Go Daddy is closing its Direct Affiliate Program
Here is the email I received:
Dear Raymond Hackney,
After months of compiling data, projecting development timelines and deciding how to best serve our Affiliates’ needs, we have decided to close the GoDaddy Direct Affiliate Program.
I want to thank you for your participation and I hope you join one of our programs in CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction), ShareASale or Affiliate Window.
The benefits of joining one of our external partner programs include:
• Access to Direct Deposit for our international publishers
• Faster payment
• Improved reporting
• A GoDaddy Affiliate team dedicated to helping our publishers growIf you already have an account in CJ Affiliate, ShareASale or Affiliate Window, simply search for the GoDaddy program and apply. Please include “GoDaddy Direct Publisher” in the special program description of your application.
If you do not have an account in one of those programs, sign up at one of the links below:
CJ Affiliate <http://e.godaddy.com/re?l=D0I1dm4o1iIdt65ey8I2>
ShareASale <http://e.godaddy.com/re?l=D0I1dm4o1iIdt65ey8I3>
Affiliate Window <http://e.godaddy.com/re?l=D0I1dm4o1iIdt65ey8I4>We will continue to record GoDaddy Direct referrals and issue commission through April 2014. As of May 1, 2014, we will no longer record referrals. Any GoDaddy Direct Ads you placed will stop earning commission on that date. The sooner you switch, the less chance of any disruption in your commission.
Final commission payments for the program will be issued on approximately July 15, 2014. We will issue payments even if you haven’t reached the payment threshold for your preferred payment method.
The Affiliate Manager will be available through August 30, 2014 if you need to access any information or make changes to your payee account.
As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at affiliateprogram@godaddy.com <mailto:affiliateprogram@godaddy.com> .
Sincerely,
Greg Hollingsworth
Affiliate Marketing Manager
GoDaddy Direct
affiliateprogram@godaddy.com <mailto:affiliateprogram@godaddy.com>
Let put it this way, Godaddy does not need you, you need godaddy.
Whereas can you call someone at 3am and sex talk to one of their godaddy gals to get support and get it resolved!!
THAT WHAT I CALLED SUPERIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT GOES BEYOND and best of all they speak a language that I can understand.
At a meeting, I once spoke with an exec from Go Daddy about their affiliate program. I was attempting to discuss concerns about their affiliate offering. The exec, his name was Yong, was very, VERY arrogant. Yong did not want to listen to anything I had to say about the issues.
Good riddance to the Go Daddy affiliate program.
Too bad, I just wrote an article how fast and reliable there new managed wordpress hosting is and I want to promote it. I want to do direct affiliate. It is better that way.