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But, I'm going to sandbox it and then do the upgrade just to be sure. :)
I really have been thinking "To buy it? not to buy it?" for almost a week and i couldn't find a proper neutral review! it is extremely beneficial.
Thanks,
Firas
Just use the GoCodes WP plugin.
If all you want is short URLs, then GoCodes will work. If you want to do actual affiliate campaigns with tracking, do Ninja.
It's true that it doesn't do auto-replacements but there are other free plugins that do.
In general though, paid plugins are usually an issue of convenience and support. For those reasons I purchased OIOPublisher though I know of other plugins that cover most of its features.
Thanks for mentioning OIOPublisher. I just looked them up. What has your experience been using that plug-in? Do you use GoCodes in tandem with OIOPublisher?
http://www.oiopublisher.com/about.php
David - what are your thoughts about OIO v. Ninja?
Jacob - I'll stick by Ninja. I'm not in a habit of paying for plug-ins either, but this one was worth it for me. And if GoCodes does provide stats on clicks, their site sure doesn't make that clear. From their site, the only thing it looks like it does is the re-direct. But, if it does stats, too, then cool.
2 areas for improvement are better performance (the tracking mechanism is too resource-intensive) and easier styling of the various forms and emails (right now you need to hardcode customizations).
One of the reasons I bought it is because it lets you create your own affiliate program; that alone is worth the cost. The other major reason is the automation i.e. how you can set it up to let people buy and install their own ads without any intervention.
Here's my old GoCoded aff link:
http://jobmob.co.il/go/oiopublisher/
Seshu, if you want to do me a favor, shoot an email to Simon about how you heard about OIO from me so he can set me up as the referral. That's the kind of guy Simon is.
Before I forget- there's not much need to use OIO in tandem with GoCodes; OIO tracks clicks through 301 redirects. The only reasons you would use GoCodes in this case would be to make the ad links look nicer on mouseover and/or to redundantly track clicks so as to confirm the numbers.
My first time on your blog. Loads of great infos here.
Although I am with AP Affiliate I will try the Ninja plug-thanks to your rerview.
To find the right tools, plug-ins or software is what makes all the difference between those trying to earn money and super affiliates. Reckon, I lost 2 years or so doing it all by myself.
So far I haven't spent much time on blogging but now you got me:-)
Thanks & Take care, Volker
I haven't yet tried Ninja, but I'm looking into it. Thank you so much for your review of the product, and I've enjoyed the varied discussion here in the comments. I appreciate being able to see pros and cons, and to learn of the competitive plugins that may also serve the same purpose.
I'm definitely going to need something like Ninja soon. I just posted about my first ad buy and things are really taking off for me! http://dangerbrown.com/my-first-ad-buy-just-began/
Simply put, the guys at MaxblogPress have been at the blogging game for a while now and they do know their stuff.
Great post!
I am currently using the google blogger setup.
Here is my question:
Blogger allows you to set links in the sidebars. Is there any way to have those links be dynamic. In other words, your blog reads a text file (somewhere on some other site) and posts the links found in that text file.
I am a PHP programmer but it appears that google does not parse the links for PHP code so putting PHP code in the links areas does not result in execution of the code.
Many thanks,
Robert