http://www.qualityunit.com/blog Everything related to online business, affiliate s en-en Blog RSS export running on TYPO3 4.5.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Quality Unit example@example.org (Example User) example@example.org (Example User) http://www.example.org/typo3conf/ext/t3blog/icons/rss.png http://www.qualityunit.com/blog Everything related to online business, affiliate s vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/06/19/home-page-redesign/?no_cache=1&cHash=99070829ee29fd1b98a3be6f1e94016f http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/06/19/home-page-redesign/?no_cache=1&cHash=99070829ee29fd1b98a3be6f1e94016f Company Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:28:00 -0400 We are just redesigning our home page and testing conversion rate of new layout. What do you think about our new home page ? New Quality Unit Home Page Design Old Quality Unit Home Page Design vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/05/31/we-offer-liveagent-professional-edition-for-free/?no_cache=1&cHash=141cedff68b78e1ead2bfd436c33103d http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/05/31/we-offer-liveagent-professional-edition-for-free/?no_cache=1&cHash=141cedff68b78e1ead2bfd436c33103d News, Company Tue, 31 May 2011 14:26:00 -0400 We are proud to announce, that we've just released LiveAgent - our full featured help desk and live chat software integrated into one support platform. It is software, which we've used in Quality Unit for support of our own customers from November 2010 and results are amazing. We were able to minimize average response time nearly 5 times a... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/05/01/make-sure-your-domain-really-works/?no_cache=1&cHash=6d8e202881e0c7fcb8c13383e18e39e9 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/05/01/make-sure-your-domain-really-works/?no_cache=1&cHash=6d8e202881e0c7fcb8c13383e18e39e9 News Sun, 01 May 2011 00:25:00 -0400 Big brands don't know it too ... Even big brands doesn't know, that Internet users are lazy. In last few days I saw multiple web sites, which works perfectly fine, if you type into URL domain name including www, but doesn't work if you typed in domain name without www. Just today I browsed website of Porsche (Slovak localizati... admin () http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/03/08/stop-cookie-stuffing/?no_cache=1&cHash=9dba960a7988f853758d0bb2139428fd http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2011/03/08/stop-cookie-stuffing/?no_cache=1&cHash=9dba960a7988f853758d0bb2139428fd Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:49:00 -0500 In last months I was warned multiple times by some of our affiliates, that other affiliates in our own affiliate program are doing fraudulent activities with cookie stuffing. Every time I acted immediately and declined affiliate account and asked affiliate to fix the problem. In most cases affiliates removed the cookie stuffing code wi... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/06/25/new-revolutionary-live-chat-application-will-come-soon/?no_cache=1&cHash=c9a63c6a2ac0c2e8bdf77937cb82a1a4 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/06/25/new-revolutionary-live-chat-application-will-come-soon/?no_cache=1&cHash=c9a63c6a2ac0c2e8bdf77937cb82a1a4 News, Company Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:57:00 -0400 Some of you asked me about Quality Unit development plans. I know, we didn't informed you in last weeks too much, so I would like to do it now. I will publish just a small notes about the project, where we focused main development power in last weeks. As you know, Quality Unit developed in the past help desk software (SupportCenter) a... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/05/12/interview-about-post-affiliate-pro-affiliate-manager-navigator/?no_cache=1&cHash=d9a79ab749d781680c2b08d8d7ff0595 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/05/12/interview-about-post-affiliate-pro-affiliate-manager-navigator/?no_cache=1&cHash=d9a79ab749d781680c2b08d8d7ff0595 Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 12 May 2010 05:49:00 -0400 Geno Prussakov Yesterday I was interviewed by Geno Prussakov (founder of AM Navigator) about affiliate software, affiliate networks and Post Affiliate Pro. First time I saw Geno during Affiliate Summit East 2010 in Las Vegas. His session '20 Affiliate Program Management Mistakes To Avoid' was one of the most interesting sessions from A... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/04/28/split-commissions-but-dont-repeat-them/?no_cache=1&cHash=b494de9b4856b0b4ed12ec0f36c6c132 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/04/28/split-commissions-but-dont-repeat-them/?no_cache=1&cHash=b494de9b4856b0b4ed12ec0f36c6c132 Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:37:00 -0400 Guest Post by Peter Koning, Affiliate-Software-Review.com One of the unique features of Post Affiliate Pro platform allows the merchant to split commissions across multiple affiliates. This article reviews the benefits of this feature and also gives a warning about misuse and how to prevent it. In most online shopping scenarios, ther... