can be offered to affiliates by category.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commission rates can be designated for each affiliate and affiliate category. Merchants choose to pay affiliates based either on a percentage of the sale or flat fee per action. They also choose whether to pay per lead, sale, or click. Payment information can be exported to QuickBooks, PayPal or other payment system.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: None. The Kolimbo Open Network is limited to MyAP users only.
Misc. comments and features: Offline tracking available by displaying the affiliate code as an extension number, depart number, or coupon number on the contact page. Provides an Affiliate Training Center. Easy upgrade path to MyAP for advanced features, tracking, reporting, customization and inclusion in the the Kolimbo Open Network.
Technical support: Available by e-mail.
Pricing: $199 set-up fee, $25 per month usage fee covers up to 30,000 "clicks plus impressions." 30K to 100K per month costs $50 per month, and so on.

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AffiliateGuerrilla.com
66, Braxfield Road
London, SE4 2AN, UK
Phone: +44 (0)20 8694 0984
URL: http://www.affiliateguerrilla.com
Contact: http://www.affiliateguerrilla.com/support.asp

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Uses your own domain name.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: Yes.
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited products.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Shopping cart configured for PayPal and Stormpay! Commissions can be set on per-product basis. Fixed amount or percentage. Commission payment schedule can be downloaded into Excel spreadsheet format for PayPal Mass Payments.
Operating system, programming language: Requires Windows webhost or webserver with support for Access 2000, Active Server Pages (ASP), and CDONTS, SendMail, or JMAIL installed.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Affiliate program with shopping cart designed for home and small businesses, though may be scaled up replacing MS Access with MS SQL server. Ad tracking feature included.
Technical support: Live chat.
Pricing: $169.95. Installation $30.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

SilkRoad technology
111 N. Chestnut St., Suite 200
Winston-Salem, NC 27101, US
Phone: 866-265-1884 336-201-5066
URL: http://www.affiliateshop.com
Contact: questions@affiliateshop.com

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Yes, FlexiLink allows the redirect code to be in the merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: Allows monitoring of various types of ads and sales channels without mixing with affiliate functions.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can link to any number of product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Supports all types of pay-for-performance and affiliate program models -- per click, per sale, per % of sale, per product quantity or a combination with their Hybrid Multi Tracking Tool. Supports a stepped commission model based on number of sales. Tracks recurring commissions. Includes a GenericTrack Tool to track sales from reciprocal links with other partners who are not affiliates. Allows filtered export to CSV file, QuickBooks.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Optional Network Plan gives merchants access to Network Directory viewed by 27,000 existing affiliates.
Misc. comments and features: Branch office in Singapore. Features a Self Replicating Page (SRP) which functions as the affiliate's mini website. Optional CustomerSecure feature allows real-time chat with customers. FraudGuard and Geographical Targeting features are built-in. LinkCheck Agent checks for the presence of links on affiliates' sites and generates e-mails to those who haven't installed banners.
Technical support: Provides an online FAQ for set-up questions and personalized set-up service, including integration with the merchant's payment system and shopping cart at no cost. Phone support is available during business hours, e-mail support 24/7.
Pricing: Pricing is moving to three pricing systems: Standard $45/month with no set-up fee, Network a set-up fee and $49.95/month and Nsites (for businesses that need to run multiple affiliate programs).

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

CosmicPerl
16 Tabernacle Road
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 7EF, UK
Phone: 917 477-1377
URL: http://www.allaffiliatepro.com
Contact: sales@allaffiliatepro.com

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Links can be to domain name, redirect if hosting option chosen.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Affiliates can link to any product and service pages in the site.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Recurring commissions can be scaled such as 40% of sign-up fee, 20% of first rebill, and 10% thereafter. Multi sites can be run with individual commission rates. Step-up bonuses can be offered to high performing affiliates. Commissions can be set for individual affiliates. Supports nearly every kind of pay-per-performance model. Several plans for affiliates promoting offline. Payment output can be exported to MS Excel, PayPal mass pay, and Paybycheck.com.
Operating system, programming language: Runs on Unix or Windows servers. Database is flat file for small affiliate programs or MySQL for medium to large programs. Written in Perl.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Can track orders in multiple currencies. Entire system can be customized. Full P3P compliance. Template wizard produces forms, terms and conditions, privacy policy, etc. Unlimited affiliates. A LinkCodeGenerator add-on is available.
Technical support: E-mail support, no charge. Telephone support $30/month.
Pricing: $40 to $2000+ one time licensing fee. Most popular packages are $466 to $537. Supports recurring billing for $99 fee. Page replicator $99. Offers program management and hosted software.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Internet Marketing Center
1123 Fir Avenue PMB 125
Blaine, WA 98230, US
Phone: 888-462-7006
URL: http://www.assoctrac.com
Contact:

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Affiliate links point to merchant's URL, redirected to AssocTRAC site.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Affiliates can be sorted according to products sold or time signed up.
Separate ad tracking function: Determines ad click through, purchase, and visitor-to-sale ratio.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Multiple products, unlimited entry pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commissions set as dollar value or percentage of sale, selectable for each product. Payment details can be exported to QuickBooks.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Includes hand submission of site to 40+ affiliate program directories. Automatically ads new products when they are detected in a shopping cart. Allows offline order tracking through fax, phone, and mail orders.
Technical support: Online help system, implementation guide, streaming video tutorials to help you learn how to use an affiliate program, phone support, e-mail support, and support forum. Installation and integration with shopping cart is $97 if needed.
Pricing: $677 set-up fee plus $47 per month. The monthly fee isn't charged until 50 unique affiliate hits have been tracked inside a 30 day period.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Pirod Internet Productions

