Shopster - Something some of you may be interested in...

Newbeing...The system as it stands will cost YOU nothing unless you decide to use the live help on your storefront...We'll also charge for data feeds further down the line which will be created for all the major shopping comparison engines...Right now we only have a feed for Froogle and they're not accepting our feeds any more which is no great surprise...The Froogle submission idea was a request from affiliates rather than something we proactively decided to implement...

 

Hi James, I already knew that as I signed up when it was in beta and I have now got a site up and running. I was trying to find out the total cost for somebody if they signed up today with the referral code which gets you $99 off. I had put a message on the Shopster forum to try and get an answer.

 

Hi James-

I sumbitted my email address before May 5th they said that I would get an email with a coupon or something. Do you know when I will get that email? I can't wait to get my store open.

 

Interesting:
I posted a reply on May 6th 2006, 1:51 pm, and now it's not there. Yet when I hit reply now, I can scroll down, and there it is. Just wondering: is something funny going on with the server? Or is something stinky going on with the thread? My reply asked questions about the inconsistencies in this deal and some problems on the website. Was it deleted to censor the apparent criticism? I'll wait to see what happens with this one before jumping to any conclusions.

 

There's no censorship here Please post whatever you wrote on 6th so i can reply...

Cheers.

james

 

I have had a few people PM me about the referral code for the free trial and which saves you the $99 dollar set up fee recently. To save time in replying, I have decided to post the referral link here for you.

http://signup.shopster.com/freetrial/default.aspx?referrer=8H64X9CURSVPU

thanks

 

Copy and paste this referral code when activaing your shopster account (7BNXLEHS4CHLA). This will save you the $99 activation fee. Hope this helps

 

Is the server down or something? I haven't been able to access my store or Shopster pages for over a week now.

 

I'm in my admin panel right now.

What errors do you get?

 

Just the normal "can't find the page you are looking for" message.

 

I had signed up during the beta, seems I can't login anymore. I thought the program was going to remain free to those who signed up during the beta period? Has this changed or was I mistaken?

Thanks!

 

It's free as long as you're making sales, did you let your shop lay dormant?

 

Ah thanks, that would explain it. I'd barely gotten started!

 

I am very interested in shopster. I am trying the 7 day trail thing. Once you sign up I assume you get more inof and are able to see your store front. Also, where do you get a refferal code. If I have one, they are supposed to waive the intial fee... Thanks

 

Does anyone else feel like this is too expensive for what it is? Especially considering they make a profit on products YOU sell for them?

Sounds like you're actually paying a monthly fee to be their private label affiliate!

 

In agreement here. The products seem readily available elswhere. Not the most competitive prices.

 

Hi all,

Sorry I've been away for so long!

Fahd: Some accounts have been shut down due to inactivity. You don't actually have to make a sale every 3 months to keep your account, but if you do no work on your Shopster store for long periods of time, or there is no traffic going to it, then it will eventually get shut down. PM me your details and I'll see what I can do to reactivate your account (assuming you do want to work with shopster of course). N.B. We don't make money off the 3.5% that has been levied on retailers commission. (Not even close in fact). This has paid (a tiny proportion) of the system maintenance costs. Now that Shopster has introduced the monthly/annual subscription fees this charge will get eliminated.

Fahd & Halobitt: It depends what you're looking at in the virtual warehouse! Shopster is incredibly competitive on many products (700,000+). For some niches though it's impossible to have the best prices - especially electronics. In this niche many retailers will make a loss on some products just to get traffic/customers into their stores.

ktaylor506: Please sign up through this link to get a discount coupon: http://signup.shopster.com/freetrial/default.aspx?referrer=8BC69GCSBSMYF. You'll get added to AMWSO's list, and I'll give you all the help you need to get started. FYI the $99 discount coupon will be discontinued soon as we've just started an affiliate program through Shareasale.

Any other questions guys please email me at: James AT Shopster dot com.

 

Thanks James,

I think I understand your target market better now!

Your target market is those people who would otherwise use a drop shipper. For them, shopster is definitely more cost effective than going through a drop shipper.

On the other hand, guys like me use private label affiliate opportunities to build a customizable site, promote and grow the brand, to sit back and watch the money pour in.

I guess you can't really cater to both types of marketers, however similar they may seem.

I did let my account go idle as I tried it initially and then decided to wait till you guys came out of beta, as at that time I don't think you supported domain hosting. It had to be on a subdomain (xxx.securesomething.com). I would definitely like to try the service again now that you are out of beta. Will send you a PM shortly.

Good luck with the service!

 

Hi Fahd,

I got your PM and I'm working on reactivating your account. FYI You can have your Shopster store on any domain you like. You don't have to use the .secure2u.com domains if you don't want to...

Cheers.

James

 

i just sign up i will see how it goes