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/31/pizza-pasta-lasagne/?no_cache=1&cHash=316c4ba279af3f2e9ac2be3160ad3809 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/31/pizza-pasta-lasagne/?no_cache=1&cHash=316c4ba279af3f2e9ac2be3160ad3809 Company Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:45:00 -0400 It is pleasure for me to show you some photos from our short skiing vacation. Quality Unit team enjoyed it very much and I'm sure we will repeat it again. When we left Bratislava, there was no sign, that there is any snow in Europe ... Click to enlarge Dolomiti (Italy) surprised us with nice weather and good ... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/23/limited-support-short-skiing-vacations-24th-27th-march/?no_cache=1&cHash=b0b4a97481240ecc2902174740c64b18 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/23/limited-support-short-skiing-vacations-24th-27th-march/?no_cache=1&cHash=b0b4a97481240ecc2902174740c64b18 Company Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:10:00 -0400 I have bad and good news for you. Bad News: Between 24th and 27th March 2010 we invited all our employees skiing. Because of this short skiing vacation we will offer just very limited support for our customers. It is possible, that our live chat will be switched off and you will experience bigger delays in our answers by email. Good News: S... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/19/how-to-define-cookie-life-time/?no_cache=1&cHash=d6aa0b063d5adbc6282e0e7bcaa1c359 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/19/how-to-define-cookie-life-time/?no_cache=1&cHash=d6aa0b063d5adbc6282e0e7bcaa1c359 Affiliate marketing Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:57:00 -0400 How to define cookie life time in affiliate program? Cookie life time parameter in affiliate program defines, how long will be valid relation between visitor and affiliate, after visitor clicked on affiliate link. If in defined time will buy customer any product, affiliate will get commission for such sale. If customer will make sa... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/16/post-affiliate-network-licenses-for-sale-one-time-fee/?no_cache=1&cHash=5f80430872dec5cc3b9e91614f2a3c2f http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/03/16/post-affiliate-network-licenses-for-sale-one-time-fee/?no_cache=1&cHash=5f80430872dec5cc3b9e91614f2a3c2f Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400 Today we released Owned licenses of Post Affiliate Network ! Owned license offers multiple advantages against our hosted accounts: 1. All files are installed on your own server - you have full control over data, you can manage backups and system upgrades on your own 2. You pay just one time fee for license- there are no other hidden costs... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/02/09/post-affiliate-network-beta-testing-accounts-open/?no_cache=1&cHash=a1a62dd79a060ba55f7810dddfc0e786 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/02/09/post-affiliate-network-beta-testing-accounts-open/?no_cache=1&cHash=a1a62dd79a060ba55f7810dddfc0e786 News, Post Affiliate Pro Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:38:02 -0500 Today we opened limited number of Post Affiliate Network beta testing accounts. In case you would like to participate in our beta testing program of affiliate network software, you are welcome to register your account here: Create your account. Please report us all issues and glitches you will discover. We will try to fix them all and upgra... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/01/27/affiliate-summit-west-2010-in-las-vegas/?no_cache=1&cHash=8fbacc2c6ef3122fc28ab840083f1e9f http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2010/01/27/affiliate-summit-west-2010-in-las-vegas/?no_cache=1&cHash=8fbacc2c6ef3122fc28ab840083f1e9f Affiliate marketing Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:28:21 -0500 Last week I returned from Las Vegas and I have to tell you, it was pleasure and fun for me to attend Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Las Vegas. It was our first Affiliate Summit even we are in Affiliate Marketing industry many years already. Next year we will definitely attend Affiliate Summit again. It was not just a chance for me to meet fa... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/24/how-to-improve-conversion-of-your-website/?no_cache=1&cHash=293a128c908af672f968fc6c7d0c4b4a http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/24/how-to-improve-conversion-of-your-website/?no_cache=1&cHash=293a128c908af672f968fc6c7d0c4b4a Affiliate marketing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:00 -0500 As I wrote few days ago, affiliate marketing is not just about driving traffic to your website. There is another important parameter, which can increase your sales significantly! It is conversion of your website. Today I will show you example how we are trying to improve conversion of our own website. Same schema you can apply on your own w... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/11/how-to-improve-your-affiliate-program-with-splitcommission/?no_cache=1&cHash=953665868663027a4b05dfe2d6fbce76 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/11/how-to-improve-your-affiliate-program-with-splitcommission/?no_cache=1&cHash=953665868663027a4b05dfe2d6fbce76 Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:55:01 -0500 SplitCommission™ is great new feature of Post Affiliate Pro which enables your company to reward all affiliates who participate in making the sale. Dramatically improve your affiliate program now! This is an example of how a situation can arise that calls for multiple sales commissions to be paid out: ’Visitor John’ was browsing Dave... