Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 09:08:17 -0500
Reply-To: Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Ideas about funding Vanagon.com
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PS. I wish it was 10%-25% commission.... I'd be rolling in dolla bills yo!
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Amazon is the best way to raise funds... It does work. I use it to fund my
> sites.
>
> Not sure about needing a wocommerce site to add items and such but if you
> plan to add a lot I guess that would work. You'd have to look into that and
> see if you can use it as an amazon store front so to speak.
>
> A generic Amazon store banner in the header or sidebar would help so that
> you can remind people to do all of their Amazon shopping by first clicking
> your link so you get credit. This part is the hardest. So many times I've
> heard, "Man I just spend $4,000 on amazon and I forgot to use your link..."
> FAIL. lol.
>
> Also, the commissions are a lot lower... I average about 6.5 - 7%
> commission depending on how many items a month I sell. Initial commission
> is about 4%.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Abel.
>
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 8:53 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
> kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> So for many, many, many years, Vanagon.com has gotten a free ride due to
>> the kindness and benevolence of Vanagon owners and fans. It costs money
>> to
>> host a website, and it also costs money (time) to update it on a regular
>> basis so that it stays up to date, isn't hacked, no porn (except naked
>> Vanagons), etc.
>>
>> I want to set up a way to fund that site that doesn't rely on donations,
>> as
>> they can be hit and miss (mostly miss). I was looking into an Amazon
>> affiliate program that looks promising but I wanted to know what you folks
>> think. Basically I would set up a woocommerce store on the site, and then
>> put in the store all of the things that you can buy through Amazon that
>> would be related to the Vanagon. When you go to the store, and find
>> something you like (say a special tool you need), you click on the link
>> and
>> it takes you to Amazon where you buy the tool and Vanagon.com would get a
>> 10%-25% commission on that sale. Not only that, but if you click on the
>> link and then decide to buy a bunch of other stuff for your home or
>> office,
>> Vanagon.com would get a commission off of those other items as well! The
>> prices you would pay would be the same that you would normally pay on
>> Amazon so you aren't spending any more money. Instead you are just buying
>> your normal Amazon stuff through the Vanagon.com affiliate link, and it is
>> helping to fund Vanagon.com!
>>
>> I don't really see a down side. Please let me know what you think. If
>> enough money is generated to support the site, and there is extra then it
>> is going to go into a fund that we can use for other things. I am
>> thinking
>> about maybe a Pay it Forward fund to help van owners emergency need, or
>> someone in the community that has a sudden death, etc. We could expand
>> the
>> advertising of the site by supplying prizes for VW shows, etc.
>>
>> I just want to make Vanagon.com so much more awesome than it ever has
>> been. But that takes time which is money. Someone has to spend time
>> updating things. The more money we have to go to making the site better,
>> the better it will be.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>
>
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