Travel - is it something you should be marketing?
Wherever you look it seems that all the experts are suggesting that travel is a booming industry on the Net – although just lately several reports have suggested that travel is beginning to fade just a little. When you see all those glowing reports it’s quite natural to think that maybe you should be getting into some affiliate marketing for travel.
Perhaps that’s what motivated Overstock to purchase Ski West Inc in 2005 and launch Otravel.com.
Sadly for Overstock that didn’t turn out to be the wisest investment they have ever made and it never really worked for them. In fact this year they posted a rather nasty loss and it should come as no surprise that Overstock are now trying to sell Otravel.com.
In its place Overstock has developed the O-Cars.com programme where Overstock will display listings for car dealers. Instead of being paid a percentage of the sale figure for each car sold Overstock will be listing the vehicles for a flat rate.
So does that mean travel is out and cars are in for affiliates? No I don’t think it does but if you think you have traffic that’s interested in car parts and collectibles then ShareASale has several merchants that you could push.