This week I have launched another Affiliate project DIY Journal. This is a site the brings together many sources for all things DIY, Tools, Decorating materials, Home Improvement, Furniture and Gadgets.
It is based on the superb Affilistore which is working well although the site does seem rather slow at times so I will have to see what I can do about it.
It uses datafeeds from 5 different merchants and combines them, it was running with another two merchants however the shear number of products in the store made it too slow. If I can find a way round it or if I can find the SQL in the Affilistore code I may be able to optimize it a little, however for now it is launched and out there.
The great benefit of using Affilistore is when you add datafeeds you can use feed pipes, this the need to do any work to update the sites is very limited, I am simply holding a monitoring role leaving me free to work on marketing the site.
The early signs are good, there have been a handful of sales, which will hopefully increase once the marketing kicks into action.
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