At this point, the online body jewelry market is as flooded as the porn market. Like the porn market, there are a small handful of great sites, but it's mostly low-end scams. They all sell nothing but the same old cheap Asian import jewelry; tongue “rings”, “naval” bangles amd jewelled bars, and beads that flash. On a regular basis, the owners of these sites want me to engage in their deception and ask me to take part in one way or another.
For example, I got this one today. After visiting their site, I found it a particularly unpleasant offer… I'm always open to business offers if I think it'll also do some good to someone other than just the people who end up with the money.
Subject: ******** affiliate programDear Shannon
I am the owner/manager of www.********.com and I'd like to propose something to you.
I noticed that your site is ranking very well on major SEs with key words relating to body piercing jewelry and we're basically competing (amongst others) for these terms. So what I'd like to suggest is to integrate out affiliate program with your existing body jewelry sites and here is why:
we're paying 20% commission on all retail sales
our average sale is $48.00
our conversion rate is about 70 visitors/sale
and most of all: I don't want to be bothered with ranking our site anymore since you're going to be ahead anyway. I'd rather concentrate on customer service and fulfillment.
We know that a 20% commission is quite high, so we're not advertising our affiliate program on our web site to avoid that customers might think we're overprized.
If you're interested, you can sign up here: https://******** and just give it a try.
I would appreciate it if you'd let me know if you're not interested too (no offence taken) so I can look at other options.Kind regards
********
www.********.com
Not only did he have the gall to ask me to take part in something utterly distasteful, he actually tried to say that we were somehow competitors, implying we do the same thing! My reply (and I've sent these quite often) was the same as always:
You are importing and selling extremely low-end jewelry, and if you know anything about piercing, you are doing this knowingly. In effect, you are hurting the industry, and more importantly, you are hurting the public. It would be extremely unethical for me to pledge any public support in your direction.
So… If you run a cruddy jewelry distributor, NO, I don't want to send traffic your way. If you are an importer, NO, I don't want to purchase wholesale. If you are a manufacturer, NO, I don't want to be a distributor. If you've got an ethically run company making a high-quality product, yes, we'd love to work with you.
Post a Comment