Lisbon, , PT
Phone: +33 123456789
URL: http://www.affiliate-scripts.com
Contact: pirod@webdifusao.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Not explained.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Supports pay per click, sale, or lead.
Operating system, programming language: Written in Perl or PHP with MySQL database. Unix or Windows NT/2000. Uses SENDMAIL (Unix) or SMTP socket e-mail for NT.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: PayPal IPN enabled, handles recurring commissions. International feature requires translating one file and defining local currency. Anti-fraud systems include IP check, cookie check, click URL origin check. Raw clicks IP and incoming URL log list by affiliate to track cheaters. "Multiple" version can handle multiple affiliate programs. Free updates for one year. Full contact information is not available on the site.
Technical support: Unlimited e-mail support. Set-up $100.
Pricing: PRO version $95 to $150.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Click Sales Inc., subsidiary of Keynetics
915 W Jefferson St
Boise, ID 83702, US
Phone:
URL: http://www.clickbank.com
Contact: http://clickbank.com/contact/

Program Type: Hosted ASP and e-commerce

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? ClickBank, though third party systems allow merchant's domain for affiliate URL.
Categories or groups of affiliates: N/A
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: Yes.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: May be made to link to several products.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Merchants can set commission between 1% and 75%. Commission goes to the last affiliate who referred the customer to that particular product. Affiliate cookies expire after 60 days.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Affiliates join ClickBank at no charge to get username. Then that username is combined with the merchant ID for the URL. ClickBank "owns" its affiliates ( who must use their system and cannot be transferred).
Misc. comments and features: Provides both an e-commerce system and affiliate program for digital products. Provides a "Join My Affiliate Program" link to enroll new affiliates and provides a hotlink to your product.
Technical support:
Pricing: One-time $50 set-up fee. To use the system charges $1 plus 7.5% per sale.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

clickXchange Corporation
3419 Via Lido #461
Newport Beach, CA 92663-3908, US
Phone: 714-861-4041
URL: http://www.clickxchange.com
Contact: admin@clickXchange.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: Yes
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Can handle cost per click, per lead, per acquisition or sales, per impression or per double opt-in e-mail.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Network Affiliate Announce will inform all affiliates via e-mail of your new affiliate program that is available for them to join. Category Promotion advertises your program to affiliates at 25 cents per affiliate that signs up.
Misc. comments and features: Provides account manager, pre-screened affiliates, affiliate recruiting station, and affiliate check processing. Provides an optional Ad Pool for 5 cents and up per click, which will show ads on a network of pre-approved and demographically correct network of affiliates. Includes fraud protections.
Technical support:
Pricing: 30% or the minimum (whichever is greater) of their affiliate payout. $42 per month minimum fees ($83 for Premier advertisers). $500 one-time set up fee.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

clixGalore.com
1901 60th Place, Suite L8480
Bradenton, FL 34203, US
Phone: 206-350-4469
URL: http://www.clixgalore.com
Contact: http://www.clixgalore.com/EmailUs.aspx

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Links are to affiliate program domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: N/A
Check writing service: Yes.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Merchants can provide links to product pages as needed, using product data feed.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commission can be set to percent or actual amount for sale, lead, or click payout rate.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Yes. "Tens of thousands" of affiliates in four networks: USA, UK, Japan, and Australia.
Misc. comments and features: Anti-fraud and country filtering. Special emphasis on features for international merchants and affiliates.
Technical support: 24 hour e-mail and telephone support.
Pricing: Fees are 25% of what is paid to the affiliate. Offices in the US, UK, Australia, and Japan. Pricing in USD, Australian dollar, British Pounds, and Euros. Program operates in USD, British pounds, Euro, New Zealand dollar, Japanese Yen, Singapore Dollar, Korean Won, and Thai Baht. Offers four programs: Bronze, Business Silver, Enterprise Gold, and Corporate Platinum. Higher level programs provide greater attention by program managers and greater exposure to potential affiliates. The Bronze level has no annual fee, $75 minimum starting balance. The Business Silver level requires a $100 account starting balance from which to pay affiliates, plus a $275 annual promotion services fee.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Commission Junction, a ValueClick company
530 East Montecito St., Suite 106
Santa Barbara, CA 93103, US
Phone: 800 761-1072 805 730-8000
URL: http://www.commissionjunction.com
Contact: http://www.cj.com/about/contact.jsp

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? No, the affiliate uses its own domain name.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Can be categorized by revenue, performance, publisher group, etc.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: Monthly commission processing and payment.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can support product catalogs.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Can provide nearly any commission and pay per performance structure or a combination/hybrid. Commission can be set by item, performance incentives for publishers, product catalog support, Variable Tracking Technology. Lists an affiliate’s Network Earnings Ratings (performance relative to the rest of the network) to distinguish the levels of performance among affiliates.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Large, established network of publishers.
Misc. comments and features: Considered the leader in the US. Assigned account manager works with advertisers to maximize results. Supports fraud prevention and detection. Scalable infrastructure can support the largest advertisers. Additional offices in Massachusetts, London, and Munich with global reach.
Technical support: Extensive FAQs plus e-mail support center and assistance from an account representative.
Pricing: Pricing can be tailored to a mix of third party and in-house implementation of an affiliate program. Pricing is not announced on website, but per sale costs probably center around 30% of commission paid to affiliate. Monthly fee minimums are set high enough to exclude the smaller companies. For more information on pricing, go to http://www.cj.com/solutions/adv_access.jsp

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Decentrix Inc.
1200 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80205, US
Phone: 303-899-4000
URL: http://www.afftraq.com
Contact: http://www.afftraq.com/contact_us.jsp

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pays affiliate commissions on percentage or fixed amount basis. Can set commisions on per product or per affiliate basis. Payment info exported to QuickBooks.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Designed to work with Decentrix website solution, but can work independently.
Technical support: Telephone support for set-up period.
Pricing: Start-up fee $1499 includes 10 banners designed. Monthly fee depends on the number of affiliates. Up to 50, $99/mo up to 500 for $250/month and then $20 per 100 additional affiliates.

