However, their diligent business development team will contact any new retailers whose products are reviewed to try and set up a partnership. Interestingly, this means that certain Wirecutter guides actually generate no affiliate revenue. Sometimes, they’re even able to negotiate special deals for their readers.īecause Wirecutter is reader-first, the editorial team actually has no knowledge of the partnership side of the business. By partnering with retailers directly, they have more control over the relationship (and revenue terms). Wirecutter, however, partners with a huge amount of retailers, and most of them directly. Others turn to an affiliate network for ease of use. Many publishers start their affiliate program with Amazon as their sole partner. Readers got access to exclusive deals on great products and Wirecutter saw a great day in terms of affiliate revenues. To build off this success, and reward its most loyal readers, Wirecutter even launched its own deal day in August of 2018 – Wirecutter Deal Day. Perhaps for this reason, Wirecutter has seen great success with this type of coverage. When readers see a deal on Wirecutter, they know that the item is worth buying.
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Deal event coverageĪnother way Wirecutter expanded its affiliate footprint was writing about “ deals.” In addition to writing full reviews of products, the Wirecutter team now also notifies its readers when any top-rated items are on sale.Īs part of deal coverage, Wirecutter runs site takeovers for special “deal days” like Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Writing about additional topics draws in new audiences and gives existing audiences new reasons to come back to the site.
The team relies on reader feedback to know what products to review next, but also does its due diligence by analyzing search trends and understanding which guides will be monetizable. Now, Wirecutter writes reviews across a variety of categories (seen below) including Kitchen & Dining, Health & Fitness, and even Baby & Kid. The team started writing about other categories, beginning with Home & Garden. But as readership expanded, so did the coverage. When Wirecutter was founded in 2011, it covered mostly Electronics & Tech Gadgets (hence the name). Four Methods Wirecutter is Using to Grow Its Business 1. Read on to learn four methods Wirecutter is using to grow its business, and watch the full webinar below. We got the chance to talk about Wirecutter’s affiliate program, how it’s grown and changed over the past few years, and how Andrea’s team is preparing for the holiday season. We recently hosted a webinar with Andrea Mathias, Senior Marketing Manager at Wirecutter (a New York Times company) to discuss the affiliate space and its immense growth opportunities. With the holidays coming up, we’re expecting to see even more growth in the world of affiliate and commerce monetization. The industry is growing, and fast Forrester predicts it will be worth $6.8 billion by 2020. While it may not be as common as display advertising or branded content, we’ve seen affiliate monetization popularity as a revenue stream increase among publishers.
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