WP Affiliate Pro Versus WP Affiliate Elite
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Many agree that blog readers are ad blind and usually focus on the text and ignore most of the sidebar ads. So the best placement for affiliate links are in the text. An easy way to ad links to keywords is to have a software program like WP Affiliate Pro. Which is a plug in that will create links for keywords. And you can control the settings such as no follow, overriding older links, changing links on the fly etc.
The first time I purchased WP Affiliate Pro I had trouble getting it to work properly. So I returned it and tried some free plugins that did similar things, such as alinks and wp affiliate. It seemed like free would be a better option but I still wasn’t satisfied with the results.
So I decided to try WP Affiliate Pro again but at the same time I heard about WP Affiliate Elite. So I purchased both and tested them on two different blogs that also run on different servers. Here are my results:
I finally got WP Affiliate Pro to work and it does what it’s supposed to do. It’s an easy to install plug in and easy to configure. I think they are the first and original creator of this software. This plugin costs 97$, but sometimes you can find online deals where it sells for less. Another way of getting a discount is to purchase it from your own affiliate link.
But the one I decided to keep was WP Affiliate Elite. It does the same thing as WP Affiliate Pro but the interface is set up a little better. And you can change the colors of your links without messing with CSS. Where as with WP Affiliate Pro you have to edit a couple of lines of CSS to get the same effect.
WP Affiliate Elite also cost less at 47$. And they have an affiliate program as well. The one small downside to this software is when you install it you add one file to your plugins folder and one to your root folder. Which is still really simple, but without reading the installation text it’s a step you could miss.
Anyway I think WP Affiliate Elite is a plugin worth having, and I’m keeping my copy. Do you use these plugins or something similar? Also I’d love to hear any input on hiding affiliate links.
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Blogfixes | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
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Emma | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
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Chanya | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to cloak affiliate links a couple of weeks ago. I ended up pointing to a file on my site that in turn does a redirect to the affiliate page.
Sounds like for $47 I could have done this much easier.
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Emma | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Chanya the method you used for cloaking probably works better then these plugins. Because with the plugins your affiliate id will still show in the url of the affiliate landing page. I think I may have to do what you did or ad a redirect plug in. Hmm, maybe we discovered a market for a new plug in. Start coding.
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club par excellance | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
Great post and review i’ve been looking for some insight towards text link plugings! WP Affiliate Elite sounds like a great plugin. And You raise a wonderful point about readers not looking at the side bar anymore. I bet i can get better link exchanges with this plugin.
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Roshan Bhattarai | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
greate review…I’ve intalled wp affiliate elite in my blog what can I say it is just a great plugin…
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Emma | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
That’s great to hear. I hope it brings you much success.
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kabonfootprint | Amber | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Amazing, i never know about these softwares. I am running a few sites, where i am posting deals manually after getting them from CJ, Shopping.com etc. Can you suggest a plugin that help me to extract the datafeeds and post them as a deal post to my blogs? it will save lot of time for me.
Thanks in advance.
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Emma | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Hi Amber, I think storestacker actually does that, they have a plug in for cj, amazon, and ebay. But they are not free. There is a free wordpress plugin called wp affiliate that is similar to wp affiliate elite but you do enter your cj id in it. I played with it a little but it wasn’t working for me. Most of my experience with data feeds is from bans. But I hope to explore data feeds more in the future.
Hari | Aug 30, 2008 | Reply
Nice one. Thumbs up !!
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WP Passion | Sep 1, 2008 | Reply
This plugin looks good. I wonder how long before somebody releases a free version
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seo-manager | Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
That is very usefull plugin and I need it. But I don’t want to pay a hundred or $47 for such a simple thing. I will search for a free one and get back to you -)
Jane | Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
WP Affiliate Elite is definitely worth the money. I have it and it works really good.
Spam Filters & Anti Spam Filters | Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
I have a questions - is the certain type of plugin the kind where when the viewer rolls over the keywords a little pop up bubble appears? I am definitely looking for something more along those lines, rather than just random hidden keyword links.
Thanks for any feedback!
-Jolene
Emma | Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
No, many people find those annoying.
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You made a fantastic review. Seems WP Affiliate Elite plugin has a great feature. I’ll certainly going to try it out. Thanks for the useful info.
Warsaw Indiana Realty | Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Thank you for sharing such a useful plugin. Nice one. Keep it up.
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The fact that you actually RETURN it is a huge selling point. I like knowing that I can get my money back.
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There is a free wordpress plugin called wp affiliate that is similar to wp affiliate elite but you do enter your cj id in it. I played with it a little but it wasn’t working for me.
Emma | Oct 11, 2008 | Reply
I tried the free wp affiliate as well. It didn’t work well for me either.
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