If you are already an affiliate you may be thinking “why would I give Skimlinks a share of my commission when I do affiliate stuff myself already“? Here are 10 reasons why you should, or if you’re in a hurry skip to #1.
I am pleased to announce that we completed our major seed funding deal this week.
It was led by John Brimacombe from Sussex Place Ventures. We met John 10 months ago, while we were still focused on our social decision-making site Skimbit.com. By the time we had evolved to working on Skimlinks, he knew our team, technology and plans thoroughly, he believed in what we were trying to achieve, and was best placed to be our investor.
Many of our clients ask us what they can expect to earn via Skimlinks. It varies in so many ways, but we are starting to build a picture of what different types of publishers should expect from our service.
Firstly, the best performing sites are forums, by a long stretch. Forums generate a greater sense of community and interactivity, and as the content is generated by users for other users, carries a higher degree of authenticity than editorial content. Also, the people reading forums tend to be closer to a purchase decision, and are more likely to click on outbound links.
As you can tell, this is the first post we have done in many months. Although this is dreadful, we have good cause. Lots has been happening in Skimbit-land, quite fundamental changes, which I am pleased to announce here.
The story is well-known to some. I started Skimbit 2.5 years ago in Australia, inspired with the idea of creating a social decision-making tool that helped people collect ideas and make decisions, about things like organising holidays, or buying stuff. I launched this as skimbit.com
