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- Rated People Ltd
Sector
Home Improvement
AWin Index ranking
86.33%
When are your key sales periods?
All year round. Different trades peak at different times of the year (gardener in summer, heating engineer in winter), but overall business is consistently strong.
What are your key products/services?
25 different trades 100+ sub-trades. Our key product is finding consumers reliable and trustworthy tradesmen quickly and easily for free.
Tell us something that affiliates might not know about your programme?
Assisted Search is one of the fastest growing sectors in online. Whilst traditional directories and classfifieds are losing market share YoY, Rated People is doubling in size.
If you could only take one item with you on a desert island what would it be?
Bear Grylls.
Can you recommend a film or two to the affiliate community?
Old School and The Big Lebowski. Two classic films.
Describe your ideal day off?
Round of golf. Sky Sports HD. Beers and curry. And some time with the wife I guess…
What is your favourite website
Do you have a favourite Superhero/Supervillain?
Bond if he falls into Superhero category?
What is the next big thing for affiliate marketing?
Monetising new categories / sectors. Rated People is a fine example of an emerging category that needs more support from the Affiliate market.
How do you use the A4U forum?
To recruit affiliates and update them on content and news within the Home Improvement sector.
If you could change one aspect of the Industry, what would it be and why?
Easier access to a network's database of affiliates. Would make marketing much more effective.
Which methods have worked best to motivate your affiliates?
Early days for Rated People, but a launch programme worked well. We'll probably now extend the double commission indefinitely.
What technological innovation would you like to see in affiliate marketing?
Any innovation that can help raise awareness of a brand or affiliate programme exponentially is of huge interest to small start-up companies. Suggestions welcome.
What do you think the role of video or mobile phones will play in the future?
Giving consumers better and quicker access to their usual online habits and destinations. The brands and sites that adapt their usual online offering to accommodate shorter/easier experiences and sessions will prosper within this media (obvious, but still not being done).
Click here to find out more and join the Rated People programme.
24th June 2009
Banners have been a staple of affiliate marketing since its conception; as the industry has evolved merchants so has the range of creative merchants have made available, with some of the latest promotional methods including eye catching video banners. Top brands like Firebox, JML and Red Letter Days have been championing video content for a while now, so why aren't video banners being treated like the greatest thing since sliced bread? This is the very point we are trying to investigate! To help us get to get a better understanding of affiliate's points of view we have set up a poll in the a4u forum and initiated a discussion; if you have any opinions on video content please check out the poll, vote and leave us your thoughts.
We often promote sales from our merchants here in the newsletter, but it's not often we see a big brand offering savings up to 60% - but that is exactly what Pixmania are doing! So if you promote electronics or home appliances you will definitely want to take advantage of this huge, month long sale with the prospect of further reductions. Creative is already available and commission starts at 3% for electronics and 4% for home appliances, to find out more visit our Offer of the Week.
Fancy getting your hands on the Nokia N97? Take advantage of the latest Nokia technology; the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favourite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Dial-a-Phone are offering one hard working affiliate the chance to win this coveted handset, to find out how this could be you click here to see the featured promotion.
It certainly is the time of year for stag and hen do's and sports specialist favourites, Subside Sports, are now offering consumers their own humorous footie orientated line of clothing and merchandise. Perfect for that last night of freedom!
Also this week: Rated people get profiled, we see who has come up trumps in the Games sector AWin Improvers and we welcome six new programmes to the network!Until next time,
Kirsty Grimes
Web Content Manager
Merchant of the Month
National Lottery
- The National Lottery and Affiliate Window are pleased to announce the Awin 49 affiliate competition The first 49 affiliates to place a banner on their homepage and email us the link before the 13th of June will be given a number for the Lottery draw. The banner must remain on the homepage up until the 27th of June. If the number you have been given comes up in the Lotto draw on the 27th of June you will win a SlingBox Pro which let\'s you Watch Your Home Digital TV Anywhere. Get a banner up on your homepage now to ensure you get one of the 49 numbers! Click here for more info.Offer of the Week
Pixmania
- Up to 60% OFF in the Pixmania Summer Sale! Pixmania is delighted to announce the launch of their incredible Summer Sale! They will be offering up to 60% OFF hundreds of products on both the UK and Ireland programmes. The sale will focus on the electronics and home appliances sectors and will be running for 1 month only (until the 19th July). But keep your eyes peeled as there may be even greater reductions from the electrical giant! There is fantastic creative available in the account to help you promote this offer! Click here for more details.
Featured Promotions
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Dial-a-Phone
- Nokia N97 Give AwayDial-a-Phone have got a Nokia N97 to give away to one lucky affiliate! Everyone who can increase their orders in a 2 week period will have a chance to win. The N97 has 32GB of memory, a full QWERTY keyboard and a fantastic web browsing experience. Here's how it works; In the 2 weeks starting Friday 26th June anyone who increases their total orders compared to the previous 2 weeks will get an entry into the prize draw. Or increase by 5 orders or more to get 2 entries or increase by 20 orders or more to get 3 entries. The winner will be announced on Monday the 13th July. Click here for more information.
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PC World
- 5% commission on TechGuys services, plus a great competition to win a TechFriend Service!PC World are now paying a massive 5% commission on all their TechGuys services ordered online! (please note that for Collect at Store purchases the rate is the standard 2%.) To celebrate this PC World are running a great competition. All you need to do to enter is showcase special TechGuys creative (available from your account) on your site and send us the URL or a screen shot, alongside your affiliate ID. All entries will be collected and a winner will be randomly selected. The prize is one TechFriend service worth £89.99! The competition is live now and will close at 23.59 Tuesday 30th June 2009. Click here for more information.
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Subside Sports
- Stag Party! Earn up to 15% on our fantastic range of Stag Party Tees, Mankinis & more!It's that time of the year and we've rolled out a great range of classic merchandise to wear for stag parties! We're offering up to 15% commission on the range of tees. To view what's in store go to: www.subsidesports.com. Click here for more information.
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Scottish Power
- Free £20 Virgin wine! When customer takes online quote!Scottish Power would like to inform you of a fantastic offering for all affiliates to promote!! The offering is for any customer that takes an online quote with Scottish Power will receive £20 off Virgin Wine Voucher!! Also, along with this great offer, Scottish Power has created some fantastic banners in a number of dimensions to suit all affiliates. They are available and live in the Account! Click here for more details.
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Strawberry Fool
- Discount CodeSave 10% Off Your Order at Strawberry Fool where you can buy charming, stylish, original - products that, ultimately, will make gorgeous gifts or lovely lifestyle accessories. Just use the code AWINTEN at the Checkout. Click here for more information.
AWin Improvers - Games
| Merchant | Conv. Rate | Approval % | Validation Time | EPC | AWin Index | Default Comm. Amount | Cookie Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findmeagift.com | 6.08% | 99.36% | 1 day | £0.33 | 90 | 10.00% | 60 |
| King Jackpot | 20.61% | 98.70% | 2 days | £12.37 | 94 | 0.00% | 30 |
| Simply Games Ltd | 3.00% | 83.57% | 9 days | £0.11 | 75 | 3.00% | 30 |
| Sporting Jackpots | 37.50% | 100.00% | 30 days | £0.25 | 75 | 10.00% | 180 |
| Two Fat Ladies Bingo UK | 9.28% | 100.00% | 29 days | £0.26 | 75 | 20.00% | 15 |