Re: Accepting credit cards

From: Sergey Petrov <vikont_at_softlogica.net>
Date: Thu 22 Jul 2004 08:42:34 -0500

Jim, I wouldn't recommend PayPal as one-and-only option. PayPal doesn't
accept payments from a lot of countries so they are not appropriate for
international ecommerce. For example, I spend a good advertising budget
every month but PayPal doesn't want my money :-)

PayPal related URL: http://www.paypalwarning.com

Digitally yours,
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 Sergey Petrov
 CEO, SoftLogica LLC
 E-mail:sergey.petrov_at_softlogica.com
 Web: http://www.softlogica.com
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Date: Thu 22 Jul 2004 08:45:00 -0500

1st ValueClick, (a traditional ad network) acquired Be Free in 2002, then
snapped up Commission Junction in October 2003. This March, it joined
Be Free and Commission Junction under the CJ brand. Recently in a
"keeping up with the Joneses" move DoubleClick (another traditional ad
network) agreed to purchase Performics.

Now Advertising.com, soon to be owned by AOL launches what they call
an "Affiliate Network".

What's with all the consolidation between CPM, CPA networks and affiliate
networks??? What does it mean for the Affiliate Marketing industry?
Advertising.com's new offers look more like CPA offers than traditional
affiliate marketing as we know it.

See yesterday's article in Clickz:

Advertising.com Launches Affiliate Network

By Janis Mara | July 20, 2004

"Interactive marketing services firm Advertising.com, soon to be
acquired by America Online, launched an automated affiliate network
for publishers on Tuesday."
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3383861

So is what Advertising.com just announced REALLY an affiliate network,
just glorified CPM/CPA advertising or some new type of hybrid?

See what Brian Clark has to say on Revenews:

Advertising.com "Affiliate Network": A CPA Banner Solution

http://www.revenews.com/brianclark/archives/000122.html

What do you think? Is affiliate marketing as we know it coming of age
or about to morph into something new?

Linda Buquet

http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com







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