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Old 01-08-2006, 03:28 PM
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Default Shopster - Drop Ship Affiliate Program - HOT!

Start your Own eCommerce Mall - Private Label Drop Shipping Affiliate Program

Shopster is a private label retailer concept that uses guaranteed cookie free, parasite resistant tracking. The Shopster system allows you to select products you want to sell - at prices you set - within a complete E-Commerce Site. Pretty much like a co-brand but even check out takes place on the site so all sales are recorded through the system and customer date, orders, and so on are stored on the affiliate side.

So, what does this mean to you?

1) NO more cookies. According to Revenue Magazine, up to 40% of your affiliate sales are currently not being credited to you. That’s because they are being stolen or deleted. Shopster does not use cookies. Your sales are your sales every time.

2) YOU own your customer. Why do you think retailers are willing to give up such high commissions for the referral of a new customer? That’s because they don’t just get a sale out of it, they get a customer who will buy from them again and again and make them more money. So what are they actually doing? They are taking your customer and turning them into their customer. Instead of keeping on giving away your customers, now you can keep them on your site and create a repeat customer yourself. This is how you build value into your business.

3) Create value in YOUR brand. You own your own store. That means you create value in your property just like any other retailer. Your brand has value and you can even sell or franchise your store one day just like any other retailer.

4) YOU control YOUR conversions. Now you don’t have to count on the retailer to convert, you can do your own converting. You can test what’s working and what’s not and improve your sales ratio.

The plan down the line is to charge affiliates $400 per year to use this system, but while Shopster is in the beta phase we are offering partners access for free. We guarantee that any partner who joins through AMWSO will never be charged for using Shopster. Here are some more benefits of using Shopster:

· Shopster provides access to a huge database of products (1.6 million+).
· Partners can niche down as deep as they like to select products.
· Your brand is retained through all stages of the check out.
· Partners can set their own mark up on base prices.
· Shopster provides marketing support to drive repeat business.
· Technology is cookie free as it is through the site and tracked to the store.
· You’ll own your customers for life to up-sell and market to.
· Run multiple stores for multiple niche approaches.
· Run your store though your current domain.
· Coupon creation functionality.
· Every page can have its own template.
· Shipping is charged via UPS or Fed-Ex. It’s based on ZIP code destinations - no mark up will be added. (Right now shipping is free on orders over $50).
· Customization of store style and brand is required. BUT you’ll get full design support from the AMWSO design team.
· No credit card processing to do.
· No charge backs to worry about.
· No shipping to do.
· No Customer support to do.

Shopster has an extensive product range and it’s growing daily. Here’s some of what you can sell through the system:

Jewelry and watches – Everything from fashion jewelry to designer artisan jewelry, and from wedding rings to loose gemstones (sourced from Mondera). Here’s a taste of what we offer – each category has subcategories:

Bracelets (310)
Charms & Charm Bracelets (6)
Children's Jewelry (1)
Designer, Artisan Jewelry (21)
Earrings (599)
Fashion Jewelry (698)
Jewelry Boxes & Supplies (11)
Loose Gemstones (29641)
Men's Jewelry (460)
Necklaces & Pendants (1190)
Other Items (700)
Pins, Brooches (19)
Rings (360)
Sets (21)
Watches (1218)
Wholesale Lots (25)

Plus:

Electronics - both Home Audio/Video and Mobile AV. (Brands include: Pioneer, Panasonic, JVC, Sony, Rockford Fosgate, Kicker, RCA, Sirius, Kenwood, Cerwin Vega and more).
Computers & Accessories - Including Apple I-Pod’s, Acer, Ben-Q, A-Open, D-Link, Hawking, I-River, Sony
Gourmet Foods - Cookies, cakes and more.
Entertainment & Games - Books, DVD’s, Video games, Virtual Reality Games, Music and more.
Toys - Full range of Children’s educational and creative toys.
Home & Garden - Full range of tools, cookware, small appliances, security items and more. (Brand names include Oster, Bunn, T-Fal, Toastmaster, Makita, Dewalt and more).
Jewelry - Limited range, lower end fashion items.
Beauty - Full array of beauty products and fragrances.
Health Products - Vitamins, purifiers, and air cleaners.
Sports & Recreation - From skateboards to hockey to camping and fishing and all points in between.
Pet Products - Food and supplies. Full range.
Gifts - Lots and lots. From blown and painted glass to figurines. Also have fresh flowers available if necessary.
Car Accessories - After market products including neon kits and performance parts.
Baby Products - Full range including furniture.
Apparel - limited range, but being built up daily.
Sports Memorabilia, Cards, Fan Apparel, and Souvenirs – Everything from cards autographed by Adam Petty through to Dale Earnhardt Galvanized Party Tubs.
And much more…

If you like, we can arrange a time for James the affiliate manager to call you and answer any further questions you've got about Shopster. Alternatively, you can simply email him your questions at James AT shopster DOT com. Please get back to him on this, as I think Shopster will fit neatly into your current marketing campaign and it’s something you can make work.

EXAMPLE STORE: http://discount-jewelry-online.secure2u.com

JUMP ON BOARD TODAY! More Info Here: http://www.amwso.com/shopster.php


Have a great day!
James D. Nardell
Shopster.com Affiliate Partner Support
Email: James AT shopster DOT com

Questions, comments or suggestions about this program?
Post them here and James will get right back with you!
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Old 01-09-2006, 07:39 AM
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this looks very promising... I have had good success with real private lable programs...

