Comments on: Best Buy Gives Affiliates a Slap in the Face

By: Geld lenen

Geld lenen — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:38:14 +0000

1 -> 0.25% is really a big drop. I think many publishers will quit the Best buy affiliate program. I think Best Buy made a really bad decision.

By: ‘Overheard on Twitter’ Friday « We Build Pages

‘Overheard on Twitter’ Friday « We Build Pages — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:45 +0000

[...] Djambazov got everyone’s attention twittering that Best Buy had dropped affiliate commission rates to .25 percent. Soon after, all hell broke [...]

By: The Year Affiliates Saved Christmas, Really? | Jangro.com

The Year Affiliates Saved Christmas, Really? | Jangro.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:09:43 +0000

[...] At the same time, merchants are slashing commission rates. BestBuy announced that they’re cutting commissions on Notebooks and Wii’s to a quarter of a percent. [...]

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:18:46 +0000

Not to disagree with you all, but isn’t the margin already razor thin on electronics? And on a wii and other video game consoles, aren’t they selling these things at cost? And finally, this is just speculation, maybe they are saying one thing, but signaling in the nicest way possible that they don’t want to do affiliate marketing right now?

By: Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:44:01 +0000

They're cutting off their nose to spite their face, that's for certain. What is 1% Good Lord, they should be upping their percentage. An extra .75% of nothing is zero.

By: Angel Djambazov

Angel Djambazov — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:38:00 +0000

Shawn Collins on his AffiliateTip blog also chimes in on the matter: http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/best-buy-al... He compares Best Buy's decision to Apple's misstep when it excluded the iPhone from affiliate commissions.

By: Geno Prussakov

Geno Prussakov — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:09:46 +0000

Robbert, Things may change very soon. buy.at has just entered the Dutch market: http://corp.aol.com/press-releases/2008/12/aol-s-... Geno

By: Robbert Hypotheek

Robbert Hypotheek — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:55:48 +0000

In the Netherlands affiliate programs just don't pay out. A large number of iPhones were sold through the affiliate channel, but T-Mobile couldn't handle the huge number of affiliate sales.

In other words: the affiliate business is really immature here, and in your example, sometimes in outside markets to.

It's a pity..

By: Lucretia Pruitt

Lucretia Pruitt — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:17:22 +0000

Intriguing – but not terribly surprising that BB's profits have dropped so drastically if they have people in charge who make such ridiculously stupid decisions.

By: Angel Djambazov

Angel Djambazov — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:31:56 +0000

Thanks for the kudos folks, how dense corporations can be at times really drives me crazy. Although I don't agree with his points specifically on Best Buy, Scott Jangro has an interesting post on recent holiday numbers networks have been parading, here: http://www.jangro.com/a/2008/12/18/the-year-affil...