Comments on: Chitika Shoplinc Review

By: wow power leveling

wow power leveling — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:53:25 +0000

I feel very lucky to have been approved for a ShopLinc, now if I could figure out how to make mine look as nice as yours, I would be very happy! ;)

My font is too big/too bold and I can’t figure out how to get a header like yours. I have zero skills in the tech savvy department.

I agree about the products that are shown on the main page. They have had nothing to do with what I wrote about on my blog even though it is all linked in through my feed.

I would really like to see a way for us to customize these products like we do the mini malls, ie keyword specific products/brand names.

By: Bravisa - Another Online Shop

Bravisa - Another Online Shop — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:31:10 +0000

[...] months there has been a lot of activity in the online shop space. We’ve seen Chitika’s Shoplincs, Zlio and Amazon’s [...]

By: How to Setup Chitika ShopLinc on Your Own Domain | blogHelper

How to Setup Chitika ShopLinc on Your Own Domain | blogHelper — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:26:28 +0000

[...] P.S.: If you haven’t been accepted, give Chitika ShopLinc’s publisher requirements and ProBlogger’s review a look before applying via your publisher panel. [...]

By: Chi An

Chi An — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:10:35 +0000

Do you guys know how to use shoplinc with custom domain? Chitika guide is pretty short. I cant get it work for me :(

By: WordPress Plugins Feature for August | blogHelper

WordPress Plugins Feature for August | blogHelper — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:29:34 +0000

[...] CafePress WordPress PluginThis is the first WP plugin I know of to provide CafePress integration. It allows you to setup a virtual shop using WordPress (ala Chitika ShopLinc and the Pilkster.com Amazon Plugin) to sell other people’s goods on CafePress (affiliate-style) and/or sell goods from your own CafePress store. [...]

By: LotionBarBunny

LotionBarBunny — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:33:17 +0000

I feel very lucky to have been approved for a ShopLinc, now if I could figure out how to make mine look as nice as yours, I would be very happy! ;)

My font is too big/too bold and I can’t figure out how to get a header like yours. I have zero skills in the tech savvy department.

I agree about the products that are shown on the main page. They have had nothing to do with what I wrote about on my blog even though it is all linked in through my feed.

I would really like to see a way for us to customize these products like we do the mini malls, ie keyword specific products/brand names.

~Shannon

By: Marc Mezzacca

Marc Mezzacca — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:20:32 +0000

Rich-

“I’d rather get 4% of a $500 sale than a couple of bucks for ad clicks”

But your site/blog won’t always be able to convert on every click, and especially on a $500 item! Ad clicks do add up, but it depends on your niche and your audience.

I would think more people reading non-product related blog like ProBlogger would more likely be at the shopping lifecycle of browsing rather than buying. If that is true then Ads (CPC) might make more sense.

Darren-

What kind of conversion ratio are you seeing for Amazon?

By: Rich Owings

Rich Owings — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:13:13 +0000

Thanks Darren. If I recall past posts correctly, Amazon isn’t your largest revenue stream. I’m in the US and it made up over 50% of mine last month, but I do think I’ll give Shoplinc a try.

By: sarang gaikwad

sarang gaikwad — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:40:53 +0000

Daren

I tried asking Chitika if they would allow me to sell their products.

They replied that since my blog is not getting enought hits, they won’t allow that (sigh). My blog is only 2 odd mnths old and it takes time to build the kind of traffic Chitika seems to want .

So Chitika is not for all those guys with new blogs : ( which is unfortunate.

Regds
Sarang

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:00:41 +0000

Good question Rich.

I have noticed a small downswing in Amazon revenue over the last month – however I’d say two things:

1. It happend this quarter last year too with the northern hemisphere summer (hard to tell whether its due to the shop or due to the summer thing)

2. The revenue from the shop is higher than the downswing in my Amazon revenue

Again – its a tricky thing to measure – but it seems to be bringing me out ahead of the crowd and will only improve as I intergrate it into more and more of my sites.

By: Rich Owings

Rich Owings — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:44:23 +0000

Darren,

Have you seen any evidence that this has hurt CPA (Amazon) revenue? I’d rather get 4% of a $500 sale than a couple of bucks for ad clicks.

By: nicozorn.com » Archiv » Shoplinc: Der Shop zum Blog

nicozorn.com » Archiv » Shoplinc: Der Shop zum Blog — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:15:17 +0000

[...] Interessant ist vor allem die fast nahtlose Anbindung an das eigene Blog. So schreibt zum Beispiel Darren Rowse in einer Review zu Shoplinc: The four products featured on the front page of a shoplinc blog (in a multi-product eMiniMall and as separate products) are directly tied to the products you are writing about on your blog as they are driven via your RSS feed. This is a new approach that I’ve not seen anyone else doing to this point and ensures that people heading over to your shoplinc shop are seeing products that relate directly to the content you’re writing about (of course this assumes that your RSS feed is product specific). [...]

By: Sylvanarrow

Sylvanarrow — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:08:17 +0000

Well, I’m not sure how this adds value to a site or to a visitor’s web experience. It seems like a souped up version of those Amazon affiliate stores that proliferate the web. I guess I’ll watch and see though.

By: Marc Mezzacca

Marc Mezzacca — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:07:17 +0000

Darren, Great analysis thus far on the the service.

“What happens when everyone can have one…” is more and more turning into a significant question with many parts of the Web due to the opening of services via APIs and standardization.

As far as spammers, I think it is critical to keep a close eye on your publishers in any network (especially CPC based).

By: Motte Bonk

Motte Bonk — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:25:12 +0000

Its awesome that Chitika is offering something like this to ordinary Joe’s like us. I always wanted something like this but the hassle of getting it from one of the big boys is a 3 month initiative.

But I share Darren’s concern though: If this is offered to every Tom, Dick and Harry, then it could become a problem. I see that Chitika is doing the right thing and keeping this limited though.

I also like that you can set your own domain. I can register a new domain and point it to this shop.

Nice offering from Chitika before the shopping season. Looks like Chitika is getting it act right again.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:12:07 +0000

Darren, regarding "RSS Feed Driving Products". I created a specific category for my GPS Shoplinc behind the scenes called "shoplinc". Then anytime I write a post that should produce a good result in my Shoplinc I assign the post to the shoplinc category and any other applicable category. Then I don't use my primary feed, but instead the shoplinc category feed, to power the shoplinc. There are options in WordPress to not include certain categories in category lists so the Shoplinc category doesn't appear on my primary site in the category list.