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DGM Australia
31 Paternoster Row Pyrmont
Sydney, NSW 2009, AU
Phone: +61 (0) 2 9692 0780
URL: http://www.dgmaustralia.com
Contact: http://www.dgmaustralia.com/contact.cfm

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: Yes.
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments:
Operating system, programming language:
Related affiliate network: Yes.
Misc. comments and features: Preaviously cyberaffiliates.com.au.
Technical support:
Pricing: No set-up or annual fees. Transaction fee is 25% of the commissions paid to the affiliates.

Times contacted to verify material: 1

Deal Group Media plc
Unit 800, Highgate Studios 53 - 79 Highgate Road
London, NW5 1TL, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7691 1880
URL: http://www.dgm-uk.com
Contact: http://www.ukaffiliates.com/contact1.cfm

Program Type:

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? No.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Multiple categories can receive different commissions and bonuses.
Separate ad tracking function: Yes. Full tracking for affiliates or tracking partners.
Check writing service: Yes.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes. Also can provide multiple product pages from within the same dynamic banner.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Full flexibility. Commision available per transaction or products within a transaction. Commision rates can be split by product categories or individual products.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: No, but provides an publisher network on which to place ads.
Misc. comments and features: Provides a full tracking and reporting interface for an account managed or self-serve solution. Services over 200 merchants and 15,000 publishers. Dedicated publisher management team to screen and promote publisher growth. Along with our Ad Network & Search solutions offers a full suite of online marketing solutions. Provides a fully managed service,
Technical support: Account managed solution gives access to technical support. Seperate integration team provide tracking / product feed support.
Pricing: Works on client by client basis to set up fees and commissions. Contact sales team to discuss requirements.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

DH Softwares
PO BOX 360
Kew East, Victoria 3102, AU
Phone: +61412668175
URL: http://www.dhsoftwares.com
Contact: http://www.dhsoftwares.com/contact.php

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: N/A
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes, if the administrator sets up links to the product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Payment amounts at each level can be set either as a flat rate or a percentage of the item price. Recurring payments supported on merchant-set pay periods.
Operating system, programming language: Requires PHP 4.1.2+ and MySQL v3.23+.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: MLM management program. Provides fraud prevention and money back guarantee in case of "cooling off period". Refunds can be retrieved from affiliates for customer refunds. Automatically generated, customizable affiliate FAQ pages. Affiliates can be sorted by activity, sales, name, or id. Manual entry feature included. Includes banner and text advertising management. Add-ons include e-commerce integration for 2checkout.com, PayPal, ClickBank, PaySystems, and Stormpay.
Technical support: Online forums, instant messaging, and e-mail provide customer support.
Pricing: $377 includes all current and future add-ons.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Direct Response Technologies Inc.
730 Holiday Drive, Bldg. 8 P.O Box 16530
Pittsburgh, PA 15242, US
Phone: 412.921.6881
URL: http://www.directtrack.com
Contact: directresponse@help.directresponse.com

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Domain branding, i.e. yourname.directtrack.com
Categories or groups of affiliates: Categorization available with commission tiers possible.
Separate ad tracking function: Keywordmax tool allows you to track al PPC buys and manage bids.
Check writing service: Optional at $2/check.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Data feeds provide deep linking to specific products.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Tracks any kind of campaign: CPM, CPC, CPA, CPS, Email. Payouts can be product-specific. Flat amount per sale or percentage, plus a different rate for the second and subsequent sales.
Operating system, programming language: N/A.
Related affiliate network: Optional DirectResponse network includes 15,300 affiliates and monthly promotions based on a revenue share.
Misc. comments and features: Allows set-up of privately branded affiliate program. Enables you to setup, manage, and track data feeds for affiliates or price comparison engines. Built in suppression list to comply with CAN-SPAM law. Fraud Meter helps weed out bad affiliates. Payments can be exported to QuickBooks or PayPal, or optional check-writing service.
Technical support: 10 days installation and set-up telephone and e-mail support. Then free e-mail support.
Pricing: $50 monthly fee includes 5 GB bandwidth, 2 million impressions and 100K click-throughs. One-time license fees: Merchant version $995, Merchant Pro version $2495, Network version $4995. Account set-up $395. Self-replicating pages $399/year. Geo-targeting $50/month. Can provide affiliate recruitment services and creative development.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

FloppyBank.com
510 Hunley Road
Mobile, AL 36608, US
Phone: None given
URL: http://www.floppybank.com
Contact: http://www.floppybank.com/contact/

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? N/A
Categories or groups of affiliates: Campaigns arranged by FloppyBank based on site profiles.
Separate ad tracking function: N/A
Check writing service: Provides check processing and affiliate payment.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: N/A
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Payout method selected by advertiser/merchant over program minimums.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Affiliates in the network don't sign up for individual merchants. Ads served are selected by FloppyBank.
Misc. comments and features: More of an adserv network since affiliate/publishers websites don't select ad campaigns that are served, though payment is on a pay-per-performance, not a CPM basis. In addition FloppyBank has AdServ v. 3.20, a high-traffic, high quality CPM/CPC network for sites with over 100,000 impressions and 5,000 unique users monthly. No physical address listed on site.
Technical support:
Pricing: No set-up fee. Minimum deposit $100. Transaction fees based on 30% of payment to affiliate. Minimum payout of 25 cents per lead or sale. Monthly minimum $25.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Friendlyinfosys Corporation
C-6,Ground Floor, Green House Cmplx C-Class, Pratap Nagar
Udaipur, RAJ 313001, IN
Phone: 91-294-2427592
URL: http://www.friendlyinfosys.com/friendly_affiliate.html
Contact:

