[Robert Drumm]

Hi ABWer's,

Everyone here at the AC Lens office is a big baseball fan. I'm pleased to announce we decided to mix business with pleasure and open our own baseball store right here in Columbus, Ohio called Baseball Rampage. The store is packed with the hottest selling equipment from Easton (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Brands/Easton/80/Easton-Brand-Products.html), Louisville Slugger (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Brands/Slugger/82/Slugger-Brand-Products.html), DeMarini (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Brands/Demarini/85/Demarini-Brand-Products.html), and more. The product line covers everything you'll need for your team including catchers gear, gloves, and bats.

The BaseballRampage.com website officially launched a few weeks ago and I'm happy to announce we're now opening an affiliate program on both Commission Junction (https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2094385) and ShareASale (http://www.shareasale.com/shareasale.cfm?merchantID=13358).

Similar to the AC Lens program, Baseball Rampage strives to be a leader in it's vertical. The program will include the highest starting commission, longest return days, and will be spyware/adaware prohibitive. We'll have proactive program management and we'll be just as open to suggestions as we are on the AC Lens side.

Here's some more info on the program.

Program Details:

- Commission Junction and ShareASale (auto-deposit)
- 9% per sale is the highest starting commission among baseball only retailers.
- 45 return days (365 days on SAS)
- Comprehensive product datafeed available on CJ and SAS.
- Coupon codes
- Custom graphics, links, and coupon codes upon request.


Baseball Rampage will be adding GoldenCAN, Product Showcase Creator, an internal feed generator, along with other exciting 3rd party tools over the coming weeks.

Here are some site statistics but these are very early returns so don't take them as gospel:

Conversion Rate - 3.5%
Avg Order - $152

Why wait...join the Baseball Rampage program today!

Baseball Rampage ShareASale (http://www.shareasale.com/shareasale.cfm?merchantID=13358)

Baseball Rampage Commission Junction (https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2094385)

If you have any questions about the program or BaseballRampage.com in general, please don’t hesitate to contact me at bdrumm [@] baseballrampage.com.

Regards,

Bob


------
Robert Drumm
Affiliate Manager
BaseballRampage.com
bdrumm [@] baseballrampage.com


P.S.

If anyone is in the Columbus area, feel free to drop by and check out our retail store. While you're here you can jump in our free batting cage:

http://www.baseballrampage.com/images/cage.jpg

[Haiko de Poel, Jr.]

A great cross selling opportunity would be an eye chart in the batting cage ;)

[Robert Drumm]

A great cross selling opportunity would be an eye chart in the batting cage ;)

Great idea Haiko...I'll get someone on that :)

[Robert Drumm]

We're now live on Pop Shops. I'm working on the rest of the tools and hope to have them live shortly.

Thanks

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Our first widget is now available on SAS. We'll have a coupon specific widget going live at the end of this month.

Thanks

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Baseball Rampage has a coupon policy in place now. You can grab our newly activated coupons here:

http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=92172

[Robert Drumm]

We're getting our 3rd party tools together and I'm pleased to announce Baseball Rampage just launched on Product Showcase Creator. You can find both programs here:

CJ: http://dpsc.afftools.com/baseballrampage
SAS: http://dpsc.afftools.com/baseballrampage-sas


Let me know if you have any questions or needs.

Thanks

Bob

[writerguy]

OK, Bob. I signed up at SAS. Now I'm awaiting approval.

Love the popshops stuff and plan to start putting something up with popshops as soon as I'm "good to go."

[Robert Drumm]

OK, Bob. I signed up at SAS. Now I'm awaiting approval.

Love the popshops stuff and plan to start putting something up with popshops as soon as I'm "good to go."

You're approved and I bumped you to our ABW exclusive commission rate. Let me know if I can help out with anything.

Bob

[writerguy]

You're approved and I bumped you to our ABW exclusive commission rate. Let me know if I can help out with anything.

Bob

Thanks Bob, that was quick!

BTW -- I just registered a domain that I've had in mind which will work well, I think, with your baseball program. (And if you'll follow through with Haiko's eye charts in batting cages theme, I could probably get your contact lens stuff up, too. :joke:

[Robert Drumm]

Great news...let me know if you need anything to get the new domain going. The eye charts are a great idea but you could always add the Nike Maxsight (http://www.aclens.com/displaylens.asp?LensID=291) from AC Lens. It's the only contact lens on the market specifically made for sports and a perfect cross selling opportunity :approval:

Good luck!


Bob

Thanks Bob, that was quick!

BTW -- I just registered a domain that I've had in mind which will work well, I think, with your baseball program. (And if you'll follow through with Haiko's eye charts in batting cages theme, I could probably get your contact lens stuff up, too. :joke:

[writerguy]

Great news...let me know if you need anything to get the new domain going. The eye charts are a great idea but you could always add the Nike Maxsight (http://www.aclens.com/displaylens.asp?LensID=291) from AC Lens. It's the only contact lens on the market specifically made for sports and a perfect cross selling opportunity :approval:

Good luck!


