MrBakaSan - If you have any information about directly linking to the Deal of the Day while keeping affiliate information intact... that would infact be a hot deal.
(when the DOTD is in stock, you can see where I want to do this in the header of my site - when it sells out it switches to a different banner)
FatWallet.Com
(sorry for the interuption... wanted to give the question in private but profile was not available)
(when the DOTD is in stock, you can see where I want to do this in the header of my site - when it sells out it switches to a different banner)
FatWallet.Com
(sorry for the interuption... wanted to give the question in private but profile was not available)
simmike,
believe me, I'm sure I want BUYX to go up even more than you do... =P
yes, I believe buy will still be here 2 years from now, it's silly to believe that a multibillion and climbing industry like eCommerce can only have one player (i.e. an Amazon). We're currently 3rd on the net as far as pureplay retailers in terms of revenue..behind only Priceline (very narrowly and they're not even direct competition, it's apples to oranges here) and Amazon.
Amazon last year had 2 billion or so in revenue, but they're over a billion in the whole. buy.com had revenues of about 800 million with a debt of about 130 million. If you look at the financial data on us for the two quarters we've been public, we've handily beaten analyst's expectations. With any luck (knock on wood) and Amazon continuing to fall on its face and continued performance from buy, I'm hopin' my stock will stop drowning..
(Oh yeah...questions bout sony laptops...not sure on that one, but that one, the Die Hard DVDs and Dreamcasts have been among the ones we've gotten the most positive feedback on... and actually, I have heard some talks about another sony laptop going up since we have a decent relationship with sony....just a matter of which one I guess...but again, I'm no marketing guy)
believe me, I'm sure I want BUYX to go up even more than you do... =P
yes, I believe buy will still be here 2 years from now, it's silly to believe that a multibillion and climbing industry like eCommerce can only have one player (i.e. an Amazon). We're currently 3rd on the net as far as pureplay retailers in terms of revenue..behind only Priceline (very narrowly and they're not even direct competition, it's apples to oranges here) and Amazon.
Amazon last year had 2 billion or so in revenue, but they're over a billion in the whole. buy.com had revenues of about 800 million with a debt of about 130 million. If you look at the financial data on us for the two quarters we've been public, we've handily beaten analyst's expectations. With any luck (knock on wood) and Amazon continuing to fall on its face and continued performance from buy, I'm hopin' my stock will stop drowning..
(Oh yeah...questions bout sony laptops...not sure on that one, but that one, the Die Hard DVDs and Dreamcasts have been among the ones we've gotten the most positive feedback on... and actually, I have heard some talks about another sony laptop going up since we have a decent relationship with sony....just a matter of which one I guess...but again, I'm no marketing guy)
fatwallet--
interesting question about doing affilliate/linkshare stuff to the DOTD....I actually recently inherited the affiliate system, but at this time I haven't had much time to tear it apart and figure it all out...it's a rather large complex system due to the nature of how much traffic it produces (on a given day, nearly 1/3 of our traffic is generated from affilliate sites). Making sure everyone gets their commision is a pretty huge task, particularly since people bitch so loudly if they're shorted even a dime by us.
I'd have to look into doing an affiliate link to DOTD but honestly, I don't see why you couldn't. The way our system works it should *in theory* work. As to dynamically switching your header/banner...that's up to you...we have no way of sending such data to an affiliate (well, we have a way, but you'd have to be a huge affiliate site for us to bother) so they have time sensitive data and know when to switch links, etc. you'd have to do that one manually...
(heh, but I make no promises that you'll get your commision for linking to DOTD if I'm wrong.)
interesting question about doing affilliate/linkshare stuff to the DOTD....I actually recently inherited the affiliate system, but at this time I haven't had much time to tear it apart and figure it all out...it's a rather large complex system due to the nature of how much traffic it produces (on a given day, nearly 1/3 of our traffic is generated from affilliate sites). Making sure everyone gets their commision is a pretty huge task, particularly since people bitch so loudly if they're shorted even a dime by us.
I'd have to look into doing an affiliate link to DOTD but honestly, I don't see why you couldn't. The way our system works it should *in theory* work. As to dynamically switching your header/banner...that's up to you...we have no way of sending such data to an affiliate (well, we have a way, but you'd have to be a huge affiliate site for us to bother) so they have time sensitive data and know when to switch links, etc. you'd have to do that one manually...
(heh, but I make no promises that you'll get your commision for linking to DOTD if I'm wrong.
)Thanks for the great inside info Baka-san! I think we are all looking forward to more threads by you in the near future.
I think we are all looking forward to more threads by you in the near future.bakabaka :
i been busy w/ school dood and i had to reformat
I icq'ed u last nite foo..u should go on icq at nitetime and give me good deals on your company!! ehhehe
PIO JUBS U!
i been busy w/ school dood and i had to reformat
I icq'ed u last nite foo..u should go on icq at nitetime and give me good deals on your company!! ehhehe
PIO JUBS U!
MrBakaSan -
I already have the automatic updating of the deal of the day running on my site, but unfortunately, I have to link it to the main buy.com page rather than to the link item itself (a simple regex replace took care of that).
The script already checks to see if the item is in Stock and then removes itself if it sells out.
I've been in contact with my A.Y. (my contact's initials) with your company and that person has told me that she is working on a solution for me... maybe you are the direct solution?
Could you drop me an email to discuss further? tim@fatwallet.com
I already have the automatic updating of the deal of the day running on my site, but unfortunately, I have to link it to the main buy.com page rather than to the link item itself (a simple regex replace took care of that).
The script already checks to see if the item is in Stock and then removes itself if it sells out.
I've been in contact with my A.Y. (my contact's initials) with your company and that person has told me that she is working on a solution for me... maybe you are the direct solution?
Could you drop me an email to discuss further? tim@fatwallet.com
Fatwallet...
AY....okay, I know who you're talking about....
(btw, she's actually quite cute...)
yeah, I would probably be your direct solution, but she hasn't approached me yet about it and I can't really do any development work until it's been approved on our project list...she's probably still going through the project approval process then....
we just launched a wireless and cellular store (soft launch, it's live and running, but no links on it yet until later this afternoon) so I've been busy with that....and ironically enough, it's looking like my next project will be to rebuild the deal of the day system to be more robust and less error prone (i.e. show the price and description for one product but the name of another shows up....i.e. the $999 cannon inkjet from this morning).
so, a solution to your qunadry may be upcoming, but can't be done till I get it officially assigned.
AY....okay, I know who you're talking about....
(btw, she's actually quite cute...
)yeah, I would probably be your direct solution, but she hasn't approached me yet about it and I can't really do any development work until it's been approved on our project list...she's probably still going through the project approval process then....
we just launched a wireless and cellular store (soft launch, it's live and running, but no links on it yet until later this afternoon) so I've been busy with that....and ironically enough, it's looking like my next project will be to rebuild the deal of the day system to be more robust and less error prone (i.e. show the price and description for one product but the name of another shows up....i.e. the $999 cannon inkjet from this morning).
so, a solution to your qunadry may be upcoming, but can't be done till I get it officially assigned.
MrBakaSan - I spoke to AY today, she was quite curious who it was that I was communicating with. If you see her, tell her Tim from FatWallet says hi. Seriously... she will know who I am!
fatwallet --
don't be blowing my cover man....
or else I'll mysteriously disappear from this forum......
don't be blowing my cover man....
or else I'll mysteriously disappear from this forum......
No worries... she has no context of the rest of the conversation... only that I "bumped into someone online"
i hope noone from mytampons is reading this,, heck if they are theyll post it there and someone will call CS and tell them ALL about this!
shhhhh................
shhhhh................
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