Thesis Inhouse Affiliate Program Moved To ShareASale

Well, it’s not totally fresh news since DIYthemes already moved their beloved Inhouse Affiliate System to ShareASale.com a few months ago, but still: It’s worth mentioning it again from another perspective! I do believe that this move is not one of the best. It’s not a move I would have expected from Chris Pearson and his folks at DIYthemes. But, alas, I’m not the mastermind behind the hugely successful WordPress Theme Forge…

Bad News For Thesis Theme Affiliates?

Nope. I don’t think so. While I was enjoying the superfast and reliable payout service all Thesis Theme Affiliates experienced I do NOT enjoy the new system at ShareASale. But that is only because I HATE their layout and design. I wish, their website would use the Thesis Theme aswell ;-)

Since I’m serving very old “news” today, many things happened in the meantime:

  1. Thesis Theme Affiliates do not have to worry about their promotion website being non-English! ShareASale clearly stated, that it is more than okay to publish Thesis Ads on websites in other languages than English.

  2. You are explicitly allowed (and welcomed) to use your own advertising materials – as long as those banners and text links do not violate the TOS which DIYthemes already formulated loosely enough.

  3. Yes, if you are not a citizen of the USA you have to pay about $3 to $7 to get your payout. But: Instead of using the Paypal system you are now getting your submissions served directly into your bank account. I would like to have Paypal as an option but I can live without it…

The Future Of Thesis Theme Affiliates

Some time ago, Brian Clark mentioned on his website the following amazing fact: DIYthemes paid more than $392,828.80 to their affiliates in 2009. Me included! I’m not only proud to have the power to help people buy good stuff – I’m also very satisfied with DIYthemes’ methods of interacting with me!

I started as a customer and ended as a partner. What a career! At all times I feel that I’m part of a big movement into the right direction. Of course it’s mostly about making money but in the end that doesn’t matter as long as the crippled WordPress Theme Scene is evolving so fast.

Just imagine what the blogosphere (yup, I also hate that term) around WordPress as a CMS/Blog System would be without Thesis.

BTW: You might also like to read about “The Move” over at howtomakemyblog.com

Your turn!


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Brian Littleton April 7, 2010 at 10:04 pm

Ramses,

If you need any help with any of the particulars about the ShareASale interface, just let me know. Sometimes it just take a quick pointer on how to get something done in order to save a few clicks.

We are planning a whole bunch of improvements as our interface has been in use for several years and things get added on, etc… This year we plan to launch a new version in order to clean up, consolidate, etc… Stay tuned. :)