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Which is better Amazon.com or Shopping.com

Discussion in 'Amazon' started by Brilliances, Aug 9, 2007.

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Which shopping affiliate network is better?

  1. Amazon.com

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  2. Shopping.com

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  3. Other

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  1. #1
    Which affiliate network is better to use? Shopping.com or Amazon.com?
     
    Brilliances, Aug 9, 2007 IP
  2. racketboy

    racketboy Peon

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    Considering more actual shoppers feel comfortable with Amazon, I would definitely go with them
     
    racketboy, Aug 28, 2007 IP
  3. acclaim

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    These are two different businesses. Shopping.com does not really sell anything--it redirects to actual merchant websites so it really depends on how well the merchants listed on shopping.com convert sales on their websites.

    It would be interesting to know if anyone compared directly conversions of customers on Amazon vs Shopping.com

    It may be that Amazon is better because you have one merchant (mostly) that is very familiar to buyers. On the other hand, Shopping.com offers many options to each buyer so they may visit a few merchants and buy from one. It can go either way. It would be interested to do a good test to find out what works best.
     
    acclaim, Aug 30, 2007 IP
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    The shopping.com banners are few and very uncustomisable (minimum width banner is 700+ in size for horizontal banner, can't change bg colour etc). Not getting very good results with the API. (items do not rotate, some inflexibility with the layout).
     
    frychiko, Sep 1, 2007 IP
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    I'd go for Amazon. You're allowed to use their name to encourage buyers, and it's a trusted name :)
     
    dannytuppeny, Sep 3, 2007 IP
  6. nana-blues

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    i have no idea of what shopping.com is but i have to say amazon is very nice...
     
    nana-blues, Sep 18, 2007 IP
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    I was quiet interested to know more about shopping.com until acclaim's comments above.

    Guess I will just stick to Amazon for a while longer now!
     
    dinodino, Sep 19, 2007 IP
  8. Brilliances

    Brilliances Active Member

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    the thing that interests me though is that shopping.com pays PER CLICK whereas Amazon requires an action
     
    Brilliances, Sep 20, 2007 IP
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    what is the cpc there?
    do they have an API ?
     
    pixads, Sep 21, 2007 IP
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    I'd go for shopping.com if your surfers are browsers not buyers.
     
    checksum, Sep 21, 2007 IP
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    i tried shopping.com and it is very expensive to sell stuff in there. either way i did not sell a single thing so it would not make sense for me to recommend it
     
    caustictruths, Sep 21, 2007 IP
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    songchai Well-Known Member

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    I choose Amazon
     
    songchai, Oct 5, 2007 IP
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    I have been using amazon and pretty happy with them. Especially now that the traffic on my site is starting to pick up. I have also been using shopzilla some but I am getting better results with Amazon.
     
    eskwire, Oct 9, 2007 IP
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    I just started using amazon.com.

    I was happy to see that I made 4 sales right away, but then disappointed when the payout was only about $2.00.
     
    cheftom, Oct 9, 2007 IP
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    I love amazon. and never try shopping.com
     
    pradit25, Oct 11, 2007 IP
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    I made a whole $5 from Amazon after 2 months, so now I am trying shopping.com instead.

    I have to say, the cpc is nice. You get paid by click and leads.
     
    sandyfeet, Oct 31, 2007 IP
  17. lucky777

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    i choose amazon.
     
    lucky777, Nov 10, 2007 IP
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    amazon too.
     
    chapicha, Nov 11, 2007 IP
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    since i never heard about shopping.com, so i pick amazon
     
    ayahshiva, Nov 11, 2007 IP
  20. SebastianB

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    I've had good results with shopping.com, but nothing compared to the business I've got from Amazon :D

    BTW, is smarter.com related to shopzilla/bizrate?
     
    SebastianB, Nov 13, 2007 IP
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