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's site.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: No
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments:
Operating system, programming language: Unknown
Related affiliate network:
Misc. comments and features: Physical address and phone not on website. Provides replicated webpages for affiliates.
Technical support:
Pricing: Single site license $250.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

FusionQuest, Inc.
4464 Acord Cir.
West Valley City, UT 84120, US
Phone: 800-420-8298
URL: http://www.fusionquest.com/
Contact: sales@fusionquest.com

Program Type: Network or Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: Yes, for members of the FusionQuest network.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Links can be pointed to any URL.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pay per lead, pay a flat rate per sale, or pay a percentage commission on sales. Currently, you cannot pay a different commission rate on individual products. You can, however, override the default to pay a different commission rate to individual affiliates.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: FusionQuest Affiliate Network consists of merchants who use FusionQuest affiliate software. Currently 37,000 affiliates in the network.
Misc. comments and features: UltraLinks feature "clean links" or direct links that use no redirection and no query string to improve search engine friendliness. Claims that links with a query string (? In the URL) will not work properly for link popularity for your domain. A shopping cart is included, but not required for the program to work.
Technical support: Provides whatever is needed to get a merchant's system integrated and running.
Pricing: Start-up cost $195, $19.95/month. Or purchase the license for a one-time fee of $595. For network merchants for whom they pay affiliates, there is a commission of 10% of the affiliate payment, in addition to the regular monthly fee, with a cap of $650 for any given month.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Carson Services, Inc.
PO Box 4785
Lincoln, NE 68504, US
Phone: 402 434-8480
URL: http://www.iahbetoolbox.com
Contact:

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments:
Operating system, programming language:
Related affiliate network:
Misc. comments and features: Toolbox consists of eight integrated online marketing tools including a shopping cart, affiliate software, sequential autoresponders, mailing list, contact management tool, and others. Very little information on website about software specifics.
Technical support:
Pricing: $39.95 a month after 30 day free trial.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

iDevDirect.com LLC
23820 Rotunda Road
Valencia, CA 91355, US
Phone: (661) 254-4921
URL: http://www.idevdirect.com/idevaffiliate.php
Contact: http://www.idevdirect.com/helpdesk/

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: Tracking of PPC text ads.
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can build multiple products or product groups, or multiple websites.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pay-Per-Sale (%), Pay-Per-Sale (flat rate) or PPC. Up to 100 payout levels for each payout type. Option to allow affiliates to choose payout type. Option to “block” payout types from certain affiliates. Integrated “performance rewards” feature will auto-increase payout levels based on # of sales or $ earned. Export payout into an MS Excel spreadsheet. Optional PayPal integration for mass payments of affiliates.
Operating system, programming language: Uses PHP and MySQL database. Runs on any Unix or Windows box.
Related affiliate network: CommissionChex.com, recently launched.
Misc. comments and features: Integrated rewards system based on number of sales or amount of commission. CommissionAlert module ($49.99 is for Windows software.) No physical address on website.
Technical support: Technical support is always free. Small releases will remain free, including small upgrades, small features, patches, etc.
Pricing: $99.99 one-time fee. Optional installation $45.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

2020 University, Suite 1320
Montreal, QB H3A 2A5, CA
Phone: 514 849 8595
URL: http://www.incomeaccess.com/
Contact: info@incomeaccess.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments:
Operating system, programming language:
Related affiliate network: Large pool of gambling affiliates.
Misc. comments and features: Online casino and poker affiliate programs. Provides outsourced affiliate program management.
Technical support:
Pricing: No information on website.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Interneka.com
942 Windermere DR.N.W.
Salem, OR 97304, US
Phone:
URL: http://www.interneka.com
Contact: http://www.interneka.com/contact_us.php

Program Type: ASP Hosted

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Links point to merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Affiliate categories can be set.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Ad categorization, pay per product tracking, and deep linking.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Handles pay per click, sale, lead, recurring sales, and lifetime commissions. Allows manual commission crediting. Payment information can be exported to PayPal mass payment, QuickBooks, or Chexx Inc.
Operating system, programming language: N/A for ASP product. A licensed version will be sold beginning in May 2005 for Windows IIS and Unix Apache, with PHP and MySQL database.
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Fraud protection built into the program. Unlimited replicated pages.
Technical support: 24 hour customer service e-mail support.
Pricing: Three levels of service: Standard allows up to 50K clicks per month; $75 one-time set-up fee, and $25 monthly fee. Advanced allows up to 100K clicks per month, more domains, affiliate program submission; $149 set-up, $35 per month. Dedicated allows unlimited monthly clicks, up to 10 domains, telephone support, free installation; $499 set-up, $129 monthly. Normal custom integration $99. Licensed software $899 beginning May 2005.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

International Net.Services Corp.
Urb Fausto Molina Mz 13 Casa 3
Riobamba, Chimborazo , EC
Phone: 593 99 577473
URL: http://www.isalesforce.com
Contact: http://www.interneka.com/contact_us.php

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchants.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Unlimited categories with different commission types.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited categories of products.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Affiliates paid through MoneyBookers.com and PayPal. Handles recurring commissions, PPC support, percentage or flat rate pay per sale. Manual commission entry.
Operating system, programming language: OS: Linux, FreeBSD and Windows with PHP 4.1.x and MySQL or MS SQL.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Spanish language affiliate program. Includes fraud protection.
Technical support: Unlimited customer support via e-mail.
Pricing: One website license $297, 5 domains $594, unlimited domains $1590.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

LeadToSale.com
10100 W Sample Rd #207
Coral Springs, FL 33065, US
Phone: 954 757-2525
URL: http://www.leadtosale.com/
Contact: http://leadtosale.com/contact.cfm