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/11/google-developers-day-2009-in-prague/?no_cache=1&cHash=ed5177058f433cc9f0677744a740ea6e http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/11/google-developers-day-2009-in-prague/?no_cache=1&cHash=ed5177058f433cc9f0677744a740ea6e Affiliate marketing Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0500 Last Friday (6th November 2009) few members of Quality Unit development team visited Google Developers Day in Prague. Next to very good catering supported us Google with interesting presentations of new technologies. Now we have full heads of new ideas and I'm sure much of them you will see soon in our products. Very soon will be released e... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/07/traffic-and-conversion/?no_cache=1&cHash=a4529e14e96d68622b203c279f986985 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/07/traffic-and-conversion/?no_cache=1&cHash=a4529e14e96d68622b203c279f986985 Affiliate marketing Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:42:46 -0500 We all know, that Internet business is all about traffic targeted to your web site and conversion rate of your website. If you will rise any of those parameters, you will win. Conversion rateSimple explanation: Conversion is ratio between number of visitors of your website and number of your customers. Imagine, that your current conversion ... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/05/affiliate-commissions-41662115-usd/?no_cache=1&cHash=9d8c78fbccf10e1702570f745e820e14 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/05/affiliate-commissions-41662115-usd/?no_cache=1&cHash=9d8c78fbccf10e1702570f745e820e14 Affiliate marketing Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:06:02 -0500 I would like to motivate our visitors to enter our affiliate program with some details about Quality Unit affiliate program. I think most important number for our affiliates is, how much they can earn in our affiliate program. :-) I don't know how much you will earn personally, but I can tell you how much earned our current affiliates duri... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/01/new-map-overlay-report-in-post-affiliate-pro/?no_cache=1&cHash=2e2bd243218da6dda264cd918f051c86 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/11/01/new-map-overlay-report-in-post-affiliate-pro/?no_cache=1&cHash=2e2bd243218da6dda264cd918f051c86 Post Affiliate Pro Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:04:30 -0500 We add every week new and new functions to Post Affiliate Pro software. This is only way how we can keep our customers satisfied and be the leaders on the market with affiliate softwares. We love our work and often we have fun, when we develop new features for you. Now I would like to show you, what we did last week as part of PAP GeoIP fea... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/10/22/fraud-protection-in-post-affiliate-pro/?no_cache=1&cHash=914e006b785d6c1e8d1f447b380556bf http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/10/22/fraud-protection-in-post-affiliate-pro/?no_cache=1&cHash=914e006b785d6c1e8d1f447b380556bf Affiliate marketing Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:04:20 -0400 We want to give to all merchants running their affiliate program on Post Affiliate Pro powerful and safe affiliate software, which will protect their money against different kinds of attacks. Starting from version 4.4.1 will contain Post Affiliate Pro extensive fraud protection mechanism. Up to version 4.4. you were able to activate basic ... vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/10/14/affiliate-network-software-newsletter/?no_cache=1&cHash=83e1e32308094f380f48d9d54cfe6c9b http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/10/14/affiliate-network-software-newsletter/?no_cache=1&cHash=83e1e32308094f380f48d9d54cfe6c9b News, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:02:28 -0400 For all interested about our new Affiliate Network software I prepared newsletter, where I will inform all members about important milestones and progress of development. If you are interest, you can sign up into this newsletter on our website dedicated to Affiliate Network. vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/14/affiliate-commissions-for-august-2009/?no_cache=1&cHash=8933b9ac4c3bd0538c85219d8dc24987 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/14/affiliate-commissions-for-august-2009/?no_cache=1&cHash=8933b9ac4c3bd0538c85219d8dc24987 Affiliate marketing Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:49:10 -0400 We decided to publish also sensitive information about Quality Unit affiliate program, which we never published before. We hope it will motivate new and our existing affiliates to sell even more as it was until now. August 2009 was not one of the best months for our affiliates (summer holidays), but following static data will give you an o... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/09/affiliate-geoip-support/?no_cache=1&cHash=9ab7458d7fac567046bd5f8d01ec5d06 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/09/affiliate-geoip-support/?no_cache=1&cHash=9ab7458d7fac567046bd5f8d01ec5d06 Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:58:43 -0400 We plan to add some GeoIP features to Post Affiliate Pro as optional extension. This is quick list of possible features: - different commission settings based on click/sale/action country - click/sale/action fraund protection based on country black/white lists - affiliate signup fraud protection based on country - add country to all relevan... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/04/affiliate-network-edition-status/?no_cache=1&cHash=14e888a7adf6fcfd2f6f84dc064482d6 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/04/affiliate-network-edition-status/?no_cache=1&cHash=14e888a7adf6fcfd2f6f84dc064482d6 Affiliate marketing, News, Post Affiliate Pro Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:41:13 -0400 We have started working on Post Affiliate Pro Network version finally! Upgrade will be possible from any edition of Post Affiliate Pro 4 easilly as it will be build on same sources. When it will be released? By end of this year 2009. (maybe even sooner :) Site map Feel free to ask any question reqarding Network edition. aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/08/08/sale-tracking-fraud-protection/?no_cache=1&cHash=ccd1d2f30f640ada88d60b413997c267 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/08/08/sale-tracking-fraud-protection/?no_cache=1&cHash=ccd1d2f30f640ada88d60b413997c267 Affiliate marketing Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:05:42 -0400 We have just implemented "Sale Tracking Fraud Protection" plugin. All you need to do is to activate this plugin and set "Secret" in plugin configuration. "Secret" is used to compute md5 checksum using folling formula: checksum = MD5("{TotalCost},{OrderID},{Secret}"); Checksum has to be computed in sale tracking integration and passed in o... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/29/pap-supports-netbilling-payment-processor/?no_cache=1&cHash=cdd9da0b0bf47c3c3c746b52de3ef92a http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/29/pap-supports-netbilling-payment-processor/?no_cache=1&cHash=cdd9da0b0bf47c3c3c746b52de3ef92a Affiliate marketing, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:17:25 -0400 We have added NETBilling payment processor support (sale and refund integration) for Post Affiliate Pro. NETBilling integration description vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/28/french-quality-unit-website/?no_cache=1&cHash=3148c29e6bdb229670977de6587f0667 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/28/french-quality-unit-website/?no_cache=1&cHash=3148c29e6bdb229670977de6587f0667 News, Company Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:07:57 -0400 I would like to inform all our French speaking visitors, that thanks to good job of Gaëlle Le Guillan we can offer you complete translation of our website in French language. I hope you will enjoy it and it will help you to better understand why is affiliate marketing so important for your business. Post Affiliate Pro is the best affiliate ... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/28/post-affiliate-pro-wordpress-plugin/?no_cache=1&cHash=0c01b6242a85e731bdcdb6640c016cbd http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/28/post-affiliate-pro-wordpress-plugin/?no_cache=1&cHash=0c01b6242a85e731bdcdb6640c016cbd Affiliate marketing Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:31:56 -0400 Kishore Asokan released Wordpress plugin for Post Affiliate Pro. It could be usefull for those of you using Wordpress and affiliate marketing. More details on Kishore's blog: www.kisaso.com/technology/wordpress-plugin-for-pap-post-affiliate-pro/ vzeman@qualityunit.com (Viktor Zeman) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/22/free-affiliate-software/?no_cache=1&cHash=69f95e73e9ddf7d0d4bd61de863a67a7 http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/22/free-affiliate-software/?no_cache=1&cHash=69f95e73e9ddf7d0d4bd61de863a67a7 Affiliate marketing, News, Post Affiliate Pro Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:47:17 -0400 I'm proud to announce, that Quality Unit has one of the best and really free affiliate software in the world. Every user can signup here (www.qualityunit.com/postaffiliatepro/hosting/) and start using our free affiliate software within few minutes. Free account has few limitations (e.g. max. 10 affiliates and max. 1000 tracking requests per... aharsani@qualityunit.com (Andrej Harsani) http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/13/post-affiliate-pro-as-hosted-service/?no_cache=1&cHash=7c031eba2d6ffaee583d0f52997a720d http://www.qualityunit.com/blog/blog-post/2009/07/13/post-affiliate-pro-as-hosted-service/?no_cache=1&cHash=7c031eba2d6ffaee583d0f52997a720d Affiliate marketing, News, Post Affiliate Pro Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:38:02 -0400 We are happy to announce that today we have launched Post Affiliate Pro as hosted service. Three plans are available: Basic, Proffesional and High Performance. www.qualityunit.com/postaffiliatepro/hosting