There are a lot of in-text ad networks out there, but most don’t pay nearly as much. Today, I’m going to share my review of Sovrn Commerce , another affiliate network , but it has a very interesting twist!
If you’ve read my monthly income report, you’ll know that the majority of my income comes from affiliate marketing.
For this reason, I’ve been trying out some new affiliate networks that sound promising. I recently heard about Sovrn Commerce and found it attractive for further blog monetization, so I tried it out on one of my blogs for two weeks.
Before we move on to the review based on my two week experience, let me provide some background on affiliate marketing for new bloggers who might be reading this.
In affiliate marketing, we recommend products to our readers, and if they purchase the product using the unique affiliate link we provide, we earn referral income from it. This kind of affiliate referral brings much more income than AdSense clicks.
If I could share one secret that would help you make affiliate income from any niche site, it would be this:
Sovrn Commerce – Easily monetize your content with affiliates:
Sovrn Commerce is one of the best ways to make money with your blog. Sovrn Commerce works very differently from other blog monetization programs.
Sovrn Commerce will convert your regular backlinks into affiliate links , and if the user makes a purchase, you’ll earn a referral commission. The best part is, you don’t have to sign up for separate affiliate accounts on all platforms. Sovrn Commerce’s tracking feature will take care of everything for you!
For example, if you have a tech blog and write about iPhone and iPad apps, Sovrn Commerce will automatically convert those outbound links into affiliate links.
Normally you wouldn't make money from such links, but with SovrnCommerce you will make money whenever someone buys your paid app from the app store.
Sovrn Commerce automatically monetizes all outbound links, allowing you to earn a lucrative income from them. I will share my Sovrn Commerce income report after this review .
All of this is done with the help of Javascript, so it’s SEO-friendly and works with AdSense too .
Normally, you’ll link to product pages on many websites, but you won’t make any money when people buy or download the product. Sovrn Commerce is an easy way to monetize these links.
Also note that if you are already using affiliate links on your website, Sovrn Commerce will not alter those links.
Setting up Sovrn Commerce is easy; you just add one line of code to your site source and Sovrn Commerce takes care of the rest.
When I started using Sovrn Commerce, I had two main questions and concerns, so I reached out to David Gorcey, a member of the Sovrn Commerce team, who answered my questions in detail.
Problem: Sometimes my Sovrn Commerce dashboard shows clicks, but I don't see revenue (or vice versa):
David: This is because merchants sometimes don't report revenue until the day the item is shipped, rather than the day it was purchased. So you're seeing revenue take a few days to be credited to certain transactions because those items were likely out of stock.
So even though you removed the tag in early February, some of the items that users purchased in January were not shipped yet, so the revenue would not show up in your account until later. I hope you understand this, but if you need further explanation, please let me know.
Question: Do all merchants accept publishers or are there whitelists for some merchants?
David: It’s true that some merchants have whitelists, which means we need to manually add publishers to their program before they will allow clicks to connect to them. Only a few of the merchants we work with have this setup, and most of them are in the fashion vertical. So in general, you don’t need to join the merchant program through us, except in a few cases.
The main takeaway is that you are pretty much guaranteed to be included with any merchant we link to, as I don't think your content is really meant for merchants with a whitelist, however, if you are found sending clicks there I'd be happy to take a look and make sure we try to get you added to them.
Common Problems and Pros and Cons of Sovrn Commerce:
I won't go into detail here, suffice to say that I have had a great experience with Sovrn Commerce and have had no issues with payments so far. They use PayPal for payments and so far I have received all my payments on time.
When updating this review of SovrnCommerce, they offer a variety of payment options:
Note: You can register as an individual or as a company.
As for the revenue share, Sovrn Commerce keeps 25% of the commission and 75% goes to us, which is not bad considering we make money from previously unmonetized links.
Let’s take a quick look at some of the pros and cons of the Sovrn Commerce plan:
advantage:
- SEO friendly
- Smart Ways to Make Money with Your Website
- Easy setup (plugins also available)
- Pay on time with multiple payment methods
- You can control how the link is made
- More profitable than text ads
- Support multiple platforms (blogs, forums)
- Does not violate AdSense policies
shortcoming:
- It's no big deal!
Sovrn Commerce's closest competitor is Skimlinks , which we'll look at in a future article.
Sovrn Commerce Link Wrapper
Many affiliate programs don’t allow you to become a partner directly. For example, not everyone can become an affiliate partner for the Apple App Store, but with Sovrn Commerce, you can easily monetize all your app store links with just one code link. Now, if you want to share direct links to your app store products on your fan page or Twitter stream, then the Sovrn Commerce link wrapper tool comes in handy.
This affiliate link wrapper tool allows you to create affiliate links, or you can directly use bit.ly to shorten your affiliate links. Here is a screenshot of how the Sovrn Commerce link wrapper tool works:
I personally find this tool very useful for bloggers and internet marketers to add new monetization options to their blogs. If you are using any URL shortener to increase your revenue, then this affiliate link wrapper tool can boost your revenue.
You need to log in to the Sovrn Commerce dashboard > click on Tools > Link Wrapping Tool and enter the URL you need to get affiliate links for. You can use this tool to find out if a specific merchant has joined the Sovrn Commerce program.
Hopefully, this Sovrn Commerce review has helped you find another online platform to monetize your blog. If you have used this platform before, feel free to share your feedback and reviews in the comments section below.
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