Durk Price

name Durk Price is a professional affiliate manager with 12 years of online experience as well as seven years of creating, launching and managing affiliate programs. He has launched and managed affiliate programs for large retailers like LimitedToo.com, BeautyTrends.com, WeShipBabyGifts.com, Stanford Social Innovation Review Magazine and others. His primary focus is managing affiliate programs for retail companies. To learn more about his services of putting top-level affiliates together with top quality merchants, visit http://www.affgoo.com. You may also email Durk at stick@affgoo.com.

Church Staff: Are You Ready for the Holidays?

25th October 2006
Just hearing these words sends a sense of dread through me. No, I am not ready for the holidays. Gosh it's just barely October and now you are already talking about the Holiday's…. We are not talking about how big a turkey to roast or how to hang sto... Read >

Top 10 Affiliate Website Mistakes an Affiliate Manager Sees

24th July 2006
With over 12,000 affiliates to manage in 5 separate merchants programs, I review countless affiliate applications and their corresponding websites. It isn't a pretty picture. And that's part of the problem. So I thought it appropriate to share the ... Read >

Top 4 Affiliate Program Technologies I Am Recommending to My Retail Merchant Clients

20th July 2006
When beginning a relationship with a client I am always asked: "What affiliate tracking programs do you recommend?" It's a little like asking what car do you like to drive: "Ah the good old days before kids… when I could put the top down on my Porsche... Read >

The 10 Most Important Criteria You Must Meet to Attract Top Affiliates

21st June 2006
As a long time affiliate program manager, I have been faced with the good, the bad and the ugly. In order to manage the customer's expectations, I've come up with 10 benchmarks they must first meet before I take them on. While I'd like to be a miracle wor... Read >

Top 10 Keys to Success for Launching an Affiliate Program

21st June 2006
When I talk to potential clients about starting an affiliate program for them I have a core set of criteria I look at before proceeding. These are the keys to success I find over and over again. Without them affiliate programs start slowly or fail altoget... Read >

The 10 Most Important Things a Webmaster Needs to Know When Picking a Retail Merchant Affiliate Prog

21st June 2006
I write a lot about what I look for in an affiliate when managing programs for various merchants. It always amazes me how many signups I get from sites with no affinity to my sites and also who never ask me a question about the performance of my merchant'... Read >