Generally integration should only take a day or two - integrating affiliate tracking code is rarely more difficult than integrating code for say Google Analytics - typically it will only be a few lines of Javascript.
What can take the time, particularly if you have a bespoke checkout which was not written by your current web agency, is finding where in the code to integrate the Javascript so that it only triggers on completed sales.
Having said all that, maybe you should be looking to change your web agency - some of us will work for far less that £750 per day ;)
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, DiCanady, 29 Aug 15:40 Hi,
We've just signed up with Linkshare to provide our US affiliate marketing programme. They estimate that the integration should take max 2 days but our web build/design age ...
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, JonBov, 29 Aug 15:48 It depends on your platform. Affiliate code is not too different to web analytics code (ie. complex and full of headaches to implement). i would suggest 2 days is very conservative ...
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, SMITAS, 30 Aug 09:01 Di,
I would say the set-up & Integration shouldn't be taking all that long. 2 days is a very safe assumption to go ahead with. Its all about inserting the script to track conver ...
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, JonathanDavey, 2 Sep 12:00 If someone knows what they are doing it always takes much less time than another learning the way.
I know web designers that charge £100 a day because they have minimal overhead ...
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, startasanaffiliate, 3 Sep 09:26 Generally integration should only take a day or two - integrating affiliate tracking code is rarely more difficult than integrating code for say Google Analytics - typically it wil ...
Integration costs for Affiliate Marketing Programmes, Azambiz, 10 Sep 18:30 Yes, there is work involved for the code to be integrated and tested, but £3000 for that seems excessive. That's more than a year's salary for most of the world's population!
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