[Mike Abolafia]

For this week 7/21 -7/27 we are running a free shipping on orders of $59 or more on Fogdog.com (see site for details).

This post has two purposes. The first is to inform you of the promotion and the second is to ask for your opinion.

We often run various free shipping deals on Fogdog. Do you feel that this would be beneficial for an affiliate relationship? If so what level of free shipping do you see as ideal? Our usual free shipping level is at $99 so this is a great deal.

As usual all constructive criticism is welcome.

Thank you,

Mike
AAE
Affiliates@GSICommerce.com

[EmDub]

I'm glad to see some sort of promotion come out. Due to your company's previous behavior, I had planned on pulling Fogdog off of my site, but I've been lazy, so it's still there. I'll give this a shot and see if it earns any money for me.

Free shipping is great, but "Dollar-Off" coupons always rule the roost on coupon sites, as far as I'm concerned.

Michael

[Mike Abolafia]

EmDub.....If you didnt see my prior post we have the following coupon codes live for July:

TSAOUT20 (case sensitive) - 20% additional saving off TheSportsAuthority.com Outlet.
JULYFOG10 (case sensitive) - $10 off a purchase of $50 or more at Fogdog.com
JULYOSH10 (case sensitive) - $10 off a purchase of $50 or more at Oshmans.com
JULYSPM10 (case sensitive) - $10 off a purchase of $50 or more Sportmart.com

Mike
AAE
Affiliates@GSICommerce.com

[Yikole]

Free Shipping in general is good. But I don't consider Free shipping on $99+ much of a promotion. I would say it starts being a promtion when it's free shipping on $50 or lower.
Thanks for all the other coupons. keep 'em comming.

[Mike Abolafia]

Yikole.....thank you for the constructive comments in both topics.

Mike
AAE
Affiliates@GSICommerce.com

[jbresee]

Ummm...we're offering free shipping on all orders over $50...Since 1996.

Welcome to our party... http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

The Merchant only wins if the Afilliate wins.

[Mike Abolafia]

John.....
Very simple response to your post:

We have a different business model then your company and our margins do differ. Due to these differences our shipping policies may be different.

Below is a quote from your AM Bryan taken from a post in the GSI forum.

"I don't know what the margins are like on golf balls and baseball bats. Our program terms work for the high value products we sell so that's where we've set them"

Mike
AAE
Affiliates@GSICommerce.com

[jbresee]

Mike,

welcome to ABW...your business will prosper. But sometimes it does get hot in the kitchen.

Please feel free to drop me a line if you ever want to chat about business. There are many areas where we compete, but I am a big believer in co-opetition and believe we can also help each other.

Good luck,

John

The Merchant only wins if the Afilliate wins.