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Affiliate Network Anniversary
Avangate Affiliate Network Five Year Anniversary
23,000 niche affiliates, 10,000 software products and up to 25% revenue contribution
Amstelveen, The Netherlands – March 30th, 2011 – Avangate, full service provider of eCommerce and partner management solutions for software vendors, announced today the fifth anniversary of its Affiliate Network, which has reached more than 23,000 niche software affiliates amongst which players such as BitsDuJour, TopTenReviews, 01Net, SiliconAction or Brothersoft.
Avangate’s client base brings to the affiliate table more than 10,000 software products ranging from utilities, business & finance, audio & video to home & education and earns up to 25% of online revenue from affiliates. In essence, the Affiliate Network provides digital product vendors with a growing sales channel they can easily manage within one platform.
“We are specialists in software and work with both vendors and affiliates and support them to grow their revenue. For this we also provide a smart platform that allows customization, collaboration tools, multiple rewarding and marketing capabilities to increase conversions plus, of course, real time reporting”, explained Adriana Iordan, Avangate Product Management Officer.
“Avangate has been a great partner for TopTenREVIEWS for 5 years. From a technology, reporting, and relationship building perspective Avangate is one of the best in the industry by providing a dynamic set of tools for publishers to maximize revenue and product offerings to its consumers. We highly recommend Avangate for publishers and advertisers alike who want to have a strategic advantage”, said Mike Eltzroth, Vice President/Co-Founder of TopTenREVIEWS.
“The Avangate Affiliate Network has been very beneficial for Markzware. Their affiliates are internet savvy and know how to push traffic to Markzware's products. After all, marketing is all about getting as many people as possible know what offerings you have. At the point, it's up for the potential customer to make a sales decision. Over the last two and a half years, the Affiliate Network has contributed about 20% of top-line sales to Markzware”, mentioned Patrick Marchese, CEO at Markzware.
To mark the 5th anniversary, Avangate has prepared several themed affiliate contests which will be open throughout April 2011. On top of this, five software vendors - BitDefender, IObit, Movavi, DVDFab and VSO - are also offering 25% extra commissions to top five affiliates in the Avangate network for one month.
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About 2Checkout (formerly Avangate)
2Checkout, a Francisco Partners portfolio company, is the digital commerce & payments provider that helps companies sell their products and services via multiple channels, acquire customers across multiple touch points, increase customer and revenue retention, leverage smarter payment options and subscription billing models, and maximize sales conversion rates. The company’s clients include ABBYY, Absolute, Bitdefender, FICO, HP Software, Kaspersky Lab, and many more companies across the globe.
Avangate acquired 2Checkout in March 2017. More information about 2Checkout’s Avangate platform and related services can be found on www.avangate.com.
More information on 2Checkout can be found on www.2checkout.com
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