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain?
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages:
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commissions either by click-through, lead, sales, percent of sales or flat fee. Each affiliate's pay out rate can be customized. Also calculates the commission for your sales team.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: "Software allows affiliate to create your lead forms on their sites. Comes in a Small Business Edition which includes the affiliate and sales modules. These two modules offer a business the opportunity to track a transaction from the time a lead is referred to the time the sale takes place. This software was developed to assist the service and financial industries that accept and approve applications. Enterprise Edition includes additional modules for accounting, processing, customer service, and any other department within an organization. The Salesperson can access his lead bank at anytime and give directions pertaining to each individual lead to his/her Assistant at any time, day or night. With complete contact information at their finger tips, a salesperson can increase their productivity without having the added pressure of not knowing if his Client's application is going to be approved or not. Each department within the company can update the status of the lead that they are working. Full contact information is not available on website."
Technical support:
Pricing: Small Business Edition, $299 set-up fee plus $49/month. Professional Edition $999 set-up fee plus $79/month.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Leadhound.com
Landmark Commerce Center 3601 Vineland Road, Suite 3
Orlando, FL 32811, US
Phone:
URL: http://www.leadhound.com
Contact: comments@leadhound.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Affiliates can be filtered geographically.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: Leadhound pays affiliates via PayPal.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can provide affiliate links to multiple product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Handles CPM, pay per click, pay per action/lead, pay per sale (either flat fee or percentage). Can set special commissions for super affiliates. Campaign can pay on two different actions, such as 5 cents a click plus 5% of sales amount.
Operating system, programming language: N/A for network type. However, software can be licensed at www.leadhoundnetwork.com.
Related affiliate network: Leadhound network.
Misc. comments and features: Built in fraud control. Offers real-time stats for impressions, clicks, leads, and sales.
Technical support: E-mail support.
Pricing: Network access fee $149, deposit amount $200, transaction fees 30% of amount paid to the affiliates. No minimum fee is charged to active accounts. Inactive accounts charged $49.95/month service fee.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

LinkShare
215 Park Avenue South 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003, US
Phone: 888 742 7389
URL: http://www.linkshare.com
Contact: http://www.linkshare.com/contactus/contactus.html

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? No. LinkShare specifically and purposefully does not support simple links that use the merchant's domain for two chief reasons: (1) It's too easy to track down a merchant's entire affiliate network by spidering for these predictable links. (2) Predictable affiliate links tend to trigger spyware or adware ads for a competitor. LinkShare links are designed to be encrypted in order to protect our clients from all of the above without negatively impacting popularity. LinkShare will soon enhance this feature by upgrading to a new encryption scheme that will be more effective in our continued battle against spyware/adware.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Yes. "LinkShare merchants can segment their affiliates in a variety of ways including but not limited to: 1 - They can use the classifications selected directly by the affiliate; 2 - They can set up their own grouping categories; or 3 - They can use preset system categories that separate affiliates by performance criteria."
Separate ad tracking function: LinkShare Search Advantage helps merchants manage PPC ads. LinkShare MediaTracker allows merchants to track email campaigns, portal deals, etc.
Check writing service: Yes, including consolidated payment and direct deposit.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes. Affiliates can deep link to category pages or individual product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: LinkShare claims to have the most flexible commission structures in the industry. Merchants can offer any type of commission structure they wish. This can include CPM or CPC components; flat percent of sale; tiered percent of sale; or flat fee per lead or action. Commission structures can also be applied on a product or SKU-based level, as well as hybrid models. Multiple commission structures can be created and offered to different affiliates either individually or in groups. Commission payment is currently paid via check or direct deposit ACH and consolidated payments.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: LinkShare Japan, LinkShare Canada, LinkShare UK, B2BLinkShare
Misc. comments and features: "We have several features unique to LinkShare that we feel are critical to run a safe and successful affiliate program: Affiliate Verification – Verification of who your affiliates really are is critical to prevent invalid activity and to minimize any necessary policing. LinkShare is proud to be the only network to have upgraded our registration process to check the identity of affiliates through third party verification agents when they seek to join the LinkShare Network or update their information. In addition, LinkShare has launched the concept of a “legal entity” to make sure that a given affiliate can only create one single account, eliminating the ability to create false accounts, a tactic typically used for nefarious goals. Image Challenge - LinkShare requires that a image challenge or visual security code is entered upon login and registration of a new account. This prevents automated programs from scouring your data or automatically creating affiliate accounts, placing security at the utmost priority. Pre-Approval Filtering - This unique LinkShare feature allows merchants to preset certain criteria for approval into their program. Any affiliate applications that do not meet these criteria are automatically turned away so as to mitigate the manual resources required to review each affiliate. We want program managers to focus on more valuable revenue-driving activities. Content Spider - This LinkShare feature focuses on protecting a merchant's brand after the merchant has reviewed the affiliate web site for acceptance into their program. LinkShare will spider a merchant's affiliate sites on a regularly scheduled basis for certain keywords that merchants determine they would like to monitor, and provide a report with all findings directly to merchants. This allows branded merchants to make sure that the partner has not changed their site from an acceptable criteria to unacceptable. SynergyAnalytics – Most recently, LinkShare is very excited to be the first and only affiliate network at this time to provide a customized, proprietary channel analytics solution to all our clients - both merchants and affiliates. This application is critical for analyzing the success of a program but is also critical when used in conjunction with web site analytics providers. Currently, LinkShare is the only provider to have partnered with web analytics leaders Omniture and WebSideStory in order to give our clients flexibility in extending their analyses to track consumers end to end."
Technical support: "For merchants, we have a team of highly trained technical consultants that provide assistance and guidance during the technical integration and launch process. On an ongoing basis, merchants can contact their LinkShare representative with any issues. The representative has a series of channels and procedures that will ensure the merchant's inquiry is resolved in a timely manner. On the affiliate side, we have a team of affiliate experts who answer affiliate inquiries via phone, email, and live chat. All email inquiries are responded to within 24 hours."
Pricing: $10,000 license fee. Transaction fees are usually 2-3% of sales, with an additional monthly management fee of $5,000, however this is tailored to customers need.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Blaylock Enterprises
13512 Riverbelle Way
Midlothian, VA 23113, US
Phone:
URL: http://www.cgitoolbox.com/package.html
Contact: http://www.cgitoolbox.com/contact.html

