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Ask HN: Affiliate Program Recommendation?

Posted by TomBeckman on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:35PM
from the ask-hn dept.

We're looking for an affiliate program for our BigCommerce Web store.We're looking at Refersion for a couple of reasons:Refersion Pay - automatic payment and tax document processing. I haven't found a comparable service elsewhere.Highly customizable - we'll be integrating the affiliate program with several systems and need significant customization capability which Refersion has.Are there any...

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Re:Ask HN: Whats the most you've paid for a Domain Name? on Friday February 03, 2017 @02:35AM (#13558385)
$5000. Use a domain broker like sedo.com to negotiate so the seller doesn't know who you are and how significant the domain name is to you. Bought several sub-$2000 domains this way. Don't assume that the broker can find the domain owner if it's a years-old registration.
Re:Lumafit – Interactive Fitness Coach and Heart Monitor – Just Launched on Thursday July 30, 2015 @04:04PM (#9977630)
It's been staying on my ear well with moderate exercise.
Re:Lumafit – Interactive Fitness Coach and Heart Monitor – Just Launched on Thursday July 30, 2015 @03:40PM (#9977441)
They've done a great job on the hardware and software. Having launched these kinds of products before, I appreciate the effort and care that they put into this product.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone used web-scraping-as-a-service that didn't suck? on Monday June 15, 2015 @01:59AM (#9717745)
I've used http://www.mozenda.com in the past. Worked on some fairly complex Web directories with multiple levels.

Getting a credit card merchant account with good rates

Posted by TomBeckman on Saturday September 06, 2014 @06:24PM
from the self-post dept.

If you’re in charge of managing your company’s credit card merchant account, you probably wonder if you’re getting the best possible rates. And people glaze over quickly when you bring up the subject…When my previous provider raised my rates, I started the dreaded search for a new provider. I’ve been taking care of this for a loooong time.Then I found http://www.cardfellow.com, a shopping...

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Re:Ask HN: What info do you web scrape for? on Friday August 15, 2014 @04:10PM (#8183909)
I've used Mozenda for Web scraping. They have a free trial and can scrape some complex formats, like drilling down several levels in a Web site or database. They can also parse PDF's.

See https://www.mozenda.com

Re:Ask HN:How many day traders/investors are here? on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @02:32AM (#7093928)
A couple of resources for you:

http://traderfeed.blogspot.com http://www.brettsteenbarger.com

Re:Balanced Makes Volume Pricing Public on Thursday January 09, 2014 @08:19PM (#7034441)
I've been dealing with credit card merchant accounts for our company for many years. The lack of transparency in the industry made it impossible to know if I was getting the best rates possible. Then I found http://www.cardfellow.com where major providers compete for your business. All bids are cost plus based, so you can do a real comparison of the bids. Rates are locked in for life. You can keep the gateway that you're currently using. I ended up with a different division of the same provider I was using, but at a much lower rate. This reduced my net merchant account cost by 3 percentage points. Give it a try. There's no cost. And I have no connection to CardFellow other than that of a very happy customer.
Re:Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN? on Sunday November 17, 2013 @08:52PM (#6752057)
Try http://www.dailyrotation.com The top 100 headlines turn up interesting articles for many areas of interest.

Ask HN: Outsourced call center?

Posted by TomBeckman on Thursday October 25, 2012 @03:07PM
from the ask-hn dept.

We're a small company that produces consumer technology products. As sales and incoming call volume pick up, we're thinking about adding to our capacity by engaging the services of a domestic call center for handling inquiries and consumer sales. Most of what I've read about this in the past says it doesn't work out very well, which is understandable. Is anyone using an outsourced call center...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight depression? on Friday September 14, 2012 @11:45PM (#4525212)
Check out this research paper: Delivering Happiness: Translating Positive Psychology Intervention Research for Treating Major and Minor Depressive Disorders

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/papers/LCLWD2011.pdf

Re:Ask HN: Where would you go if HN shutdown for 1 month? on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @02:40AM (#4447365)
www.dailyrotation.com - get the top 100 articles list
Re:Which news aggregator do you use? on Sunday April 08, 2012 @03:16AM (#3813318)
http://www.dailyrotation.com
Re:Ask HN: How do you cope with sterss? on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:57PM (#3401335)
Here's a quick read for you:

http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/downloads/state-of-ea...

Tom