[CollegeJersey.com]

The CollegeJersey.com Affiliate Program, Powered by Shareasale

Hello, and thank you for your interest in learning about the CollegeJersey.com Affiliate Program. If you aren’t already aware, CollegeJersey.com is the premier source of College Game Worn/Game Used and Team Issued Jerseys, Helmets, Pants and more on the Internet.

CollegeJersey.com was founded in 2003 with one goal in mind: To offer the largest selection of College Game Used Jerseys anywhere! You will not find a more diverse selection of teams or more choices of jersey numbers and styles anywhere.

CollegeJersey.com offers a two-tier affiliate program with competitive commissions. You’ll earn 15% commission on all the sales you generate as well as 7.5% commission on all sales generated by any affiliate(s) you refer. With an average order of $250 you are guaranteed to earn high commissions.

CollegeJersey.com does not have a cap on the amount that can be earned on a sale, if you generate a $5,000 order you get your full commission with no upper limit on the amount earned per sale. We also offer all of our affiliates a Non-Expiring tracking gap and an 800 number tracking number so you won’t lose sales when phone orders occur. We can provide you with custom creatives to match your site as well and links into specific categories or even products…

To learn more about our program please visit our site, http://www.collegejersey.com/store/affiliates.asp

Joining the CollegeJersey.com Affiliate Program is not just about adding a few links to your site; it’s about creating a lasting and profitable partnership for years to come.

If there is anything I can do for you please don’t hesitate to email or call me, I am here to help us both grow a successful business.

Thanks,

Sean P. Delaney
Web Services/Affiliate Manager
www.collegejersey.com
Game Used Jerseys and More...
Get the real deal!
877.251.GAME

[scgifts]

We have a Sports Memorabilia Site we'd like to add Collegejerseys but I do not see any reference to a Product Data Feed at SAS? I have come to the place where I refuse to ADD ANYTHING one - by -one...Will you be planning one, Sean?

[CollegeJersey.com]

I have been working on getting something together regarding a Data Feed, but it is all kinda new to me... What format would be best for you and other affiliates, CSV, XML or a Web Service???

The one problem we are trying to overcome with the data feed is that our inventory changes so frequent and we want make sure our affiliates are listing inventory we still have in stock. Since 90% or so of our items are one of a kind items we need to make sure we handle the Data Feed right...

If you or anyone else can give me some feedback on the best way to get you a feed I will do it.

Thanks,

Sean P. Delaney
Web Services/Affiliate Manager
www.collegejersey.com
Game Used Jerseys and More...
Get the real deal!
877.251.GAME

[infoTim]

I'm probably in the minority, but I like being able to pull a feed as a web service query (REST).

I see you guys are local. :-)

- Tim

[BurgerBoy]

I think most of us are used to csv feeds and hoe long does our cookie last (return days).

[scgifts]

I have been working on getting something together regarding a Data Feed, but it is all kinda new to me... What format would be best for you and other affiliates, CSV, XML or a Web Service???

The one problem we are trying to overcome with the data feed is that our inventory changes so frequent and we want make sure our affiliates are listing inventory we still have in stock.

We also sell one-of-a-kind Collectibles and updating the list can be a task and a half. We like csv files and use them in MySQL Tables.

Thanks for answering.

[Nature Boy]

Sean,

I joined your program several months ago and had sent along a question about a datafeed at the time. As it stands right now, I have a hard time intergrating your products into my sites without a feed.

BUT, I would love to have a "generic" feed in either csv or txt. One that has links to each team's pages, as well as an image of a jersey for that team, a low and high price range and a short description would do nicely. I believe this would be alot easier than continually updating a regular feed.

As I said, I would love to have your products on my sites, especially this coming football season :thumbup2:

[Mr. Sal]

The one problem we are trying to overcome with the data feed is that our inventory changes so frequent and we want make sure our affiliates are listing inventory we still have in stock. Since 90% or so of our items are one of a kind items we need to make sure we handle the Data Feed right...

If you or anyone else can give me some feedback on the best way to get you a feed I will do it.
Since you say that 90% or so of your items are one of a kind items, I think that if you have a dynamic search box link and or the PSC (Product Showcase Creator) or (something similar) available to the affiliates, maybe the affiliates can make some product pages and you don't have to deal with a datafeed of temporary products.

That's just an idea.

Sal.

[Herb Ô¿Ô¬]

Since you say that 90% or so of your items are one of a kind items, I think that if you have a dynamic search box link and or the PSC (Product Showcase Creator) or (something similar) available to the affiliates, maybe the affiliates can make some product pages and you don't have to deal with a datafeed of temporary products.

