{"id":129751,"date":"2013-08-06T15:14:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/?p=129751"},"modified":"2024-02-27T01:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:26:32","slug":"affiliate-companies-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/affiliate-companies-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guide to Affiliate Companies Every Fashion Blogger Must Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Each of the networks generally works in the same way – apply directly with retailers you're interested in. If you're accepted, you'll get access to banners, links and other tools. Payout times and terms vary by program, but if you make sales with different advertisers on the same network, those commissions will be consolidated into a single check.<\/p>\n Almost all of the networks offer an email contact to the program manager. If your site is initially rejected, but you think that your blog and audience would be a good fit for the advertiser, send an email to the program manager outlining your traffic, popular posts that relate to the products or brands they carry, and ask them to reconsider. Most of the time, this will turn any initial “no”s into acceptance. If it doesn't, you'll usually at least get a more detailed explanation on the reason your site wasn't improved, which can be valuable for improving your blog.<\/p>\n LinkShare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Prominent fashion brands and retailers:<\/p>\n Department Stores: Nordstrom, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Saks<\/p>\n High End and Luxury: Net-a-Porter, the Outnet, Alexander Wang<\/p>\n High Street and Fast Fashion: ASOS, Topshop, J.Crew, Forever21<\/p>\n Beauty: Sephora, Clinique<\/p>\n Commission Junction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Prominent fashion brands and retailers:<\/p>\n Department Stores: \u00a0Zappos<\/p>\n High End and Luxury: Ferragamo, Luisa via Roma, Shopbop, Brooks Brothers, Bluefly, Yoox<\/p>\n High Street and Fast Fashion: \u00a0Banana Republic, Gap, Free People, Ann Taylor, Old Navy, Nasty Gal<\/p>\n Beauty: \u00a0StrawberryNet, Stila<\/p>\n Ebay Affiliate Network (formerly Pepperjam)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Prominent fashion brands and retailers:<\/p>\n Department Stores:\u00a0Lord & Taylor, Target<\/p>\n High End and Luxury: \u00a0Forward by Elise Walker, Proenza Schouler<\/p>\n High Street and Fast Fashion:\u00a0C.Wonder, Aeropostale, Alternative Apparel, Forever21, John Varvatos, Levi's<\/p>\n Beauty: NARS, Shu Uemura<\/p>\n Chances are you see retailers in a lot of different networks that you'd like to promote. Unless you have a large amount of traffic, or do very well with one program on each, chances are the time it takes to build links, keep up with promotions, and even research specific products to link to will start to take a significant amount of time.<\/p>\n Aggregators can be a real time saver, since they bring multiple programs from multiple networks together in one place, with one set of tools. Also, due to the larger amount of combined traffic they send to affiliate networks, they usually negotiate higher rates, so that there's no loss of money in terms of what you make if your visitors do turn into buyers. An added bonus? For many programs you don't have to deal with multiple approval requests. Once you're accepted by the aggregator, you have access to all of the programs for which they've been approved. For bloggers, this means you don't have to worry about going through a long approval process when you see a single product you'd like to promote, at a retailer you may not link to again.<\/p>\n There are exceptions – some programs, like Net-a-Porter, require approval of all affiliates whether aggregated or direct to their program, but if you are approved, aggregators can still bring those links together in one place for you.<\/p>\n Beso<\/strong><\/p>\n Payments are based on a CPC (cost-per-click) model<\/p>\n Fashion Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n Operates across payment types, and offers publishers CPC, CPM (cost per thousand impressions) and CPS (cost per sale) payments from multiple advertisers in one program.<\/p>\n ShopSense by ShopStyle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Payments are based on a CPC model, relative to website traffic quality. Specifics aren't issued in terms of website quality, but ratio of visitors who click to visitors who go on to make a purchase probably plays a role.<\/p>\n Prominent publishers using ShopSense\/ShopStyle: the Popsugar group of sites, The Fashion Bomb<\/p>\n Reward Style<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Payments are on a CPS basis, meaning publishers are paid only if visitors purchase something after clicking an affiliate link.<\/p>\n Prominent publishers using RewardStyle: Vogue.com, Man Repeller, Fashionista, Gabi Fresh<\/p>\n SkimLinks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Once used by Pinterest to test affiliate earning potential, SkimLinks is one of the aggregators that definitely falls into the time saving category. Affiliate links don't have to be generated, instead SkimLinks uses a small piece of code to find domains that match affiliate advertisers, and inserts affiliate links on the fly. While the programs aren't specific to fashion, there are tools that narrow the possibilities by topic – of which fashion is one (tech is another).<\/p>\n Prominent publishers that use SkimLinks: Gawker sites (including Jezebel), the Cut (New York Magazine)<\/p>\n
\nYou probably already know that affiliate programs are one of the easiest ways to monetize fashion related traffic. Even if you only participate in affiliate programs to answer your own questions: how many clicks does it take before someone buys something? is one type of affiliate program faster to pay out<\/a> than another? what can I do to make more money from affiliate programs<\/a>? \u00a0– there are lots of benefits to affiliate programs. The patterns of clicks, conversions and sales can tell you more about your site traffic, and give valuable data to prepare for dealing with advertisers directly. Whether you're new to affiliate marketing, just considering it for tests, or wondering if there's a better option than something you're already using, here's a list of (almost) every fashion or beauty related affiliate network available. Almost isn't everything, so if you see one missing, add it in the comments!<\/p>\nThe Networks<\/h3>\n
The Aggregators<\/h3>\n