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain. URL has no question marks.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service: No
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Multiple product pages
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pays out flat fee per sale or percentage of sale. Commissions can be set for affiliates individually if desired. Can export to QuickBooks or MS Money for payment. Can be set so commission goes to first affiliate link customer went to or the last.
Operating system, programming language: Unix with sendmail.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features:
Technical support: Lifetime upgrades included.
Pricing: $197 for set of tools including the affiliate program, plus software for managing a mailing list, member password protection, a subscription form, and anonymous feedback.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Node-Zero Software

, , CR
Phone: (+506) 825-4612 (+506) 278-2372
URL: http://managedaffiliateprograms.com
Contact: http://managedaffiliateprograms.com/contact.php

Program Type: ASP Hosted

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Links point to merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: Yes.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: You can customize the percentage of sale paid to each affiliate. Programs can be setup to pay fixed amounts per product.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: None.
Misc. comments and features: Unlimited affiliates and entry/landing pages. Includes program listing in several affiliate program directories. Physical address not on website.
Technical support: Free technical support on the affiliate software.
Pricing: No set-up fee. Three options: (1) annual $300 fee. (2) Monthly $35 service fee. (3) $500 one-time lifetime membership fee.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

KowaBunga! Technologies, subsidiary of CGI Holding
962 Newburgh
Westland, MI 48185, US
Phone: 888.224.6565 734.728.4500
URL: http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com
Contact: sales@myaffiliateprogram.com

Program Type: ASP Hosted

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Can point directly to merchant’s domain without going through redirect script.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Up to 20 categories of affiliates.
Separate ad tracking function: Merchants can track ad-driven activities separately from affiliate-referred activities using MyAP’s category 21.
Check writing service: Optional for those who sign up for KB EasyChecks.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Links can point to site any specific pages of your site.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Can handle pay per lead, sale or click, and pay on a percentage basis, flat fee, or both. Commissions can be overridden for special activities. Each product can have its own rate and can be managed alongside the merchant’s current SKU-based product management system. Payment information can be exported to QuickBooks or PayPal mass payment, or other accounting software. Handles recurring billing and tracking of offline sales. Can also handle lifetime sales IDs for repeat customers without relying on cookies.
Operating system, programming language: N/A.
Related affiliate network: MyAP merchants receive a listing in the Kolimbo Open Network. This allows them to develop relationships with affiliates that are supported and trained by the KowaBunga staff. However, unlike traditional networks, the merchant "owns" affiliates that sign up. Network available at no commission charge.
Misc. comments and features: Comes complete with advanced features like real-time, daily stats, transaction history reports showing line-item transaction details, sub-ID tracking and marketing material performance tracking and reports. Provides a number of tracking options, including first party cookie tracking, shopping cart integration, "you track," third party processor integration, offline order tracking, transaction uploads, and catalog tracking. Data feeds can be provided to affiliates as raw feeds, or as part of the KB Store Builder available to Kolimbo affiliates. MyAP can also be custom-programmed to fit the specific needs of any merchant. This includes complex commission structures, technically-advanced integration and simple changes to the interface for complete branding of the application. Opt-In Pro E-mail Marketing Software is integrated with MyAP for automated affiliate communication and newsletter list management. Optional SiteConvert web analytics software helps merchants segment website visitors and give them content or offers to make them convert. KowaBunga’s Team Affiliate department provides affiliate marketing consulting, affiliate recruiting, and full outsourced affiliate program management services to meet merchant needs.
Technical support: MyAP clients receive personal support via phone, email and online chat.
Pricing: $995 set-up and $149 per month, and up based on usage and needs. Needs of smaller businesses can be provided by lower-priced AffiliateClicks product.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

MyReferer.com

Carnate, MI 20100, IT
Phone: 800 910 8699 +39 039 672 787
URL: http://www.myreferer.com
Contact: sales@myreferer.com

Program Type: ASP Hosted

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Redirect scripts allow affiliate links to point to merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: Not yet.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Link categories available in Advanced edition.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pay per click-through, lead or sale. Supports recurring sales. Can set custom pay-out rates for super affiliates or products. Lifetime cookie control. Sends affiliate statements each month with a personalized message. Databases can be downloaded to MS Excel. Payment information can be exported to PayPal mass payment or MS Excel.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: MyReferer Network is available to merchants.
Misc. comments and features: Can be used with any currency or language. Provides unlimited landing pages. Affiliate link encryption available. Inventory module allows SKU-based XML feeds to affiliate sites with each category, product name, description, image, etc. Merchants can also receive optional recruitment and management services. Some contact information not available on website.
Technical support: Free support via email, chat, phone.
Pricing: Offers three types of accounts, each of which has a $195 one-time set-up fee. Basic provides up to 500 affiliates and 50,000 clicks per month, $30/month, but lacks some features. Pro allows 75,000 clicks per month and unlimited affiliates, $40/month. Advanced allows 100,000 clicks per month at $50/month.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Firex Agency Limited
Akara Bldg., 24 De Castro St. Wickhams
British Virgin Island, ,
Phone: 888-800- 8457
URL: http://www.partnersmanager.com
Contact: sales@partnersmanager.com

