Skimlinks better than viglinks?
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steven s
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Late December 2010.
Alicia Navarro
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We have our main office in London, but we have a second office in San Francisco where I am based as well as a marketing, account management and support team.
Alicia
CEO - Skimlinks
Alicia Navarro
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Hey GR,
Yes, we are similar in many ways, and you will no doubt do well with both. Main differences are that we have SkimWords, an optional additional service, that finds product references and turns them into links to where the item can be purchased; we have offices in London and San Francisco providing support as well as a large support and account management team. Good luck!
Alicia
CTXMedia
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On the back of this discussion I signed-up for Viglinks and installed the javascript snippet at my cyclechat.net site.
There doesn't seem to be any noticable delay in page loading, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how many clicks are being recorded and generating revenue already (I know it's not final or anything, but it's great to see some income for doing ... well ... nothing much really!!!).
The stats are showing around 14% of my clicks are affiliated, which I assume is a relatively average figure for a cycling related chat forum (other subjects might well generate more).
We'll see how it goes over the coming months, but I expect I'll be installing it on my other XF based forums too.
Cheers,
Shaun
There doesn't seem to be any noticable delay in page loading, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how many clicks are being recorded and generating revenue already (I know it's not final or anything, but it's great to see some income for doing ... well ... nothing much really!!!).
The stats are showing around 14% of my clicks are affiliated, which I assume is a relatively average figure for a cycling related chat forum (other subjects might well generate more).
We'll see how it goes over the coming months, but I expect I'll be installing it on my other XF based forums too.
Cheers,
Shaun
Salty
Active member
Same
EQnoble
Well-known member
I have integrated skimlinks and it works just fine I don't even notice it there and mind you I scrutinize harshly as I have no desire to monetize my forum particularly now or when I finish my planning and building so seeing it seamlessly integrated with the links is really nice and I just may keep it there...
I am wondering if I can create an if condition to call that .js right before the body's closing tag telling what pages are appropriate to include skimlinks on? Anyone got a clue?
I am wondering if I can create an if condition to call that .js right before the body's closing tag telling what pages are appropriate to include skimlinks on? Anyone got a clue?
3dsoft
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Is this service only for english speaking countries or do they offer international product links?
Alicia Navarro
Member
We also work with international affiliate networks all over Europe, so if you are based in these countries, Skimlinks can also help you.
Alicia
CEO - Skimlinks
Alicia Navarro
Member
On the back of this discussion I signed-up for Viglinks and installed the javascript snippet at my cyclechat.net site.
There doesn't seem to be any noticable delay in page loading, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how many clicks are being recorded and generating revenue already (I know it's not final or anything, but it's great to see some income for doing ... well ... nothing much really!!!).
The stats are showing around 14% of my clicks are affiliated, which I assume is a relatively average figure for a cycling related chat forum (other subjects might well generate more).
We'll see how it goes over the coming months, but I expect I'll be installing it on my other XF based forums too.
Cheers,
Shaun
Hi Salty and Shaun,
Feel free to give Skimlinks a try as well, its just as easy and you can see what works for you best. We'd be delighted to have you onboard, and you may find us earning more for you. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck!
And yes, 14% affiliated clicks is quite good.
Cheers
Alicia
CEO - Skimlinks
Salty
Active member
Salty
Active member
More image based, and the 300 is affiliate links; not total out-links if you were mistaken.
CTXMedia
Well-known member
I don't think I was mistaken Salty, I realised the links in the report were only the affiliated links being clicked, but still ... 300 affiliate clicks over 6 days seems incredibly low when you're averaging 15,000 visitors per day??!!!
My daily average outgoing affiliated clicks are three times more, for half the traffic, so your daily totals seem low in comparison.
Maybe it's just down to the different content on our sites, but are you sure the Viglinks JS is loading for every page?
Cheers,
Shaun
-GR-
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I think a lot of it is what links are affiliated and your sites theme or niche. If you have a lot of people that link to stuff that people buy like on ebay it is pretty easy to do alright. I am only averaging maybe 2,500 uniques a day with 35 - 50 affiliated clicks a day and most weeks average $400 in sales generated. I have had a couple weeks where it has been over $2,000 generated sales.
3dsoft
Active member
Thank you for clarifying.
Alex
Active member
Just signed up with viglinks as they contacted us, which I thought was nice as I had been thinking about which to go with, but the fact they contacted us made me think that perhaps there's something good they can offer. Now just gotta wait a few weeks and see what our stats look like
steven s
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And wait for months to get paid. I started with them late Jan. Still waiting for a little check.
-GR-
Well-known member
It does take a while to get the first initial payment, pretty much like any ad company's terms but once you get the first payment you are paid every month. Google adsense is one of the rare ones that pay in shorter terms as long as it is over $100.
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