Why Thesis Theme Affiliate move to Share a Sale is a fail
A couple of days ago, people behind my favourite affiliate program, Thesis Theme, announced that they were moving from an in-house run program to an affiliate network Share a Sale.
All affiliates got an email from Brian Clark, co-owner of Thesis, and a post was published on Copyblogger.
All affiliates have to re-register for the program as they stand to lose on the sales when the old program shuts down in 60 days time.
As any active affiliate, I registered for the new affiliate program right away and have now changed all the links.
There are several things I don’t like about this move though:
- No free withdrawals other than a check (at least not for non-US where I am from). You have to pay $7 to get your money out. This is pretty bad compared to the original Thesis affiliate that paid automatically on 1st of the month, no charges and directly into your PayPal account.
- Difficult registration process (at least for non-US affiliates like me). My account still isn’t 100% set up and I cannot withdraw any money until I sign some document and fax(!) it back to Share A Sale. I now need to go and Google “how to send a fax” first before I can get any money out.
- Very, very little information! Comments on the post on Copyblogger are shut down. Not sure why. I would think people were asking too many questions and people were complaining. So I emailed them to clarify something. No response. They might be busy, but still you should be there for your customers when you do such a big change.
- What about sub-affiliates? The question I emailed was about sub-affiliates. Over the time, I have referred a nice amount of sub-affiliates. These are bloggers that I am supposed to get a revenue share from all the commission they earn selling Thesis. My question is still in the air, what will happen with my sub-affiliates?
These are the 4 main concerns I have about this change. I don’t think Thesis people did enough for their customers / their affiliates in this move and I hope they make it right.
Image by alosojos.
See more:
- How I monetize my blog with Thesis Theme affiliate program
- HowToMakeMyBlog Now Powered By Thesis
- How NOT to make money with your blog
- How to monetize your blog by selling your own product
- Why you should consider Thesis Theme design for your blog
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