Bob

Whoa, Bob, shows ya what a "rookie" I am at this whole affiliate marketing stuff, really. I was making a joke -- and you just gave me what I think might be a great idea for this cross sale, and some others I'm madly pondering even as we speak (write? whatever).

Keep up the good work!

[Robert Drumm]

No problem Gary...best of luck to your new ideas.

Bob

Whoa, Bob, shows ya what a "rookie" I am at this whole affiliate marketing stuff, really. I was making a joke -- and you just gave me what I think might be a great idea for this cross sale, and some others I'm madly pondering even as we speak (write? whatever).

Keep up the good work!

[Robert Drumm]

We have some great Q4 specials planned for Baseball Rampage. Here's a quick list of what's going on and you can read all of it in this months newsletter:

To start, we're offering anyone who orders a Rawlings product a chance to Win A FREE Rawlings Primo Baseball Glove ($400 value). You can find links in CJ/SAS or read more details on the site here:

http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Brands/Rawlings/83/Rawlings-Brand-Products.html


Free shipping is available on all baseball bats and all other orders receive FREE shipping over $99.


All 2007 model bats are deeply discounted to make room for '08 SKU's. You can find our bat sale page in CJ/SAS or link out here:

http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/2007_Bat_Blowout/167/167/2007_Bat_Blowout.html


Later this month, we'll be offering a free gift with any purchase, a new gift ideas landing page, and a site wide sale for the holidays. I'll have more details on these specials in about a week.

We just added PayPal as a payment option and will be adding Bill Me Later later this week. We hope these new payment solutions provide a higher average order size and increase converions.


Finally, I'm looking for four very proven affiliates to provide a very special offer.

email your preferred network, affiliate ID, and a short description of how you think you can sell baseball equipment this Q4 to bdrumm at baseballrampage.com. I'll get back to you should we wish to send over the offer.


Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Hi all,

We have a great new promo out now I thought I'd share.

Receive a FREE Rawlings Batting Glove BG255 (Value $19.99) with any Rawlings order over $50. Offer expires 12/31/07 or while supplies last.

You can link out here: http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Brands/Rawlings/83/Rawlings-Brand-Products.html

It's in the SAS Deals DB and links are live.

Thanks!

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Launching Monday morning is a Holiday Gift Idea landing page. It's not live (redirects to the home page now) but you will find it here:

http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/Baseball_Holiday_Gifts/179/179/Baseball_Holiday_Gifts.html

I'll add creatives to SAS/CJ tomorrow morning so you can get them up ahead of time.

Thanks

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

We're just 6 short weeks away from MLB spring training while many winter leagues, academies, and high schools are already starting action. Now's the time to get those Baseball Rampage links up to absorb some of the lost holiday sales.

Our two 10% coupons are ongoing into January and we'll have free batting gloves on any Rawlings order over $50 while supplies last. Here are active coupon codes:

Code: AID10
Expires: Jan 31, 2008
Linky: http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/Baseball_Training_Aids/130/130/Baseball_Training_Aids.html
Description: Save 10% off any order of baseball training aids at Baseball Rampage. Enter AID10 in the instructions field of our order form. Offer expires January 31st, 2008 and may not be combined with other sales, coupons, and discounts.

Code: 10BGBR
Expires: Jan 31, 2008
Linky: http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/Batting_Gloves/129/129/Batting_Gloves.html
Description: Order batting gloves at Baseball Rampage and save 10% off. Choose from Easton, Louisville Slugger, and more. Enter 10BGBR in the instructions field of our order form. Offer expires January 31st, 2008 and may not be combined with other sales, coupons, and discounts.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need custom creatives, datafeed help, or want to throw around some ideas on how to promote baseball equipment.

Thanks

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

April is one of the top 3 months for baseball equipment sales so get in while the gettin's good!

We have numerous features on our site that set us apart from the competition. First, the majority of our high end products (specifically gloves) have images that can be rotated, zoomed in and out, etc. You can give this unique feature a try on our Rawlings Primo Glove (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Gloves/Baseball_Gloves/106/106/83/1197/PRM1275.html). You can click and drag the glove giving you a 360 degree view as well as zoom in to the stitches to see exactly what you're getting.

Baseball Rampage also has a "Rampage Bucks" rewards program. Every visitor earns 5% back in the form of Rampage Bucks on every order which can be applied to future purchases. The rewards program is automatically applied to every purchaser who signs up for an online account so promote the 5% off in addition to our regular specials, deals, and/or coupons.

