I wonder if all these companies registering their domains in Libya will get bitten by it at some point.
Refer.ly (YC S12) Lets Regular Folks Earn Affiliate Revenue
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Re: Refer.ly (YC S12) Lets Regular Folks Earn Affiliate Revenue
#62I love it. It sounds like a few people here have been thinking about a similar idea, and you can count me in as well. The truth is, my company would be happy to pay out 10% of any order if it resulted from a genuine recommendation. Of course anyone experienced with the affiliate world can figure out a way to capture that money, but it's not really available to your everyday Facebook user. Maybe Refer.ly will fix that…
The thing is affiliate marketing has a ridiculously low ROI if you're NOT bidding or ranking for brand terms... for most products, especially if you're a no-name.
Affiliate marketing is a huge business - it's why DoubleClick, ValueClick, LinkShare are such huge profitable companies - millions are generated through affiliates every year. The dirty secret is that 90% of that revenue comes from people already searching for that brand, not through new discovery. Think coupon sites: People searching for Newegg coupons obviously already plan to buy it from NewEgg.
Re: Refer.ly (YC S12) Lets Regular Folks Earn Affiliate Revenue
#63Now, all I need is an API that a service like Ifttt.com can hook into. I'd like to use this service in between the others I use. (When I Like something on facebook, it gets tweeted, for instance...) I want it to be able to shorten my link and it get tweeted automatically. Doable?
Definitely doable, I love Ifttt and seeing Referly API + Ifttt would be a dream come true. API added the feature request list, thanks!
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