The News Review:
- EBay Competitor Launches New Storefronts and Affiliate Plans
- GameAccount.com Affiliate Program Unveils New Commission Structure
- Baidu net aided by Olympics, jumps 91 percent
- Regis Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
- Acorn Report Raises Issues of Legality
- Programmers Looking Abroad For Growth
- Wigix Enables Storefronts Without the Need for Storerooms
EBay Competitor Launches New Storefronts and Affiliate Plans
ECommerce-Guide, United States
In regard to the buying experience, shoppers can add stores to their favorites list, and sellers are able to keep shoppers within their specific stores, as they won’t see other similar merchandise from other Storefronts or the catalog until they are ready to leave that specific Wigix store. Wigix Affiliate ProgramIn addition to the launch of its new Storefronts service, Wigix is also launching an Affiliate Program for those looking to generate revenue without selling products on the site. Here, Web site and blog publishers can earn affiliate revenue by referring new members to the Wigix site or by recommending products from Wigix customers on their Web spaces. Sellers can also take advantage of the Affiliate Program by referring buyers to their own stores. Every item listed on Wigix has an embeddable widget tied to it that makes linking to products related to your site content easy. With the launch of the affiliate program, Wigix now offers three revenue generating methods:
Category Expert: Submit and manage unique items from top to bottom in an entire category and get compensated by receiving 1 percent of that category’s revenue (both advertising and transaction fees). Homesteaders: Submit a new item to a category and earn 5 percent of that item’s revenues (both advertising and transaction fees).
GameAccount.com Affiliate Program Unveils New Commission Structure
PR Web (press release), WA
The new commission structure offers affiliates the potential to earn a 50% rev share until the end of November. Affiliates will be able to earn these commissions by promoting any of their suite products which include games like Multiplayer Blackjack, Backgammon, Domino Duel, and Gin Rummy. Affiliates can earn 40% on $0-10,000 of revenue they refer, 45% on $10,001-25,000 of revenue, and 50% on all revenues they generate above $25,000. com will also be offering affiliates CPA commissions on an ongoing basis. For referring 1-10 players, affiliates will earn $50. They will also earn $60 for referring 11-20 players, and $70 for referring 21-30 players.
Baidu net aided by Olympics, jumps 91 percent
Reuters
47, beating the $1. 27 per share forecast by Reuters Estimates. For the fourth quarter, the company said it expects total revenue ranging from $151 million to $155 million, which would represent growth of 80-85 percent growth over a year ago. With competition rising in China’s fast-growing web market, the world second largest, Baidu was branching out into other areas. Baidu began developing a new consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform a year ago, which was beta launched last week, moving into a market dominated by Taobao, an affiliate of Alibaba. com, the country’s top e-commerce firm.
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Regis Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
MarketWatch
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Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
Basic 42,787 43,906
Diluted 43,107 44,579
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0. 04 $ 0. (2) Represents primarily the acquisition of franchise networks. Relocations represent a transfer of location by the same salon
concept. Conversions represent the transfer of one salon concept to another
concept. REVENUES BY CONCEPT:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
(Dollars in thousands) 2008 2007
North American salons:
Regis $ 122,225 $ 127,487
MasterCuts 43,431 43,589
Trade Secret (1) 66,837 60,305
SmartStyle 131,256 122,103
Strip Centers (1) 232,925 213,079
Other (2) ?? 5,558
Total North American salons 596,674 572,121
International salons (1)(3) 48,448 63,281
Hair restoration centers (1) 35,147 32,123
Consolidated revenues $ 680,269 $ 667,525
Percent change from prior year 1.
Acorn Report Raises Issues of Legality
New York Times, United States
Zach Pollett, for instance, was Project Vote’s executive director and Acorn’s political director, until July, when he relinquished the former title. Pollett continues to work as a consultant for Project Vote through another Acorn affiliate. “As a result, we may not be able to prove that 501(c)3 resources are not being directed to specific regions based on impermissible partisan considerations,” Ms. Kingsley said, referring to the section of the tax code concerning rules for charities. She also found problems with governance of Acorn affiliates. “Board meetings are not held, or if they are, minutes are not kept, or if minutes are kept, they never make it into the files,” she wrote.
Programmers Looking Abroad For Growth
Multichannel News, NY
75 billion in domestic revenue — it is growing at a faster pace (31% in the quarter versus 8% for domestic revenue). Second-quarter international advertising revenue grew 10% at Viacom, while domestic ad revenue grew a paltry 1% in the period. The international market also appears to be a strong and growing source of affiliate-fee revenue. Worldwide, affiliate revenue was up 12% in the second quarter, to $650 million. Domestic affiliate fees grew by 11% in the period, while international affiliate fees were up 13% in that time frame. Despite the softness in the global economy, Joyce believes non-U.
Wigix Enables Storefronts Without the Need for Storerooms
Earthtimes (press release), UK
Among the benefits of this program is theability for affiliates to make money without selling merchandise, simply byeither referring new members to the Wigix site or recommending products fromWigix customers on their websites or blogs. The program is one of several wayscurrent members can earn money on Wigix, increasingly making it one of themost financially rewarding, consumer-driven online marketplaces. "Since the inception of Wigix, we’ve been constantly driving innovationand looking for new ways for people to make money through their expertise andaccess to products," said James Chong, CEO and co-founder of Wigix. "With thelaunch of Storefronts, we are providing professional sellers with the simplestway to list multiple products and create a customized online retailexperience.