Program Type: Hosted ASP or Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Affiliate grouping.
Separate ad tracking function: Track and analyze campaigns from click through to sale.
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited products support.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Unlimited programs per sale, lead, click. Customized commissions per product and affiliate basis. Data export to MS Excel or QuickBooks, or PayPal mass payments. Unlimited affiliates. Recurring and sliding commissions.
Operating system, programming language: PHP 4.1.0+, MySQL 3.3+ and Apache or IIS webserver for licensed version.
Related affiliate network:
Misc. comments and features: Physical address not on website. 50,000 affiliates notified of new merchant program. Some relationship to AffiliatesManager.co.uk.
Technical support: Licensed version includes installation and free support for 3 months, plus new version updates.
Pricing: Monthly Hosted ASP service $39/month. Licensed version $1099. Server version ($2,999.50) provides unlimited affiliate and merchant logins, full control over all affiliates, merchants, and transactions, broadcast e-mails, etc.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Performics, Inc., a DoubleClick company
180 N. LaSalle, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60601, US
Phone: 312.739.0222
URL: http://www.performics.com
Contact: sales_team@performics.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? The affiliate link typically uses Performics standard tracking link – clickserve.cc.dt.
Categories or groups of affiliates: "Performics categorizes partners on behalf of clients based on our extensive knowledge and long standing relationships with our affiliates. In addition, clients may create custom categories for their own use."
Separate ad tracking function: "Performics is part of DoubleClick, the industry leading ad-serving technology provider, but the Performics division does not currently independently offer ad tracking."
Check writing service: "Yes, Performics administers all payment processes at no additional cost to the merchant or affiliate. In addition to paper checks, Performics offers direct deposit. All affiliate payments are consolidated across merchants."
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes. Performics enables merchants to provide multiple product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Performics pays affiliates twice per month and the system can support virtually any commission structure that suits a merchant’s needs. Commission structures include tiered commissions with varied payouts according to affiliate sales volume and product level commissions where a merchant can offer higher or lower commissions on product level to align commissions with profitability. For example, a merchant can offer a lower commission on clearance items. Merchants establish a standard commission plan and can define separate unique commission plans for certain partners or for certain links. Commissions may be a percentage of sale or a bounty per event.
Operating system, programming language: N/A.
Related affiliate network: "Performics is a leading affiliate network, offering proprietary tracking and reporting technology."
Misc. comments and features: "Performics’ market-leading affiliate software (ConnectCommerce) is a web-based solution, accessible 24/7 from any PC with an Internet connection. The robust and flexible system provides real-time data. " ConnectCommerce reporting provides a wide variety of information at both an aggregate and detailed level. Some of the reporting information includes: activity summary, action/transaction details, top partners and best converting links. The reports can also be viewed for any date range based on different filter criteria, such as top performers ranked by visits, transactions or conversions. In addition to the robust reporting capabilities available in ConnectCommerce, custom reports can be developed to meet requirements unique to the merchant.
Technical support: Technical support is available by telephone and email as well as FAQs within the software platform. Each merchant client is assigned a contact from the Business Applications group to ensure a seamless integration with any internal reporting systems.
Pricing: Performance-based pricing. Performics does not charge a software licensing fee but provides the proprietary tracking and reporting technology as part of its performance-based fees. Merchants pay Performics and affiliates an agreed percentage of sales and actions driven.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Webra Dev, a division of Quality Unit
Bratislavska 126
Peziok, 902 01, SK
Phone:
URL: http://www.webradev.com/postaffiliatepro/
Contact: http://www.qualityunit.com/?p=contact

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain
Categories or groups of affiliates: Unlimited affiliate categories, each with its own commission settings.
Separate ad tracking function: Not directly supported.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Unlimited product categories
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commission based on pay per impression, click, per lead or sale (flat rate or percentage), and recurring commissions. Can implement sign-up bonus for affiliates. Currency type may be set. Payout by PayPal mass payment, MoneyBookers, bank transfer, check or export to MS Excel format. Unlimited product categories, each with its own commission settings + unlimited "special" affiliate categories allowing to have different commissions for different groups of affiliates for the same products. Flexibility to define your own payout options and fields.
Operating system, programming language: PHP with MySQL database.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Language packs available for several countries; one file provides translations for entire program. Physical address not on website.
Technical support: E-mail support, possibility of phone support or chat using ICQ/MSN in special cases.
Pricing: $89 includes free installation and set-up. Also volume discounts and special server license for unlimited installations on one server.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

PathFinder Software
4231 W. Yorkshire Dr.
Glendale, AZ 85308, US
Phone: disconnected
URL: http://www.affiliatesoftware.net
Contact: support@affiliatesoftware.net

Program Type: Hosted ASP

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Affiliate links can be made to any page on your site.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Can pay different commission on different products or to different affiliates. Can export payment information to QuickBooks.
Operating system, programming language: Since this is fully-hosted software, it will run on any system.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Allows manual entry for offline sales. Can store up to 12 banners.
Technical support: All products include free installation, technical support, and minor updates.
Pricing: Pro version $697, Lite version (limited to 200 affiliates) $397. Hosting fee $25/month.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

PO Box 783935
Winter Garden, FL 34787, US
Phone: 321 221 9432
URL: http://www.referralsoftware.com
Contact: http://www.referralsoftware.com/contactus.html

Program Type: Licensed.

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: No.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Allows you to link directly to product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Can select pay per click, per sale, or commission-based. No contact information on website.
Operating system, programming language: Unix or NT server.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Provides self-replicating pages. Entries can be made for off-line sales.
Technical support: Free lifetime e-mail support.
Pricing: $199 for one-time only license fee. Also provides host services, if desired, for an additional $50/month and up.