That's just an idea.

Sal.

good idea, if you can either make your own page generator or buy into affsolutions.com's PSC setup. the possibility of an affiliate putting up a panel of products that taps your datafeed and delivers current products is very nice. especially for the datafeed-challenged.

[CollegeJersey.com]

I think most of us are used to csv feeds and hoe long does our cookie last (return days).

BurgerBoy... The cookie duration is set to never expire. If i put out a .CSV file do you guys have a way to pull it daily and not have to redo alot of work???

I think I can easily export a .CSV and post it on the site for you all to download.

Let me know... I am excited to give it a try.

[CollegeJersey.com]

Sean,

I joined your program several months ago and had sent along a question about a datafeed at the time. As it stands right now, I have a hard time intergrating your products into my sites without a feed.

BUT, I would love to have a "generic" feed in either csv or txt. One that has links to each team's pages, as well as an image of a jersey for that team, a low and high price range and a short description would do nicely. I believe this would be alot easier than continually updating a regular feed.

As I said, I would love to have your products on my sites, especially this coming football season :thumbup2:

I know I can easily get you links into each teams pages (or at least the major teams which is probably what you want), now the question would be coming up with the price ranges and descriptions... I might be able to come up with a standard write up where we just change out the Team name, but everything else is the same... As far as images, we can use any image or two from our site possibly.

Let me know is this will work for you and what timeframe you are looking at... Also, thanks for joinging the program. welcome:

[scgifts]

If i put out a .CSV file do you guys have a way to pull it daily and not have to redo alot of work???

I think I can easily export a .CSV and post it on the site for you all to download.


We certainly could use it in just that manner as we do with many others. It would be more difficult for us to use the PSC for this product as it changes so often but I certainly understand affiliates wanting to have a page of products.

The other thing that is helpful and many Affiliate Managers keep us posted of updates. One could elect by email response to receive a reminder email or announcement (even just an email Subject that said something like "Collegejersey.com datafeed has been Updated" That would be enough for me.) It is easy to loose a few days with incorrect data and if it turned out that it was only a couple times a week, it would be a reminder to "catch up". Many customers WILL NOT return if they have any problems with the data or not available or incorrect price etc. People can click VERY FAST.

Thank you for following up!

[CollegeJersey.com]

Since you say that 90% or so of your items are one of a kind items, I think that if you have a dynamic search box link and or the PSC (Product Showcase Creator) or (something similar) available to the affiliates, maybe the affiliates can make some product pages and you don't have to deal with a datafeed of temporary products.

That's just an idea.

Sal.


Sal,

Can you please explain to me a little more this option... I am curious to give people as many different options as I can b/c no two affiliates are the same. What may be easy for you may not be easy for the next guy... So, I want to better understand your idea as well.

[CollegeJersey.com]

We certainly could use it in just that manner as we do with many others. It would be more difficult for us to use the PSC for this product as it changes so often but I certainly understand affiliates wanting to have a page of products.

The other thing that is helpful and many Affiliate Managers keep us posted of updates. One could elect by email response to receive a reminder email or announcement (even just an email Subject that said something like "Collegejersey.com datafeed has been Updated" That would be enough for me.) It is easy to loose a few days with incorrect data and if it turned out that it was only a couple times a week, it would be a reminder to "catch up". Many customers WILL NOT return if they have any problems with the data or not available or incorrect price etc. People can click VERY FAST.

Thank you for following up!

On average we sell roughly 5-7 items a day so basically every day the .CSV would need to be update, correct... But my real question is this... What is the worst that can happen if an customer clicks on an affiliates link and the product has sold... Do you think they will leave or look around for a replacement item?

I am just trying to guage how often an affiliate would need to update his site with the new .CSV and if he/she didn't what would be the worst thing to happen???

[infoTim]

If i put out a .CSV file do you guys have a way to pull it daily and not have to redo alot of work???

That would work for me.

[Herb Ô¿Ô¬]

the Dynamic PSC changes inventory right along with each refresh of your datafeed. the non-dynamic versions don't.

[Nature Boy]

I know I can easily get you links into each teams pages (or at least the major teams which is probably what you want), now the question would be coming up with the price ranges and descriptions... I might be able to come up with a standard write up where we just change out the Team name, but everything else is the same... As far as images, we can use any image or two from our site possibly.

