Affiliate Program through Shareasale

Well we made it through the holiday season in tact for the most part. I think that the overall economic situation in general impacted the volume of business transpiring on the web. CoastalBean, as well as our wholesale partners, saw a fairly flat holiday season in comparison to last year, however one positive aspect for us was that it appeared earlier than previous years - so that made it easier to fulfill the orders. Our product is somewhat of a luxury buy, so rather than ordering 25 pounds of Hawaiian Kona this year, patrons of the bean were ordering smaller amounts.

The one channel that I want to call attention to is our affiliate partners. We partnered with an affiliate marketing management company called Share A Sale to establish a program to allow other web properties to incorporate estate coffee sales on their sites. These affiliates get a commission on every transaction that they send to Coastalbean. These web publishers have sites that range from coffee blogs to coupon sites to gift ideas. Each of the site owners can view a wide variety of merchants on Share A Sale and choose which ones to promote through internet marketing strategies.

To find our program simply find the Gourmet category on Share A Sale and scroll down to the CoastalBean.com description. There you will find our 10% commission offer on all sales including Jamaica Blue Mountain, the world's best coffee! We even provide you with different graphics and banners that you can use to draw attention to the promotions.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions of ideas about affiliate marketing. As always, thanks for being a Patron of the Bean!