We have a lot going on here at Team Loxly this summer. Come meet us at Affiliate Summit East in August in NYC.

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Welcome to Summer At Team Loxly

Thanks to all of you we are having a *great* travel season. I’m impressed that in a downturned economy the affiliate program is still rocking. A few quick notes and then let you get back to your summer fun! And Congratulations to all of you for getting Viator in the Shareasale Top 15!

Datafeed Updated
The monthly Datafeed update has been done, please check to see if the tours you are featuring have been discontinued or if there are new ones for the destination you focus on. Here is the direct link to the Viator affiliate datafeed, be sure to log into Shareasale first.

Deals Database
Instead of coupons we have been focusing on providing deals through the Shareasale deals database, where you can download a file of all of the tours that have short term deals. These deals convert *very* well. The tours in the Deals database are *not* included in the regular database because they have defined end dates and most are short term. The dates are clearly included to help you manage keeping fresh and current deals available.

Coupon Reminder
If you have outdated or customer submitted coupons on your website you need to remove them. Use links from the Deals Database to populate your coupon or specials pages. No, we aren’t handing out coupons (stopped you before you asked! ) but some sites have coupons posted that they shouldn’t have. This causes customer service issues for both you AND us.

DTM PPC Bidding
If you are asking yourself “What’s that?” you probably aren’t doing it However, if you are marketing Viator via paid advertising in the search engines (PPC) you need to be sure to read the Viator PPC guidelines.

In no case are you allowed to link from a paid search ad directly to Viator. You need to link to a page on your website that has Viator links on it. You are not allowed to make your ad look like you are the official Viator website.

To keep abreast of the latest Viator news be sure to visit our dedicated Affiliate Forum and Support Website.

And click here for podcasts and information to help you run your business even better.

As always, if you need anything, contact any of you Viator affiliate team:
Deborah Carney, Vinny O’Hare and Liz Ababon

Read the rest here:
August Viator Affiliate Newsletter

The topic for this episode of Affiliate ABCs comes from a Twitter DM and from people asking “How did you get your start?”. What did you do? So your hosts Deborah Carney (a.k.a. Loxly) and Vinny (a.k.a. NYFalcon) take a few minutes and explain just how they got into this business.

Show links:
ABestWeb Affiliate Marketing Forum
Affiliate Summit
NYFalcon Forum
James Martell
@SandwichInk

@loxly
@nyfalcon

Continue reading here:
Affiliate ABCs #13 – How Did We Get Started in Affiliate Marketing?

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Viator is the leading online provider of destination travel products: sightseeing tours, theater tickets, attraction passes, theme parks, even zero gravity flights…the things you do when you get there. Our market-leading selection of products includes 5,000+ tours and attractions, in over 450 destinations located in 75+ countries worldwide.

Benefits to Joining:
» Earn 4% commission.
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» Guaranteed low prices from trusted tour operators.
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» Customers that book with us can also earn airline miles on Delta, United and American.
» Payment accepted in USD, CAN, AUD, EURO and GBP currencies.

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