Boscov's Affiliate Newsleter
July 2002

Hope you had a wonderful Independence Day! This month we have lots of news and updates!

Monthly Award Winners -- June

Congratulations to our three monthly award winners for June: MyConsumerGuide.com, Savings-Center.com and MyBargainBuddy.com!! If you don't know about our monthly awards, the details can be found at Boscov's Affiliate Center

Ed's Performance Award - A $200 Boscov's Gift Card gets awarded each month to the affiliate having the highest performance in whatever metric we are focused on in a given month. For the month of June, the metric was the highest percentage increase in clickthroughs June versus May. MyConsumerGuide.com is June's winner of this award!!

New Affiliate Sweepstakes - A $100 Boscov's Gift Card is given each month to a new Boscov's affiliate drawn at random. The only qualification is that links have been posted and a minimum of ten click-throughs have been registered in your account at http://boscovs.reporting.net during that month. Savings-Center.com is June's winner.

Al's Gift Card - A $100 Boscov's Gift Card is awarded each month to an affiliate drawn at random. The qualification of this award is that you must have had at least one order shipped in that month. You'll receive one entry for each order shipped. The winner for June is iMegaDeals.com


Top-Performing Links

In order to maximize your affiliate commissions (that's what it's all about - right?) you may be wondering which links in our program are the most effective. Looking at the selection available on boscovs.reporting.net the following are the most successful banners in terms of sell-through percentage:
1. Homepage
2. Outlet Center
3. Search Box (125x125)
4. Hot Buys
5. Shop for Her

However, as you all know, we send out a weekly e-mail detailing that week's sale or promotion at boscovs.com and we include code for the link to the page detailing the promotion. An analysis of the performance of those links shows that the sell-through percentage is much higher (almost double) than the banners listed above. Some of the highest-performing sales (in terms of sell-through) have been:

1. Bra Sale
2. Summer Sandal Sale
3. Father's Day Sale
4. Summer Hot Buys Sale

Although the sales just mentioned are no longer running, we have new promotions EVERY WEEK. So, if you're not already using these sale links each week, you may want to reconsider. I highly recommend that you try several creative types (both text and banners) and test which works best for your audience.

This Month's Affiliate Awards

For the month of July, Ed's Performance Award will be awarded to the affiliate with the greatest % increase in orders (July versus June). Your affiliate account needs to have had at least 5 orders in June to qualify. Good luck to you all!


Email us with Link Requests

Success Story: One affiliate e-mailed us a while back asking for a text link to the Tommy Hilfiger department. I'm happy to report that he's had over 100 orders, most of which are a result of this link! So, don't be shy!
If you would like a link (banner or text) to a department or sub-department within boscovs.com, please e-mail us (affiliates@boscovs-affiliate-program.com) and we'd be more than happy to fulfill your request.


Thanks again for being an affiliate of Boscovs.com. As always, feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions or success stories!