Comments on CantBarsed: Code Sites - Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Good for people to know.

2008-10-22T04:57:00.000Z

Good for people to know.

I have a client who recently said that they didn't...

2008-01-16T16:25:00.000Z

I have a client who recently said that they didn't want to centre their entire 2008 growth strategy on voucher code sites, that they were hitting nominal margin or negative margin by paying out a commission and then a discount on top, and they felt that this affiliate vertical was getting way too much attention from their network.

My response was two fold really:

1) you want to higher volume of sales even at a lower GP don't you? (I nearly got slapped for being facetious.)

and

2) voucher code sites' profile has gone through the roof lately, and the good ones are where a load of consumers are going to buy their goods and services, so if you want their custom you have to offer them something (supporting Dunc's point).

I'm all for voucher codes providing they do things properly - the problem I have is knowing which ones do.

Nice to read a positive comment related to code si...

2008-01-16T12:32:00.000Z

Nice to read a positive comment related to code sites. Saturated markets might be tough/hard work, but they are usually saturated because the larger sites make A LOT of money!
I'm of the belief that a lot of the surrounding negativity is due to a lack of effort and understanding from networks and merchants, the user explosion onto code sites have taken them by suprise and "legislation" is taking time to catch up. Rogue elements are bound to capitalise in that sort of environment and I expect yourselves, and a few others will be leading the market in terms of ethics and (I hope) popularity in the months to come

You're right the market is saturated but when you ...

2008-01-15T15:25:00.000Z

You're right the market is saturated but when you say you made "a lot of revenue from hardly doing any work" you're making my point that running a code site really is hard work now.
That doesn't mean new codes sites can't be successful - MVC hasn't been around long.

When I started promoting discount codes back in No...

2008-01-15T14:25:00.000Z

When I started promoting discount codes back in November 2005 I got a lot of revenue from hardly doing any work. Things soon declined within 12 months as new sites sprung up. Now I dont get half as much as I used to. Saturated market? I think so.