Amazon made some sweeping changes to the Amazon Associates, affiliate program today.
Affiliates will no longer be paid referral fees on traffic to amazon.com, amazon.ca, and endless.com if that traffic comes via paid search marketing.
This change will go into effect on May 1st.
Another big change – Amazon will no longer make its data feeds available to [...]

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If you’re an Amazon Associate, your life just got a whole lot easier.
Amazon has announced that they have made the following changes to their widget creation system:
1. You can search for widgets by size
2. You can Select a predefined IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) size OR just create a custom widget for My Favorites and Search.
Also, [...]

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It looks like there might be problems brewing for Clickbank.
The popular affiliate marketing website is now being called out on RipOffReport.com for shaving sales.
It’s hard to know, however, whether or not this report can be believed.  First, the writer claims that he has videos proving his case but that Clickbank, as part of their “ongoing [...]

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Many marketers have trouble breaking things down and seeing how truly simple it can be to make $200 per day online.
In our ongoing series, we’ve covered a couple of good ideas already.
Today, let’s talk about web hosting.
Did you know that Hostgator will pay you $100 per sale?  Yes, $100 per sale.  Now, how easy does [...]

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Let’s face it.  Sometimes, Clickbank sales letters just aren’t that good.
Sometimes, you would rather do your own pre-selling and then link directly to the “Buy Now” page instead of linking someone else’s crappy sales page.
Well, you can.  It just isn’t publicized all that much.
If you haven’t yet invested in a proper affiliate link cloaker like [...]

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This is a continuation of our series on easy ways to make $200 per day online.
It is very easy to make $200 per day with America’s Best Companies (A.K.A. ABC).  Why?  They pay $100 per referral!
That means if you can make just 2 sales per day, you’ve made $200 per day.
The target audience for ABC [...]

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Ralph Ruckman (AKA “Ruck”) over at the Convert2Media CPA advertising network has announced that the payout on commission for all sub-affiliates referred will be dropping from 5 percent “for life” down to 2 percent.
Note that we have already updated this on our CPA Affiliate Network Reviews page.
The reasons cited are mainly that referrals are just [...]

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Did you know that Amazon is still selling Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition?  They are still moving quite well given that many Windows users not too keen on Vista.
Amazon has a nice deal on these products as well, with Windows XP Professional Edition selling for $279.99 and Windows XP Home Edition [...]

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There is a lone bright star shining in the black hole that is now the U.S. economy.  That star’s name is – Amazon.
Amazon Inc. announced 4th quarter earnings and sales today that actually beat, yes beat, Wall Street expectations – despite a difficult environment for retail sales.
Today’s announcement sent Amazon shares up 9 [...]

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The rough times for Ebay just keep on coming.  Profits are falling, shares are sinking, human sacrifice, dogs and cats – living together.
EBay, Inc. posted lower 4h quarter profits and revenue figures today and gave a weaker-than-expected forecast for the first quarter of this year as spending decreases, sending its shares down 6 [...]

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