Comments on: Affiliate Site Analysis: Sexyshoesexpert.com http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/ No Bullsh*t Advice For Internet Marketing Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Martin http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-6196 Don Martin Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:10:34 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-6196 Re: Kurt Have you done any experiment with the cart? Thought I would chip in on some advice for Silke: my experience is that calm pages convert better. What is a calm page? One that has no blinking lights, very few banners etc in the sidebar, and few links - but highly visible links, on the page. Obviously this will depend on the demographics of your audience but roleplaying the buyer, the front page gave me a headache and I would probably have returned to a google search Re: Kurt Have you done any experiment with the cart?

Thought I would chip in on some advice for Silke: my experience is that calm pages convert better. What is a calm page? One that has no blinking lights, very few banners etc in the sidebar, and few links – but highly visible links, on the page.

Obviously this will depend on the demographics of your audience but roleplaying the buyer, the front page gave me a headache and I would probably have returned to a google search

]]> By: kurt http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3064 kurt Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:52:57 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3064 yeah, I have considered that, but on the flip side the cookie length is much longer if I get it in the cart. The only thing I can do is test it out and see what happens. yeah, I have considered that, but on the flip side the cookie length is much longer if I get it in the cart. The only thing I can do is test it out and see what happens.

]]> By: El Plumber (admin) http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3063 El Plumber (admin) Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:00:44 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3063 Kurt, you will never ever ever be better than the real Amazon.com at getting people to actually buy products. Never. Ever. They spend billions of dollars on user experience and tweaks to get people to buy stuff. Your one and only goal is to get people in a shopping mood to click on your affiliate link which takes them to Amazon. I see having people play with shopping carts on your site is just a way to lose potential sales. Personally, if I ever see that page on Amazon that says "so and so wants to add Overpriced Product X to your cart, do you want to allow this?" I close the window. Kurt, you will never ever ever be better than the real Amazon.com at getting people to actually buy products. Never. Ever. They spend billions of dollars on user experience and tweaks to get people to buy stuff.

Your one and only goal is to get people in a shopping mood to click on your affiliate link which takes them to Amazon. I see having people play with shopping carts on your site is just a way to lose potential sales. Personally, if I ever see that page on Amazon that says “so and so wants to add Overpriced Product X to your cart, do you want to allow this?” I close the window.

]]> By: kurt http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3062 kurt Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:39:21 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3062 that makes sense :). I just started using shopperpress on an amazon site. It keeps the shopper in your site filling the shopping cart until they go to 'checkout' at which time they get taken to amazon shopping cart with the products already in it. too new a site to gauge whether or not it is working, but something worth checking out. that makes sense :) . I just started using shopperpress on an amazon site. It keeps the shopper in your site filling the shopping cart until they go to ‘checkout’ at which time they get taken to amazon shopping cart with the products already in it.

too new a site to gauge whether or not it is working, but something worth checking out.

]]> By: El Plumber (admin) http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3058 El Plumber (admin) Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:35:45 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3058 Kurt, it's mostly laziness on my part that I didn't mark that link to open in a new window. Since the majority of my sites are Amazon affiliates, my main goal is to get a a visitor to click through to Amazon and stay there until they've checked out. Makes it really hard to accurately gauge my bounce rate. What most analytics software thinks is a bounce I would count as a conversion. Kurt, it’s mostly laziness on my part that I didn’t mark that link to open in a new window. Since the majority of my sites are Amazon affiliates, my main goal is to get a a visitor to click through to Amazon and stay there until they’ve checked out. Makes it really hard to accurately gauge my bounce rate. What most analytics software thinks is a bounce I would count as a conversion.

]]> By: kurt http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3057 kurt Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:14:33 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3057 I noticed when i clicked on the black and white high heel link that it stayed in the same window and took me there. Is there an advantage in your opinion to do it this way vs having it set to open a new window and therefore keeping the reader on your site at the same time? btw- thanks for the test inspiration. I noticed when i clicked on the black and white high heel link that it stayed in the same window and took me there. Is there an advantage in your opinion to do it this way vs having it set to open a new window and therefore keeping the reader on your site at the same time?

btw- thanks for the test inspiration.

