Tuesday, December 29, 2009
New Affiliate Relationship with Ultra Diamonds
ULTRA is the seventh largest specialty retailer of fine jewelry in the United States, operating 150 locations in 33 states. ULTRA is an established national retailer of off-priced fine jewelry. Ultra believes in Making Luxury Affordable for all budgets and styles. We welcome Ultra Diamonds to the CollectionsGiftsandMore.com affiliate family.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Today We Became an Authorized Affiliate of The Popcorn Factory
We are proud to announce a new partnership as an authorized affiliate of The Popcorn Factory. For more than 30 years, The Popcorn Factory has been the "popcorn authority" with our impressive collection of crowd-pleasing gifts and great-tasting snacks. We start with the finest corn grown right here in the USA and transform each kernel into premium popcorn using 100% corn oil and infusions of the very tastiest flavors. The Popcorn Factory pops over 1 million pounds of popcorn per year in many great tasting gourmet flavors including a premium chef-inspired collection. And all of our popcorn is Kosher OUD.
Since 1979, we've been delighting customers with delicious, premium popcorn and impressive, all-occasion gift tins, baskets and towers. In all that time, we've remained committed to bringing you fresh product, unique ideas and above all, complete satisfaction. And we back this guarantee with our Popcorn Promise: You and your recipients must be absolutely delighted!
Since 1979, we've been delighting customers with delicious, premium popcorn and impressive, all-occasion gift tins, baskets and towers. In all that time, we've remained committed to bringing you fresh product, unique ideas and above all, complete satisfaction. And we back this guarantee with our Popcorn Promise: You and your recipients must be absolutely delighted!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Online Shopping Doesn't Have to End Early
At CollectionsGiftsandMore.com your online shopping doesn't have to stop early. Our goal is to make shopping easy for you and weve done that with many of our Affiliate partners. Check here every day for new Affiliate ads and offers, many of which will ship very close to Christmas. To see our Affiliate promotions click here
30 Gifts Under $30
If your not sure what to buy why not buy flowers. 1-800flowers.com has the perfect gift. For other great gifts go to our web site.
Friday, December 11, 2009
What Is an Affiliate?
So you’re shopping on a website and you see a promotion from another company. It turns out the website your shopping on has entered into an Affiliate agreement with a branded company. What is an Affiliate? Why would a company want to be an Affiliate? Can I buy from both and pay all at one time?
Let’s take the questions one at a time:
What is an Affiliate? – An Affiliate is a company that markets another company’s brand, usually in addition to its own products.
Why would a company want to be an Affiliate? -- At CollectionsGiftsandMore.com, the goal is to be a full service gift website. Gift giving covers an enormously large spectrum of products and services. On any given day up to 2400 different items can be shipped but that doesn’t come close to the demand or variety required to be a full service gift website. People want gifts for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, friendship and all other occasions. So the company partnered with 30 plus companies to broaden the assortment of gifts to include flowers, gift baskets, fruit baskets, greeting cards, novelty candy, chocolates, stationary and tickets to plays, concerts and sporting events, just to name a few. The brand companies are normally established businesses with their own stores and websites who are looking for more avenues to sell their products or services.
Can I buy from both and pay all at one time? – No. When you buy from the branded company you will go to their website and will checkout using their shopping cart. You will also be bound by their policies. In exchange the branded company pays a portion of any sale linked to the Affiliate site directly to the Affiliate.
When a customer goes from an Affiliate site to the branded site a cookie is placed on their browser to identify which Affiliate site they came from. That cookie remains for about 30 days, sometimes longer. The important part here for the Affiliate is that there is no payment if the customer goes directly to the brand site beyond that specified time period. Some companies will offer promotions that are only available through the Affiliates website. This creates more incentive to utilize the Affiliate website.
Affiliate agreements are a win – win for all involved. The branded company gets free advertising exposure. The Affiliate gets to expand their offerings without investing in inventory while associating with a name brand company. The customer gets a bigger selection with less searching. It’s similar to going to the mall instead of several individual stores.
Let’s take the questions one at a time:
What is an Affiliate? – An Affiliate is a company that markets another company’s brand, usually in addition to its own products.
Why would a company want to be an Affiliate? -- At CollectionsGiftsandMore.com, the goal is to be a full service gift website. Gift giving covers an enormously large spectrum of products and services. On any given day up to 2400 different items can be shipped but that doesn’t come close to the demand or variety required to be a full service gift website. People want gifts for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, friendship and all other occasions. So the company partnered with 30 plus companies to broaden the assortment of gifts to include flowers, gift baskets, fruit baskets, greeting cards, novelty candy, chocolates, stationary and tickets to plays, concerts and sporting events, just to name a few. The brand companies are normally established businesses with their own stores and websites who are looking for more avenues to sell their products or services.
Can I buy from both and pay all at one time? – No. When you buy from the branded company you will go to their website and will checkout using their shopping cart. You will also be bound by their policies. In exchange the branded company pays a portion of any sale linked to the Affiliate site directly to the Affiliate.