Times contacted to verify material: 2

Commercial Networks, Inc.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101, US
Phone: (805) 965-0798
URL: http://www.commercialnetworks.com/CN/products/salesdoubler.html
Contact: info@commercialnetworks.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function:
Check writing service:
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Includes a product database.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commissions either a percent of the sale or a fixed dollar amount. Commission data can be exported.
Operating system, programming language: Works with all flavors of Unix.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: "SalesDoubler is a self-replicating advertising system that hires, spreads and keeps track of your Advertisers/Dealers and their sales. It also automatically calculates commissions for your Dealers each time after someone buys your product or service from your site through them. Administrator's side of the system lets you review and manage any dealer's account. It also gives an opportunity to each of your dealers to come and review the account's statistics and sales anytime. Provides the ability to replicate the whole site, not just one page, dynamically generated or standard HTML."
Technical support:
Pricing: $395 one-time licensing fee.

Times contacted to verify material: 1

Sharasale.com
15 W. Hubbard, Suite 3E
Chicago, IL 60610, US
Phone: 312-321-0487
URL: http://www.shareasale.com
Contact: shareasale@shareasale.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? No.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Yes
Separate ad tracking function: Yes, by request.
Check writing service: Yes. Direct deposit in US, CA, UK, AU, and EU.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Allows links to specific products.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Percent commission or flat rate per sale or lead, as well as per click. Also allows hybrid commission systems.
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Yes.
Misc. comments and features:
Technical support: Provides help desk for affiliates.
Pricing: Set-up fee $150. Minimum deposit. Transaction fees 20% of what you pay an affiliate. No monthly minimums.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

TradeDoubler AB
Barnhusgatan 12
Stockholm, 111 23, SE
Phone: +46 8 40 50 800
URL: http://www.tradedoubler.com
Contact: info@tradedoubler.com

Program Type: Network

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Depends on the program.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Yes.
Separate ad tracking function: Yes. TradeDoubler’s Media Toolbox tracking and ad-serving technology.
Check writing service: Yes.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Yes.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: "We typically reward affiliates per click, lead (e.g. registration) or sale. Through our Media Toolbox and Campaign solutions, we can also track and reward publisher partners per Impression, and for Post Impression click and sales also."
Operating system, programming language: N/A
Related affiliate network: Yes. Network of over 500,000 publishers.
Misc. comments and features: "Leading affiliate program provider in Europe. Uses Media Toolbox for Advertisers to allow large companies to manage, control, and evaluate the ROI of their online marketing and sales activities to increase profitability. Can coordinate campaign management, partner management, e-mail marketing, keyword marketing, website optimization, etc. Customized solutions available. Operates in 16 European countries."
Technical support: Comprehensive tech support including technical set up support.
Pricing: Pricing is dependent upon volumes and features used, and varies per market. For example, for the UK, for affiliate program, excluding VAT: Set-up fee £3500, network access fee £500. Volume based commission, 30% of commission paid the affiliate. Services can also include account management and consulting

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Groundbreak.com
P.O. Box 123
Scottsville, NY 14546, US
Phone: 585-321-3862
URL: http://www.groundbreak.com
Contact: smiles@groundbreak.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchants.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Yes.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Numerical links redirect to both product pages or different websites.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pays out a percentage of the purchase or a flat fee per sale. Each affiliate can have his or her own commission settings, affiliates can be placed in groups that have a specific payout, or the payout rate can be set on a per-product basis. Handles recurring commissions. Exports data to popular check writing programs, Qchex.com and rebatebycheck.com. PayPal buttons for individual payouts or mass pay file. Allows for "fast start" extra commisions, affiliate sign-up bonuses, and volume bonuses.
Operating system, programming language: Runs on Linux or Windows servers as long as Perl and MySQL are installed. Built-in SMTP emailing for Windows servers. Windows servers also need the Perl DBI and DBD::mysql perl modules installed.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Handles replicated websites. ROI tracking for each affiliate for each individual campaign. Printable invoices available for payout. Handles chargebacks.
Technical support: Free email support and public forums. Optional $100 full installation fee (+ payment processor integration).
Pricing: $200 one-time licensing fee.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

Paul Galloway
3510 SW 173 Place Road
Ocala, FL 34473, US
Phone: (352) 307-8530
URL: http://www.your-own-affiliate-program.com
Contact: paulg@palis.com

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Link is to the merchant's domain.
Categories or groups of affiliates: Different levels can each be assigned a commission rate.
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Supports multiple product pages.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Commission can be set as a flat rate, percentage of sale, a combination, or a graduated (moving) rate, depending upon product cost. Different affiliate groups can be offered different commission structures.
Operating system, programming language: Unix server with Perl 5.003+ and cgi-bin access.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Extended tracking allows affiliates to see which ads are responsible for their sales. Optional "short links" are available through a server side include module. Allows replicated webpages. A related product, Synergyx, includes the software modules, plus a shopping cart and digital delivery system.
Technical support: "Paul has a good reputation for providing quick technical support."
Pricing: $199 for the software, $125 for optional installation.

Times contacted to verify material: Responded

YOURsoft
Gubceva 4
Sevnica, 8290, SL
Phone:
URL: http://www.yoursoft-tm.com/youraff.htm
Contact: http://www.yoursoft-tm.com/contact.htm

Program Type: Licensed

Affiliate link to merchant's domain? Merchant's domain if using the licensed software model.
Categories or groups of affiliates:
Separate ad tracking function: No.
Check writing service: No.
Deep linking to multiple product pages: Can link to any webpage.
Flexibility of commission structure and payments: Pay either a flat amount or a percentage of the sale, plus PPC. Bonus program for new affiliates.
Operating system, programming language: Unix server with Perl 5 and MySQL.
Related affiliate network: No.
Misc. comments and features: Does not include contact information on the website.
Technical support:
Pricing: $99 includes installation. Optional remote hosting for $20 per month if desired.

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