tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25486165.post8144410647027697945..comments2020-06-20T02:25:41.989-04:00Comments on Chris Kramer - Online Marketing Today: What's Going on with UK Affiliate Programs?Chris Kramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388983859484170876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25486165.post-88225846544259441002007-03-24T14:24:00.000-04:002007-03-24T14:24:00.000-04:00Chris,Well, it looks like I was wrong in my earlie...Chris,<BR/><BR/>Well, it looks like I was wrong in my earlier post, and the merchant was asking for us to make changes in our news article which we just weren't prepared to do.<BR/><BR/>They then threatened to drop us from the programme, so we have decided that it is easiest for us to expire our publisher agreement with them.<BR/><BR/>This whole thing is a bit of a shame, because I think they are a good airline, but they have seriously messed up their affiliate relationship, despite already being the tightest players in the game. This just can't be allowed to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25486165.post-52308621630608499382007-03-21T12:07:00.000-04:002007-03-21T12:07:00.000-04:00Chris,The Flybe issue was more down to a mis-under...Chris,<BR/><BR/>The Flybe issue was more down to a mis-understanding between us, and has been sorted out.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that we will see an end to this "so successful that the budget has run out" nonsense, but to be fair to all parties concerned, they have cleared this up very quickly.<BR/><BR/>I have stayed out of the ASOS furore, but as a whole, UK travel affiliate marketing is going from strength to strength, and many of us are looking forward to the affiliate session at the Eye4Travel conference in May.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it takes a bit of aggro to realise how far things have come, but I think the Flybe situation is totally different to the kind of rampant arrogance that has been displayed by ASOS.<BR/><BR/>JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com