When a customer goes from an Affiliate site to the branded site a cookie is placed on their browser to identify which Affiliate site they came from. That cookie remains for about 30 days, sometimes longer. The important part here for the Affiliate is that there is no payment if the customer goes directly to the brand site beyond that specified time period. Some companies will offer promotions that are only available through the Affiliates website. This creates more incentive to utilize the Affiliate website.
Affiliate agreements are a win – win for all involved. The branded company gets free advertising exposure. The Affiliate gets to expand their offerings without investing in inventory while associating with a name brand company. The customer gets a bigger selection with less searching. It’s similar to going to the mall instead of several individual stores.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Canoe.ca | Holidays | Happy re-gifting
An interesting article about re-gifting. What do you think?
Canoe.ca | Holidays | Happy re-gifting
Canoe.ca | Holidays | Happy re-gifting
Three ideas for having a more eco-friendly Christmas:
When you buy your Christmas tree this year please consider your local church, fire department, club or organization. Many organizations are having a difficult time this year and this is a good way to get your tree and help your neighbor too. For more ideas this is a great article from The Eastern Echo:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Save On Shipping Charges
Here's a simple way to save when buying your gifts. At CollectionsGiftsandMore.com we ship from one central point so when you order multiple items your shipping charges per item scales down. Here's an actual example:
Buy 1 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleigh at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $13.83 = 13.83 per item
Buy 2 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleighs at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $16.35 = 8.18 per item
Buy 3 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleighs at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $20.74 = 6.91 per item
Since 3 of these would cost $98.85 you would only have to spend another $1.15 to bring the order to $100.00 and shipping would be FREE.
This example is of multiples of one item but the same holds true when you buy different items. When your shopping at CollectionsGiftsandMore.com your freight charges are calculated each time you add something to your basket so there's never a surprise when you checkout. Try adding items to your basket and go to the shipping page each time to see what effect the changes have on your total. But remember, when your order is over $100.00, you will want to click on the Money Saver freight button and get your Free shipping.
If you plan on buying several things in a short period of time you may want to consider buying all at one time instead of paying multiple shipping charges. You should also consider this when comparing pricing for your online purchases. If you save a little buying from a second source but spend a lot for shipping you may not be saving any money.
Do you have any money saving ideas to share with other gift buyers? Please share them here.
Buy 1 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleigh at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $13.83 = 13.83 per item
Buy 2 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleighs at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $16.35 = 8.18 per item
Buy 3 Disney Mickey & Pluto Lighted sleighs at $32.95 and UPS ground shipping to my home is $20.74 = 6.91 per item
Since 3 of these would cost $98.85 you would only have to spend another $1.15 to bring the order to $100.00 and shipping would be FREE.
This example is of multiples of one item but the same holds true when you buy different items. When your shopping at CollectionsGiftsandMore.com your freight charges are calculated each time you add something to your basket so there's never a surprise when you checkout. Try adding items to your basket and go to the shipping page each time to see what effect the changes have on your total. But remember, when your order is over $100.00, you will want to click on the Money Saver freight button and get your Free shipping.
If you plan on buying several things in a short period of time you may want to consider buying all at one time instead of paying multiple shipping charges. You should also consider this when comparing pricing for your online purchases. If you save a little buying from a second source but spend a lot for shipping you may not be saving any money.
Do you have any money saving ideas to share with other gift buyers? Please share them here.
Monday, November 30, 2009
New at CollectionsGiftsandMore.com
We are pleased to announce that The KARAOKE Channel has become the newest member of our Affiliate family. This relationship will make available to our customers over 1800 professional quality karaoke songs that can be downloaded to many media devices. These titles are also availble in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Italian.
The KARAOKE Channel says "We take care to ensure that our songs are note-perfect re-recorded hits with lead vocal tracks in the style of the original artists. Our diverse library contains songs for every singer, from Pop to Country to Hip Hop, just to mention a few different genres."
The KARAOKE Channel says "We take care to ensure that our songs are note-perfect re-recorded hits with lead vocal tracks in the style of the original artists. Our diverse library contains songs for every singer, from Pop to Country to Hip Hop, just to mention a few different genres."
Cyber Monday Special Shipping
For Cyber Monday CollectionsGiftsandMore.com is offering free shipping on all orders over $75.00 shipped to the continental U.S. This offer applies to in stock items and does not apply to our Affiliate partners. However, many of our Affiliate partners are offering Cyber Monday special pricing and or shipping deals.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tasty Party Favors
Here's a great way to brighten up your holiday party or family get together. Personalized M&M's can have your name, picture, favorite sport team logo or many other unique identifiers. These tasty treats also make a wonderful gift. Click below to save now.
FREE SHIPPING on orders of $99 or more of personalized MY M&M'S® Candies. Just in time for the holidays!
FREE SHIPPING on orders of $99 or more of personalized MY M&M'S® Candies. Just in time for the holidays!
New Blog Spot
Hello Everyone,
I decided to move my blog over to Blogger because of the flexibility and extras I get here.
I decided to move my blog over to Blogger because of the flexibility and extras I get here.
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