LATEST: Angela, the new affiliate manager for Bridaluxe has responded to my tweet and has contacted an affiliate I know that has been waiting to hear back from them. I asked her to respond to all affiliates and especially to immediately reply at ABestWeb. It would be wise for Bridaluxe to seek out all complaints published online and respond to them.
When the problems are resolved I will update this post to reflect the current status.
UPDATE: Bridaluxe has changed ownership and is
NOT responding to affiliatesor paying them. See the ABestWeb forum for additional information about Bridaluxe Ignoring Affiliates.We DO NOT RECOMMEND joining Bridaluxe any more.
If you have been promoting them you will want to remove their links.
Wedding Affiliate Program
I recently wrote a comment strongly recommending the Bridaluxe Wedding Affiliate Program in reply to this question from JBird85 in the WAHM forum:
“I was looking for different programs for people in the wedding niche and I came across a network called Bridaluxe.
Has anybody here used them, and is it a good (legit ) program?”
Hoping to be helpful, ampris2000, who has an online gaming fun site, replied “just type bridaluxe scam in google and see what shows up”
While it is obvious TO ME that she didn’t mean to imply Bridaluxe was a scam, I was concerned others might not realize she was offering generic advice not specific to them.
I realized what I wrote in my comment is a perfect description to share with my readers about why I recommend Bridaluxe. Here is the comment:
I highly recommend the Bridaluxe niche Wedding Affiliate Program and assure you it is definitely not a scam. It is one of the very best affiliate networks and for any wedding site it is as good as using Commission Junction and ShareASale (considered one of the cleanest affiliate networks) and better for wedding related sites.
You can add one line of javascript code to any site and instantly have a Wedding Store complete with products from all of their merchants (without having to apply to a single one!) – and that store is automatically updated with daily specials.
On top of that Bridaluxe stores will convert better than manually created sites because they have an algorithm that rearranges the products being offered based on what is currently selling best. If something gets media buzz and becomes hot your store will automatically have that product in prime position for maximum sales.
Their stores are far superior to Amazon stores especially in this case. I manage one site that has a Bridaluxe store and am the advisor to another that has an Amazon store. There is no comparison. If you operate in the wedding niche definitely go with Bridaluxe.
Bridaluxe collects your commissions for you and pays you directly the same way Commission Junction and other affiliate networks do. I have never heard a single complaint of them not paying their affiliates on time – and I recommend them regularly in my own blog.
There are a couple of points I forgot to include in that comment. One is that Bridaluxe has the longest cookie duration of any affiliate program I have ever seen. They use 365 day cookies. That makes sense if you consider that many plan weddings over a very long period of time.
They also have tiered commissions that are very beneficial to the affiliates while less so to the merchants in that affiliates are rewarded with higher commissions for combined sales from all merchants. I encourage affiliate publishers to read more about the benefits of joining Bridaluxe.
Both merchants and affiliates should know that Bridaluxe runs a clean affiliate program free of toolbar publishers, parasites, cookie stuffers, coupon scrapers, or any other bad players.
Merchants selling wedding related products should consider Bridaluxe because of their innovative stores that automatically feature hot selling products and their willingness to personally train affiliates for you in their use.
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They can provide instant visibility for merchants on many prominent wedding related sites and dozens if not hundreds of blogs. See details on their merchant wedding affiliate program.
P.S. If JBird85 had any information in their profile they would be linked in this post (and if they let me know I will still do that for them).
Bridaluxe is such a great idea for bloggers that I sincerely hope they will license their solution to create stores for other niche affiliate programs.
