Denied.

What a waste of time!

I wonder how long it will take, or if I even make it, to get that extra $10 to get paid. I like the idea, but the banners and everything aren’t suited for the Deal Site I wanted to put them on. Hopefully I can get access to the API so I can grab their specials and put them on my site.

In his review and in this post, Tyler indicates that he’s “not too impressed” with our program.

He cites two main points that cause him to draw this conclusion. The first is that Shopzilla doesn’t disclose its revenue share. My response to this is that publishers need to evaluate our affiliate program in the context of yield, i.e., how much they make per 1,000 impressions. While programs such as Amazon Associates and eBay Affiliate Program define specific revenue shares, it has no real bearing on how much a publisher will actually generate in earnings. Earnings for those programs (and ours) are a function of click throughs and conversions. Just because you know what the “rev share” is doesn’t mean you’ll know what you’ll generate in earnings. You’ll know know what you can earn if you run a banner or integrate a link.

The other point that Tyler mentions in his review of Shopzilla Publisher Program is the inability to customize ad unit border background, borders and font colors. We acknowledge that’s a feature we need to introduce. It’s in our backlog of feature enhancements. So stay tuned!

We wanted to point out a couple of other things that may not have come through in the review.

The first point relates to timing of payments. Publishers should be pleased to know that we initiate the payment cycle 5 days after the close of the month, which means you’ll get your earnings payment on roughly the 10th.

The second point is our commitment and level of service to publishers. We think you’ll be surprised at our responsiveness to the needs of the publisher community.

Thanks for your interest in our program.