Presentation about UK affiliate marketing industry by Linus Gregoriadis, Head of Research, E-consultancy.

1. UK Affiliate Marketing Landscape Linus Gregoriadis, Head of Research, E-consultancy

7. Benchmarking affiliate marketing Source: E-consultancy / buy.at Affiliate Marketing Merchants Report 2007

9. Benchmarking affiliate marketing Source: E-consultancy / buy.at Affiliate Marketing Merchants Report 2007

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20. Voice of the merchants … “ A few super affiliates with a drop in volume and standard to the next group .” “ There are too many search affiliates. I wish an affiliate network could actively move away from this model. ” “ Fraud is a major issue. Takes a lot of our resource that could be better used optimising our activity.” “ Counter-bidding on paid search can be a real obstacle with some affiliates .”

21. Voice of the affiliate … “ I find that deep links often do not work and just take the customer to the home page. A good selection of deep links with good photos of products are essential. Customers are put off by having to search for products.” The biggest reason for affiliates not promoting merchants after making the effort to sign up for programs is because of insufficient quality & quantity of links .

22. Role of Networks

25. Voice of the agencies … “ The distinct lack of actual experience and understanding [is a barrier]. It would be good to see some kind of accreditation for affiliate managers that was recognised in the industry.” “ As soon as empathy, understanding and real communication from all sides come into play then we will see the real growth happen in this industry ”. “ There is a bit of a challenge with educating merchants on the added value of affiliate marketing. Some are convinced they would get the sale anyway as a portion of affiliate sales are from returning customers .”