Let me know is this will work for you and what timeframe you are looking at... Also, thanks for joinging the program. welcome: I could handle a generic description for each team, major teams or otherwise. The more teams the better. As for images, a thumbnail size image and a larger one would do a world of good. I can live with or without the prices. It's just as easy to put "Click here for prices" or something along those lines where the price should be. Timeframe? I know I would need it at least 2-3 months before the start of football season :)

[CollegeJersey.com]

Would this potentially work... I've attached a link for a download that contains a CSV file (I've tried posting it here for the last 30 minutes and I keep getting kicked :mad: ).

http://www.collegejersey.com/inventory040405.zip

Have a look and let me know if somethig like this could potentially work out. The link to the products would always be the same as well as the images link...

Product Link:
http://www.collegejersey.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=[Product ID from CSV]

Image Links:
http://www.collegejersey.com/store/catalog/[Image Name from CSV]

If something like this will work let me know and I can see if there is an easy way to keep it updated. I would need you guys to tell me what would make it easier from your side...

[infoTim]

Looks good. That would work for me & no problem pulling that daily and adding it to a site feed. The product links need to be constructed specially for CJ so that we get credit, though.

- Tim

[Nature Boy]

Looks good Sean. The problem I would have would be that I run all my datafeeds thru Webmerge and there's no way to pull a feed daily and generate updated pages. I'd spend all of my time uploading pages.

Just a thought though. Where does a customer go when they click on a link to an out of stock item? If it directs to the team landing page, then I definately could use the feed you just made up for my purposes.

Perhaps once a week, month or quarter you could generate a teams feed like was discussed above.

Either way, I look forward to getting these links up and making us both some money :thumbup2:

[CollegeJersey.com]

Looks good. That would work for me & no problem pulling that daily and adding it to a site feed. The product links need to be constructed specially for CJ so that we get credit, though.

- Tim

Tim,

Are you going to be able to construct the link for Shareasale or do you need me to come up with it???

[CollegeJersey.com]

Looks good Sean. The problem I would have would be that I run all my datafeeds thru Webmerge and there's no way to pull a feed daily and generate updated pages. I'd spend all of my time uploading pages.

Just a thought though. Where does a customer go when they click on a link to an out of stock item? If it directs to the team landing page, then I definately could use the feed you just made up for my purposes.

Perhaps once a week, month or quarter you could generate a teams feed like was discussed above.

Either way, I look forward to getting these links up and making us both some money :thumbup2:

Scott,

Currently our site will still take the customer to the item page, however when they go to purchase the item they will receive a stock warning and will not be able to purchase the jersey.

However, we are also in the process of evaluating a new website solution and this may be handled differently if we decide to make the change. In neither case though will a customer get to an error page or anything...

Plus, once you get them there they will most likely shop around and maybe buy 1 or 2. So the goal in mind is to get them to the site somehow so they can shop around and purchase a jersey!

[infoTim]

Are you going to be able to construct the link for Shareasale or do you need me to come up with it???

I'm still somewhat new to SaS, so I'm not sure but I think the product links don't work unless they have a copy of your feed. I did a search for product links there and nothing was coming back.

Usually it's something like:

http://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=aaaa&userID=bbbbb&productID=cccccc

I'll defer to someone who knows more about advanced SaS linking than I do. :-)

- Tim

[dflsports]

Sean,

Feed is usable :) In your case you may want to explore a more dynamic solution. But if what you typed earlier is true:
On average we sell roughly 5-7 items a day so basically every day the .CSV would need to be update, correct...

I would think that if your making only a few sales a day you might not have the means (money) to buy into something like PSC unless you have an inhouse programming whiz that could set you up something. Your going to get alot of affiliates but you will find only a small percentage will actually make sales. Jerseys have alot of competition and unless the affiliate already has jersey or sports memorabilia traffic, most affs are not going to send you much traffic. I guess what I am trying to say is be careful. We demand alot. Datafeeds are great, but if you provide one, you need to set guidelines as your inventory changes daily, alot of "one of a kind" jerseys. If your affiliates cannot update atleast once a week, you might run into problems with customers sending you emails or calling about out of stock products they see on your site.

Good luck!

[phillyburbs]

Sean:

Hey, nice work getting things in order and, in particular, choosing SaS for the program. We'll be signing up shortly. What's the ETA on tracking phone orders?

Someone earlier asked about advanced linking through SaS. I'm too lazy to look myself, but I believe there's still a thread started by Ssanf that explains it in detail (one of the best posts every, IMO!).