The Buy.com affiliate program is 100% live with LinkShare, their new sister company, starting today. Buy.com was previously with LinkShare and moved to Commission Junction (CJ) in 2005.
Back in May 2010, LinkShare’s parent company, Rakuten, purchased Buy.com.
Buy.com has now transitioned from CJ to LinkShare, as announced in the beginning of September, so be sure to update your links. The affiliate program with CJ closed on 9/30.
Melissa Salas, a mainstay at Buy.com and terrific affiliate advocate, was the recipient of the Affiliate Manager of the Year award at the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards in 2008.
She would be happy to help you through the transition – contact Melissa at affiliates@buy.com.
Noteworthy for affiliates are a linkbuilder tool and a tool to see top selling products per store in real time and grab a link.
Also, there is a new link syntax for creating links (add this before any buy.com URL and use your LinkShare SITE CODE):
http://affiliate.buy.com/deeplink?id={11DIGITSITE.CODE}&mid=36342&murl=
Apply to the Buy USA Affiliate Program or Buy Canada Program.