We also have a youth store (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/Youth_Baseball_Store/Youth_Baseball_Store/148/148/Youth-Store.html) built out so your visitors can easily find the products their kids need for tee-ball and little league. To my knowledge we're the only site that makes finding product specifically for kids so easy to find.

------
Promote some of our best sellers and increase your conversions. Here's our top 15 products so far this spring:

Easton Havoc Wheeled Baseball Bag (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Player_Bags/Baseball_Player_Bags/133/133/80/1649/Havoc-Wheeled-Bag.html)
Rawlings Batting Helmet - CFBH (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Protective_Equipment/Protective_Equipment/128/128/83/1073/CFBH-Batters-Helmet.html)
Easton Natural Youth Catchers Set (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Catchers_Gear/Catchers_Gear/120/120/83/1539/Natural-Youth-Catcher''s-Set.html)
Easton Knee Saver II (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Catchers_Gear/Catchers_Gear/120/120/83/1540/Knee-Saver-II.html)
Easton Natural Intermediate Catchers Set (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Catchers_Gear/Catchers_Gear/120/120/83/1538/Natural-Intermediate-Catcher''s-Set.html)
Louisville Slugger Omaha Baseball Bag - LSOB (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Player_Bags/Baseball_Player_Bags/133/133/82/1111/Louisville-Omaha-Player-Bag.html)
Louisville Slugger TPX Bionic Batting Gloves - BG51 (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Batting_Gloves/Batting_Gloves/129/129/82/1115/BG51-TPX-Bionic-Batting-Gloves.html)
Easton Reflex Extended Baseball Bat - BX66 (-5) (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Bats/Baseball_Bats/105/105/80/743/Reflex--Extended-BX66--5-.html)
Easton Reflex Extended Adult Baseball Bat - BX60 (-3) (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Bats/Baseball_Bats/105/105/80/733/Reflex--Extended--3.html)
Mizuno Youth Catchers Mitt - GXC110 31.50 Inch (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Gloves/Baseball_Gloves/106/106/87/1422/GXC110-31.50-Youth-Catcher-Mitt.html)
Wilson Pro Edition Shock FX Catchers Helmet (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Protective_Equipment/Protective_Equipment/127/127/83/1599/Pro-Edition-Shock-FX-Catcher''s-Helmet.html)
Easton Stealth Interchangeable Sunglasses (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Accessories/Baseball_Accessories/132/132/85/1546/Stealth-Interchangeable-Sunglasses%20.html)
DeMarini Voodoo Adult Baseball Bat - 2008 DXVDB (-3) (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Bats/Baseball_Bats/105/105/85/1188/Voodoo-2008-3.html)
Anderson Bat Company TechZilla XP Youth Baseball Bat - (-9) (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Bats/Baseball_Bats/105/105/101/1662/TechZilla-XP-(-9)-Youth-Baseball-Bat.html)
Worth Liberty Infield Baseball Glove - WL115T 11.5 Inch (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Baseball_Gloves/Baseball_Gloves/106/106/97/1338/WL115T_Liberty_11.5_Inch_Infield_Glove.html)


ShareASale April Promotions

We have some exciting promo's in April for our SAS affiliates. Join now and add a link for $5 or earn up to $150 bonus meeting certain sales targets. Read more on our promo's (http://forum.abestweb.com/showpost.php?p=815293&postcount=2) now!

You can read more on the Baseball Rampage program here: http://www.baseballrampage.com/affiliates.asp

Or join here:

ShareASale - http://www.shareasale.com/shareasale.cfm?merchantID=13358

Commission Junction - https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2094385

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions before or after joining the program!

Good luck

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Forgot to mention...all ABW'ers are eligible for a commission bump. Drop me a PM or email to find out more.

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Some pretty big news for baseball affiliates. Baseball Rampage has just added Bill Me Later as a payment option. Now buyers can receive no payments for 90 days on any order over $100!

We noticed a nice conversion bump when we added PayPal so we think the addition of Bill Me Later should help conversions as well as increase average order sizes.

Play Now, Pay Later at BaseballRampage.com!

Bob

[Robert Drumm]

Great news...2009 Baseball Bats are here! We now have stock, or are taking pre-orders, on all 2009 bats from Easton, DeMarini, Miken, and more.

Affiliates who add them fast get the advantage of sooner indexing by the search engines, sales from early adopter (i.e. I have to have this new product now) buyers, and little competition.

Link to our 2009 Baseball Bats (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/2009_Baseball_Bats/213/213/2009_Baseball_Bats.html) page now!


Another benefit to the release of 2009 bats is the big savings on all 2008 model bats. Link to our baseball bat clearance (http://www.baseballrampage.com/Baseball/Types/Clearance/167/167/Clearance.html) page which offers up to $40 off 2008 bats. The clearance rack doesn't have 2008 bats yet but will have them over the next couple of days.

Let me know if you have questions.

Bob