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0 pointsAJ00712y ago0 comments

The dirty secret is that 90% of e-commerce affiliate revenue is generated by coupon toolbars. Its like what Shawn Hogan did, except it involves every single e-commerce affiliate program instead of just one.

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a5seo12y ago

Not toolbars. 3 words: Retail Me Not. They are going public this year w/ a whisper valuation of $2 Billion.

Search any merchant + coupons and they are there. It's like printing money.

ansible12y ago

I know someone who occasionally uses that site, but only searches it for things like a free shipping code after deciding to purchase a particular item from a particular online vendor.

How effect, really, are any of these affiliate programs? Are online retailers actually able to measure how much new business the affiliates are really bringing in?

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