The E-commerce world is changing almost by the minute lately. From Merchants having to pause programs because they cannot ship anything, to panic over budgets, commission rates slashed or set to zero.
While this is a very unusual set of circumstances we are all dealing with; there are some bright notes.
- Some Merchants are stepping up and adding in bonuses
- There are very profitable sectors with healthy affiliate programs
- Now is a good time diversify your affiliate earning platforms
- As a community, we are helping each other
- Consumers are discovering this shopping from home thing is pretty cool.
- Oh, and in about 7 months you better have a Baby site in place.. just saying
Commission Junction is making Network Consumer Trends Reports available – These are updated every Wednesday.
https://junction.cj.com/covid-19-network-consumer-trends-report
FMTC has partnered with Trackonomics to give daily updates on commissions changes in Affiliate Networks. You can sign up to subscribe to their email updates here: http://fmtc-7325025.hs-sites.com/affiliate-program-covid-19-updates
Rakuten Center has insights on current commerce and consumer behavior with specific global and category trends. this is updated weekly: https://rakutenadvertising.com/covid19/
