BentGear – NEW Outdoor Gear Affiliate Program – Highest $$

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by 5starAffiliates, May 10, 2005.

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    I am proud to announce a BRAND NEW affiliate program that just launched on the popular Shareasale network. BentGear offers the HIGHEST BASE COMMISSION in the outdoor gear space and features some of the most popular brands of high quality outdoor equipment for camping, backpacking, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, and climbing.

    With over four years experience in the e-commerce outdoor industry, Sid Ewing, the owner of BentGear.com, and their team understand what it takes to convert online shoppers into online customers. Not all products and brands convert well on the internet; therefore, our buying is driven by online trends, as well as, niche products that are not widely sold online. BentGear.com sticks to a proven recipe that yields high conversions and a higher than average purchase. BentGear.com has a deep understanding of the affiliate world, and they are dedicated to their affiliate partners.

    EVERYTHING YOU WANT FROM AN OUTDOOR GEAR MERCHANT

    ~ Highest Base Commission - 8% with incentives up to 10% and long cookies
    ~ Free datafeeds via FTP to help you build a site fast and easy
    ~"TRUSTED" Third party tracking and reports by Sharesale (auto-deposit)
    ~ And lots more… (Click the link below for all the details!)

    WANT A RAISE???
    Even though the base commission is already the highest in the industry, the 1st thing we did was negotiate a special rate for 5 Star Affiliates. Just join in the NEXT 2 WEEKS and email Sid with the subject: “Referred by 5 Star” and “please raise me to 9%” in the body and he will raise your base commission.
    :)

    Questions? Email Sid Ewing, Program Manager: affiliates AT bentgear DOT com

    Click below to get all the BentGear program details. Join our team today!
    http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/outdoor-gear.html
     
    5starAffiliates, May 10, 2005 IP
  2. ferret77

    ferret77 Heretic

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    how much does sharasale charge for datafeeds?
     
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  3. 5starAffiliates

    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    Hey ferret77,

    How are you doing?

    The feeds at Shareasale are FREE. Plus it's set-up with FTP access so you can automatically update it if you like.

    So there is no charge to you, the merchant just has to pay. This is such an affiliate-friendly program, that if there was a charge we would offer a free feed outside of the network anyway. But no need. That's one of the nice things about Sharesale in addition to the fact that it's parasite-free and less likely than the big networks to have links and cookies blocked by ad blockers and anti-spyware software.

    Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything we can do to help you get started!
     
    5starAffiliates, May 10, 2005 IP
  4. BentGear

    BentGear Peon

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    Hello Affiliates,

    My name is Sid Ewing, and I’m the owner of BentGear.com. I just wanted to introduce myself and offer any help that may be needed.

    According to outdoor industry research online outdoor equipment sales reached over 1.5 billion dollars in 2004, growing at over 11% a year. I hope we can share some of the cash from this growing industry with you.

    We are proud to be a 5 Star affiliate program and we are dedicated to our affiliate partners.

    Please shoot me an email or give me a call if you need anything.
    Affiliates AT bentgear DOT com
    800-470-2368

    Thanks,
    Sid
     
    BentGear, May 12, 2005 IP
  5. 5starAffiliates

    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    WHOOHOO, this one's converting great. Just had a new affiliate make their 1st sale for over $300 after only 8 clicks. Way to go!!!

    Almost another week left to join and get that commission bump I promised you. Be sure to email Sid and let him know you were referred by 5 Star so he will know to hike your commission. Summer recreation and camping season is almost here, so let's get some links up and sell some *Bent GEAR! :)
     
    5starAffiliates, May 19, 2005 IP
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    Thought it about time I started a couple of affiliate sites :)
    I've just applied to shareasale - awaiting confirmation.
    Seems a strangeway of doing things - having to specify you main website. I would have thought they'd be more interested in what domain I intended running the affil' site on.
    Hopefully it'll come through in time for me to pick up this rate upgrade.
     
    jlawrence, May 23, 2005 IP
  7. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    I just signed up as well. I bought a domain a few weeks ago that is perfect for this program. Just hope I make it in time for the higher rate!
     
    GTech, May 23, 2005 IP
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    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    Don't worry you guys. As long as you email Sid this week, I'll be sure you get the higher 5 Star rate.

    Let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

    Excited to have you both on our team!
     
    5starAffiliates, May 23, 2005 IP
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    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    Thanks Linda! I went ahead and sent an email from the account I signed up for on Share a Sale. Hopefully they will approve the account.
     
    GTech, May 23, 2005 IP
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    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    Will you both please let me know your status once you are approved. I just looked in my client's account and I dont see either of your apps.

    jlawrence,

    I saw a site that the owner had declined that was a VERY nice site, but did not look relevant. Wondering if that was yours. If so let me know and give me the site you plan to use and a direct email and I will get you set up.

    PM me with any specific info so I can help if you need me to.
     
    5starAffiliates, May 23, 2005 IP
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    Nice program. All signed up and ready to display. Can't wait to see some results.
     
    lurkster, May 24, 2005 IP
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    #12
    only 300 products... no categories... there are better feeds out there
     
    al2six, May 25, 2005 IP
  13. jlawrence

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    5star: my site was accepted.
    I'll start sorting out my affiliate at somepoint today.
     
    jlawrence, May 25, 2005 IP
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    ferret77 Heretic

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    yeah the lack of categories is kind of lame
     
    ferret77, May 25, 2005 IP
  15. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    I talked with Sid about this and he indicated he was going to try to get a datafeed with categories by week's end.

    I think sometimes a vendor just needs to know what we want. The categories will help automate a php/mysql solution.
     
    GTech, May 25, 2005 IP
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    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    Sid is very datafeed savvy and knows how important categories are. I'm sure it was just an oversight in the rush to get everything launched. He will definately take care of it for you guys.
     
    5starAffiliates, May 25, 2005 IP
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    Hi guys,

    Been talking to Sid about the feed and have some good news and updates from Sid:

    The shareasale feed system has very few category options. To work around this we put cat/subcat/group into the “custom fields” column in the shareasale feed. The feed is done, but shareasale will take a day to update it in their system. The categories are | (pipe) delimited in the custom 2 column of the feed.

    We will also have our own private FTP version by Tuesday (which will give us a little more flexibilibty) and Sid will give select affiliates access to that. If we could get some volunteers to test the new in-house feed and give us your feedback, to ensure it has everything you want it would be great. Please contact Sid if you are interested.

    Sid says:
    Thanks guys!
     
    5starAffiliates, May 26, 2005 IP
  18. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    I'm looking at the new datafeed right now. It now has category/sub1/sub2 broken down into their own fields to make it easy to construct an easy PHP menu system.

    Sid is a super-nice guy! I can't wait to get this one up and going.
     
    GTech, May 26, 2005 IP
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    5starAffiliates Well-Known Member

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    COOL it's already up! Yes Sid is awesome to work with!

    BTW have been meaning to tell you I love the saying in your sig!!! :)
     
    5starAffiliates, May 26, 2005 IP