WEDDING AFFILIATE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
These links are reviews of wedding affiliate programs:
- Derek Semmler (Twitter) How the Bridaluxe Wedding Affiliate Program Hits the Affiliate Network Nail on the Head
- Weddex (Twitter) Bridaluxe: Wedding Affiliate Program for Wedding Pros
- GrowMap (Twitter) How to Evaluate a Gift Affiliate Program
- ExecGiftsBlog (ExecGifts) Executive Gift Shoppe Gift Affiliate Program
AFFILIATE MARKETING for AFFILIATES
How to get started; advice from affiliate marketers:
- Derek Semmler (Twitter) Case Study: Getting Started with Affiliate Marketing
- AffiliateXFiles (Ron Cripps) How to Become an Affiliate Marketer
- AffiliateXFiles (Ron Cripps) How to Create a Product Review Site That Sells
- Derek Semmler (Twitter) Building Affiliate Stores
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) How to Pick Merchants to Promote
- Derek Semmler (Twitter)How to Add Affiliate Products to Your Site
- AffiliateXFiles (Ron Cripps) Affiliate Marketing Tips For Long Term Results
- AffiliateXFiles (Ron Cripps) Affiliate Marketing FAQs – Ask your questions here and get answers from successful affiliate marketer with 9+ years experience
AFFILIATE MARKETING FOR MERCHANTS:
Advice specifically for merchants:
- Murray Newlands (Twitter) Affiliate Marketing for Merchants
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) What You Should Expect from your Affiliate Management Company aka OPM
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) Common Mistakes When Hiring an Affiliate Manager
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) How to Select an Affiliate Management Company
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) How Small Businesses Can Compete for Affiliates
- Adam Riemer (Rollerblader) Why Merchants Should Offer Affiliate Commissions on Gift Certificates
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Twitter: Jobsafrica
February 22, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Twitter: @Jobsafrica
Hmm, never heard of wedding affiliate program, it’s kinda cool to see affiliate program that focuses on wedding and events only, wedding is big these days you know, even google is investing in that area
By joining Bridaluxe affiliate marketing network we can promote over 26,300 products in the bridal industry its really great for both publishers and advertisers
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Bridaluxe is a affiliate marketing network for the wedding industry.They offer 10-14% commissions on all product sales which is really excellent.
Hurray! It is nice to hear about Bridalauxe which I was not aware of previously. I was elated by their features to purchase all the wedding accessories and other wedding items at a single place. In my view this affiliate program relieves the stress out of bride or groom’s parents to purchase all wedding items and getting the best out of everything. I hope this affiliate program is not scam and are greatly beneficial! Thanks for your post!
Twitter: karnevans
January 18, 2011 at 2:49 am
Twitter: @karnevans
That is an interesting market. One I was also considering marketing services more. 365 day cookies is not bad, thanks for awesome info!
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Bridaluxe’s custom storefront is littlebit complex but you can make it easier by copy pasting their javascript code to your blog or website
Twitter: hkj
January 6, 2011 at 12:14 am
Twitter: @hkj
what is selling the best. Seems like a really handy thing to have and be able to use. It’s good they thing about how long wedding planning takes too.
Twitter: hkj
January 6, 2011 at 12:10 am
Twitter: @hkj
own for what is selling and what isn’t. This seems like it would be really good to have and the fact it thinks about how long it takes to plan a wedding is good too.
the fact it thinks about how long it takes to plan a wedding is good too.
Twitter: R4 ds
December 30, 2010 at 2:00 am
Twitter: @R4 ds
Good news – great to have a reliable and recommended affiliate program in the Wedding arena
Bridaluxe’s custom storefront tool is great. Just copy paste their javascript code and viola, a custom storefront right in your blog!
Thanks for the useful information. Just one quick question though, I wanted a site designed like this one, where did you get this website designed? Cheers
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“stores flexibility” “cookie reliability” “online payment” “easy to install functionality” is all what i see in every affiliate program, i am optimistic to found this program right on top in wedding niche, i am relying on write-up review and going for sign up but i will let you know about my experience shortly! Fingers Crossed.
I signed up for this program about a month ago for my wedding blog, very EASY to implement and get going. There plug-in for word-press is SUPER good, although I haven’t made any money yet, I don’t see where it will be a problem collecting the money owed. Time will tell i guess, I am still trying to build some authority for my site.
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Well i can’t anything about why it is showing as a scam but if you are credible enough in a market it shouldn’t be a problem. That might be the jealousy of your competitor.Anyhow,i have never seen a affiliate program for weddings.Interesting to see.Let me check and will revert back with comments.
Twitter: JayHoque
November 1, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Twitter: @JayHoque
First time I’ve come across a wedding affiliate program. Seems interesting, although I’m not sure about the $750 network access fee. A bit steep for an affiliate program don’t you think?
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this sounds like a great item to implement into my site. Thanks!
Well, it is one of the very best affiliate networks and for any wedding site it is as good as using Commission Junction and ShareASale. That was a great post, thanks it is appreciated. I will look around your blog it seems interesting.
First of all I would like to applaud the Bridaluxe site for the wedding affiliation program. Well, it collects your commissions and pays you directly in the same way as the other affiliate networks do. So merchants selling their wedding products should consider Bridaluxe for their innovative stores and for describing the hot selling products. Hope that my information might be useful to all wedding people.
Bridaluxe is an excellent wedding plan. I love the features.
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