The thing i like the most about these programs is all I have to do is send traffic...

no building pages, no SEO, no updating feeds... just traffic building...

Having been in the Am biz for 10 years i have tried them all... remember vstore...

I beta tested that program... this program looks like a quantum leap forward...

I'll report back after i get approved and have a chance to take it for a "test drive" ... not being shy... I'm starting with an ipod store..

I've got a domain... that I used for this type of product and the merchant has forgotten who brought him to the dance... us affiliates... this merchant ended his AM program just before Christmas.. so it time for payback...

He's a lerker.. and he's know who I am... so..............

Please all newbies... reading this... dont take my comments the wrong way...

the AMWSO team and James are the best... if you aren't working with them.. your cheatin yourself... the same goes for Linda.. of 5 Star...

disclaimer... I've not been paid for this endorsement... they didn't even offer me cookie crumbs...:rotflol:

this is just my2cents....
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Old 01-09-2006, 09:17 AM
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Thanks for the endorsement Joe. I'll be sending that 500 by Paypal today. Oooops now they know I pay for compliments.

Seriously though - affiliates are pretty excited about this and whats cool too is that James and Shopster are taking affiliate feeback and implementing suggestions so you can help shape this program in its early formative phase.

Fire away with feedback Joe and don't be shy. We can take it!
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Old 01-09-2006, 01:45 PM
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I dont mind telling others about stuff that works... I really think this program
can take things to the next level...

I dont know who owns the program... but that' not nearly as important as the fact that they went out and hired a top notch AM firm... one that has a history of running clean programs..

As i said in my previous post... well executed PL programs are my favorite way to go...

The only problem I have is which of my existing websites is going to become a "PL mall" this would be no a no brainer... if it wasnt for the fact G just indexed a gardening template I was playing with (I forgot to put itina locked dir) and I'm making money from it already... hate to haveto move it...

So,...

My first request for the Shopster is the ability to put my links in the footer...

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Old 01-09-2006, 05:37 PM
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Hi Joe

Thanks for the great Feedback

On the Footer question. You can customize all the pages to add links, pages, designs and so on... here's my demo store for example :

http://rpgshop.rpg-game.net/

The AMWSO team is available to help with template design and style so please DO ask for help from James!

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Old 01-10-2006, 07:03 AM
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Well, here goes...

I have been approved... so I went for a test drive of the back end...

If all I said was whooo! that really is an under statement...

for starters... there are 600,000 products in the wharehouse to stock your store... there is on way to load them all at one once and create a mega store... I asked.. not that i want a mega mall necessarily...

what this program is best suited for is niche sites... like the one Chris has for as his demo..

Their is a datafeed available ... imagine this senario... you have an affilaite site where you add shopster products... so now you are the affiliate and merchant... just like the big boys.. no thiefs stealing commissions, no trickery, no worrying if the merchant is going to credit the sale... you areteh merchant...

Best part.. when the customer revisits your shopster store... no expired cookies.. cuz there are no cookies to expire or to be over written...

this program has a bit of a learning curve for setting up your store... but because Chris and his team are behind this program... getting setup should be no problem...

having worked with James in the past i know he'll go the extra mile to help if you ask...

There is a help section.. in the back end... I'd like to see it expanded.. I had some difficulty figuring out how to ad my products...

I think what happens when a help section is written... it is written by someone who understands the "system" inside and out... and sometimes this knowledge isnt passed to the tutorials completely...

I think this is the case here... assumptions are made...that are not necessarily true... learning curve wise...

I do understand that this system is not for the newbie who just today decided buy his first computer and go into the AM business... however if this newbie had average intelligence he could figure things out...

foruntately help is an email away... during normal business hours there is live help... via IM

I'd give Shopster 4 stars... pending building some history with them... they could well be a 5 star program... time will tell... as the my customers are yet to vote... with there wallets...

My recommendation would be.. signup and create some new niche sites... If you have websites that are under preforming convert them over to Shopster... and add links on your proforming websites to your shopster sites...

They reason I say convert existing websites.. is G has been sandboxing many new websites... till they are around a year old... they dont appear to be doing this to websites that change direction... I am also seeing MSN do this as well...

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Hi Joe

Certainly Niche sites are where we're seeing the greatest success at this time, and in that area it is a combination of PPC and Organic traffic that is driving the business.

Getting a basic site launched is pretty easy, getting to grips with all the features and custmization takes longer and certainly James is there to help out and speed things along

Yes the help files do need fleshing out a bit too

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Thanks so much Joe for all the great feedback. We appreciate you!
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I have really been wanting to try a program like this! The problem I have had in the past is not being able to trust the providers. Of course, having worked with AMWSO for some time now...that past problem has been resolved! Glad to hear about this!

I have a couple of questions..

1. Is there anyway to see more detail of the products prior to signing up?
The reason I ask is that there are some fairly specific questions regarding target audience, etc - which I would have difficulty answering until I have some idea of what I might want to use as a niche.

2. I started to complete the sign up form, but I am confused about the "Desired URL prefix for your Shopster store". Is that optional? In other words, can't I set up my PL store directly on my own domain name - or do I have to use the secure2u subdomain?

Can't wait to get started with this!
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Hi Kim

Thanks for the post, in reply to your questions :

1. If you mail James AT shopster.com he can give you demo access to review the warehouse.

2. You have to have a prefix to launch, but you can then change it to a full domain once live so you sign up with the prefix as something close or the same as the domain you have in mind and once signed up you can put in a domain change request.

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