Estibot.com Blog » affiliate http://estibotpro.com/blog Life, Domain Names and Everything Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:24:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 My experience with the SEDO affiliate program http://estibotpro.com/blog/2009/10/my-experience-with-the-sedo-affiliate-program/ http://estibotpro.com/blog/2009/10/my-experience-with-the-sedo-affiliate-program/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:43:20 +0000 Esa http://estibot.com/blog/?p=198 I thought I’d report my experiences with the SEDO affiliate program. I have been a SEDO affiliate for about 2 years. The great thing, or that’s what I thought, about their program is that the referred accounts will always have my affiliate stamp on them, unlike many other programs where you only earn a commission for, say, from the first year of the referred accounts activities.

So far, almost 700 new accounts have been registered at SEDO through my affiliate links.

So far so good, but the bad news is, that it seems that nobody hardly ever buys or sells anything at SEDO. The average month results in less than 10 total transactions from which I get any kind of commission. These consist of a few very low quality (low price) domain sales/acquisitions and a few showcase ad buys and a few paid appraisals.

The parking revenue commission from referred accounts is practically zero. A few dollars each month, total.

I have concluded the following:
1. My affiliate links are very effective and convert well, a lot of people sign up for SEDO through my site
2. The affiliate program itself converts dismally, I make a negligible amount of money through the program., and the only party that benefits from this partnership is SEDO

With almost 700 accounts registered through my services, I would have expected a lot better.

To me it’s almost unbelieveable how poor the outcome has been. I’ve been using the SEDO API which provides great features for integration, but hasn’t helped the transactions.

What finally opened my eyes was that I introduced a few links through Commission Junction to the GoDaddy program, and the earnings went to a whole other level within the first month. With very little trouble, the GoDaddy program immediately started bringing in 10 times the revenue compared to SEDO.

I must conclude that there is something wrong with the SEDO program. It could be just that the vast majority of SEDO accounts are inactive. Either that or something else.

It’s not worth my while to keep the SEDO links on Estibot anymore, so I’m looking for alternatives and welcome any suggestions. I should have done this a long time ago, but I just couldn’t believe it…

Just thought I’d share my experiences, and hope to hear about your experiences and/or any pointers to other programs.

Thanks
-Esa

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