Share A Sale: Friend Or Foe?

Ok, so at first glance there doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary when it comes to using Share A Sale. I mean, it’s just like any other Affiliate Network, right? Before you answer too quickly, let’s delve a little deeper.

shareasale Share A Sale: Friend or Foe?

You’ve got your basic login page, which is fairly simple and straightforward to navigate. All you need to do is select Affiliate or Merchant login and you’re golden. So now that you’ve been granted access, let’s take a look at the home screen. Wowza! There’s a lot going on up in here. It seems like Share A Sale is not a fan of tabbed browsing, instead choosing to lay it all out there. Alright then, to each his own, but there is a whole lot of information just hanging out here so it can be a little daunting to a new user.

Speaking of new users, the first thing you’re going to want to do is join some merchant programs. Sounds easy right? I mean, all you have to do is look for the column marked “Find/Join Merchants” and click on the “View and Search Merchant List” link, which should bring you to a beautiful list of possible merchants for you to conduct business with. Oh no! Something must be amiss because all I have is a couple of link options, but no master list of merchants. Oh ok, I get it, I have to once again navigate to find a list of possible merchants.

Alright, let’s go with the “All Programs” link because it seems like a pretty safe bet. Awesome! I’ve finally got a list of merchants to get me started. Hmm, these don’t seem to be in any sort of order. I mean, it’s not alphabetical because the merchant names range from Unique USA to Global Scholar and then back to Seating Zone. Maybe it’s by category? Wrong again. We’ve got Home & Garden mixed in with Education and Gifts. Sale Commission? Nope. Lead Commission? Negatory. Ok, so maybe I’m going about this the wrong way. Let’s try sorting the columns alphabetically so that I can take a gander at all the merchants starting with the letter “A” and work my way through the alphabet. Once again, that’s not possible.

I give up, Share A Sale. Anybody got any ideas as to how I can butter up an Affiliate Program? Chocolates or flowers perhaps?

By: 7even Leaf Clover

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