]]> By: Silke http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3046 Silke Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:13:06 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3046 Oh, that makes sense. I think I'll scrap the translator and stay focused on my target market here in the US. Thank you for explaining it so well. Don't most search engines have build in translators anyway? I started implementing some of your suggestions and will continue working at it over the coming week. I also published the black and white high heels article. :) Oh, that makes sense. I think I’ll scrap the translator and stay focused on my target market here in the US. Thank you for explaining it so well. Don’t most search engines have build in translators anyway? I started implementing some of your suggestions and will continue working at it over the coming week. I also published the black and white high heels article. :)

]]> By: El Plumber (admin) http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3045 El Plumber (admin) Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:59:31 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3045 Well Silke, for the translator it all depends on what your main goal for your site is. If your short term goal is to develop a worldwide following of shoe addicts then maybe keep it on there. If your goal is to capture search engine traffic and convert that to cash in your bank account, I don't think many people in China are going to be ordering from Endless or Zappos through your affiliate link. Now maybe you are getting Chinese speaking traffic in the US who actually want to buy shoes, and maybe you are getting traffic from shady businesses in China looking to make counterfeit brand name shoes. The only way to tell for sure would be with testing! Don't ask me for the technical details, I'm not familiar with that translator tool. But ideally you would change your affiliate links on that page to something you could track. Make a different Amazon or Endless tag like sexyshoeschina-20 and see after a couple months if you get any conversions. Well Silke, for the translator it all depends on what your main goal for your site is. If your short term goal is to develop a worldwide following of shoe addicts then maybe keep it on there. If your goal is to capture search engine traffic and convert that to cash in your bank account, I don’t think many people in China are going to be ordering from Endless or Zappos through your affiliate link. Now maybe you are getting Chinese speaking traffic in the US who actually want to buy shoes, and maybe you are getting traffic from shady businesses in China looking to make counterfeit brand name shoes.

The only way to tell for sure would be with testing! Don’t ask me for the technical details, I’m not familiar with that translator tool. But ideally you would change your affiliate links on that page to something you could track. Make a different Amazon or Endless tag like sexyshoeschina-20 and see after a couple months if you get any conversions.

]]> By: Jeff http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3044 Jeff Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:01:27 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3044 I work with Silke and so this was very interesting to hear the feedback. From what I know I agree with everything you said. And of course learned some things as well. I found out about you on the warrior forum when reading about your link building experiment. Thanks for doing such a useful and education project! I know many people appreciate it! Jeff I work with Silke and so this was very interesting to hear the feedback. From what I know I agree with everything you said. And of course learned some things as well. I found out about you on the warrior forum when reading about your link building experiment. Thanks for doing such a useful and education project! I know many people appreciate it!
Jeff

]]> By: Silke http://electronplumber.com/affiliate-site-analysis-sexyshoesexpert-com/#comment-3042 Silke Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:42:10 +0000 http://electronplumber.com/?p=1743#comment-3042 Wow, I am so glad I asked you for advice. Now I really got my work cut out for me. I found so much useful information and I only read it once so far. I will have to print it out and re-read it several times to make sure I don't miss anything. You mentioned to take out the links on the side bar, the translator has actually given me a bump in traffic recently. I'm a little reluctant to get rid of it completely. (Who knew the site would be popular in China.) Should it go in the footer, maybe? I appreciate the time and effort you put into this project. Wow, I am so glad I asked you for advice. Now I really got my work cut out for me. I found so much useful information and I only read it once so far. I will have to print it out and re-read it several times to make sure I don’t miss anything. You mentioned to take out the links on the side bar, the translator has actually given me a bump in traffic recently. I’m a little reluctant to get rid of it completely. (Who knew the site would be popular in China.) Should it go in the footer, maybe? I appreciate the time and effort you put into this project.

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