Comments on: Thesis Affliate Woes & Common Problems with Affiliate Schemes

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi

Udegbunam Chukwudi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:59 +0000

I’m having the same problem with an affiliate program. The total number of clicks recorded by the Go Codes redirect plug-in is not the same as that recorded in my stats @ the affiliate website. Till date, there’s been no explanation for that and I sometimes feel as though the company is shaving off referrals but I might be wrong.

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:34:17 +0000

I really appreciate this post. I am within a click of establishing an affiliate relationship with Thesis, but the wording in the TOS make me leery. I too feel it is a great theme, the best as of now.
Another thing I’ve noticed, the affiliate program is on a lot of big-hit blogs. Maybe the market is saturated with affiliates.

Bottom line, I’m not going to do this until I hear better news about this program.

By: Nimit Kashyap

Nimit Kashyap — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:21:37 +0000

Yesterday i was having trouble to login into my account to check the stats. They really need to improve their affiliate software.

By: Nihar

Nihar — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:54:52 +0000

AJith,

It is sad to hear that you also gave discount to people purchasing thesis theme from yout. But, you didn’t get the money.

Hope thesis guys come back to you soon.

By: Matt Adamo

Matt Adamo — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:54:34 +0000

In the past i have promoted the thesis theme and had no problems with the affiliate program. I guess you were just one of the unlucky ones. Either way, great post, i hate it when people bash a service because they had a bad personal experience. You handled it with integrity.

just my thoughts

-Matt

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:04:04 +0000

@ZK, I was planning to start a dedicated Thesis affiliation site but fortunately put a hold on it… I would have lost more in that case.

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:02:59 +0000

That’s not surprising… Any program that only works well for US publishers may not sell more.. Compare YPN or Microsoft AdCenter v/s Google AdSense

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:02:06 +0000

@Sita, Whatever programs I use and is working for me is all linked as banners here

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:01:12 +0000

Hi,
The issue I talked about is even before they moved to the new affiliate platform Basically I lost a couple of referrals unpaid..

By: ZK@Internet Marketing Blog

ZK@Internet Marketing Blog — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:24:29 +0000

“If GOD blogeed , he would be on Thesis ” …for sure but the affiliate prog has started to crack after its moved to share a sale , with non US affiliates upset over paypal not being offered as a payout option.

The move is a classic example of how to mess up an affiliate program of a great product….btw thanks for the link

By: Tom | Build That List

Tom | Build That List — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:20:32 +0000

I am really at a loss on why they moved the affiliate program. I think it will just stop a lot of non US publisher promoting the theme.

By: binaryday

binaryday — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:12:06 +0000

Ajith,

You should sometimes write an article about what are the affiliate programs that work fine. Will be helpful for people like me.

By: PremiumThemesDirectory

PremiumThemesDirectory — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:28:21 +0000

I know the DIYtheme have move to “Share A Sale” I think you should change the affiliate link now.

I think the DIYtheme is great, But badly, I can’t promot it, because it move to “Share A Sale”, Beacuse there are no have our country, and i can reg the account at “Share A Sale”. So i can do it againe.

I really don’t know, why he will move to “Share A Sale”. Instead, he could at “CJ”, “Avangate” and others International affiliate platforms.