<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[BusinessLeague Chronicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only Pay on Confirmed Sales. 5,000 Marketers at Your Fingertips in BusinessLeague.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/</link><image><url>https://blog.businessleague.com/favicon.png</url><title>BusinessLeague Chronicles</title><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 6.54</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:34:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.businessleague.com/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Adrian Popa (Paa-home.ro): Relative to the company's total sales, approximately 23% come from affiliate marketing]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Your history</strong></p><p>We started the business in 2018, after buying a robot vacuum and noticing there were very few accessory options available. That&apos;s when we asked ourselves if we couldn&apos;t sell them ourselves. So we started searching, testing, and improving vacuum accessories.</p><p>Our journey has been</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/adrian-popa-paa-home-ro-relative-to-the-companys-total-sales-approximately-23-come-from-affiliate-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5de49bf3cc3400018e0c60</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:08:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--29-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--29-.png" alt="Adrian Popa (Paa-home.ro): Relative to the company&apos;s total sales, approximately 23% come from affiliate marketing"><p><strong>Your history</strong></p><p>We started the business in 2018, after buying a robot vacuum and noticing there were very few accessory options available. That&apos;s when we asked ourselves if we couldn&apos;t sell them ourselves. So we started searching, testing, and improving vacuum accessories.</p><p>Our journey has been full of trials, challenges, and a lot of work. We&apos;ve been constantly learning, including from our customers&apos; experiences and needs. Looking back, I&apos;d describe it as a continuous process of gaining experience and development..</p><p><strong>Affiliate marketing.</strong></p><p>We discovered affiliate marketing while looking for new ways to promote ourselves. We found a course on Udemy taught by a man with his arm in a cast, talking about affiliate marketing. It sparked my curiosity, so I went through the whole course and realized it&apos;s a very transparent and fair system, based on performance.</p><p>After finishing the course, we got in touch with 2Performant, but the first attempt didn&apos;t go very well. From what I remember, we were told we were still too small a shop, and that was disappointing. After a year or two, we tried again and ended up here.</p><p>We started with high expectations, because we trusted our products and the idea of a system where you pay for results. We had just ended a collaboration with a marketing agency, which hadn&apos;t been the best experience, and affiliate marketing seemed like a much fairer and more efficient option. So far, our expectations have largely been met.</p><p><strong>How would you describe BusinessLeague?</strong></p><p>A team that puts performance first.</p><p><strong>How does affiliate marketing perform compared to other channels?</strong></p><p>To see how well affiliate marketing works, we stopped promoting through Google, and currently over 90% of orders on paa-home.ro come through affiliate marketing.</p><p>Although most of our sales come through marketplaces, we&apos;re also constantly growing our own store. Relative to the company&apos;s total sales, about 23% come from affiliate marketing, and we thank you for that result.</p><p><strong>Your products</strong></p><p>We want to help customers correctly identify the right accessories for the vacuum they own. We offer accessories and consumables for vacuums, as well as other home cleaning products.</p><p>The best sellers are accessories for robot vacuums, and our goal is to become a trusted specialist in vacuum consumables and accessories.</p><p><strong>Which affiliates do you work best with?</strong></p><p>Razvan_mihaescu klikads Ovidiu.Golea-BigConvert.com</p><p>I couldn&apos;t tell you the ingredients of a successful partnership, but I believe fairness and transparency are the most important aspects.</p><p><strong>Challenges</strong></p><p>We&apos;ve tried a few Challenges and I think we even won one of them. Honestly, we still don&apos;t fully understand how they all work, so we don&apos;t have a favorite one at the moment. It&apos;s an area we&apos;d like to explore more.</p><p><strong>What advice would you give a shop joining BusinessLeague today?</strong></p><p>Test as many forms of promotion as possible and trust in your products. If they manage to convey that trust to BusinessLeague&apos;s partners as well, the collaboration can develop in a good direction for both sides.</p><p><strong>Why do you think shops are still reluctant to try affiliate marketing, despite the numbers?</strong></p><p>I&apos;ll answer based on my own experience with BusinessLeague. Seen from the outside, the ecosystem can seem quite hard to understand, very strict, and full of rules. I think some information could be explained more simply and with more concrete examples.</p><p>Also, performance-based affiliate marketing still isn&apos;t well known or promoted enough in Romania, even though it can be more cost-effective for a shop than other forms of marketing.</p><p>After my first unsuccessful attempt, I walked out the door and came back in through the window, because I trusted this model. And when I attended the meeting organized in Bucharest and met the team, I was pleasantly surprised by how close-knit, involved, and open the people behind the platform are.</p><p>I think the reluctance exists because the process isn&apos;t explained simply and concretely enough. Often it&apos;s mainly the numbers that get presented, and a shop that doesn&apos;t yet know the system can become skeptical and wonder if those results are real. I think more practical examples and clear explanations would inspire more trust.</p><p><strong>How do you see affiliate marketing long-term?</strong></p><p>I believe strongly in performance-based affiliate marketing and think it represents the future. Unlike other marketing channels, where you pay for visibility without knowing if you&apos;ll get sales, in affiliate marketing you pay when you get the order &#x2014; that is, when you sell.</p><p><strong>Plans for paa-home.ro</strong></p><p>For the rest of the year, we aim to expand our product range and constantly improve the experience offered on the site.</p><p>Within BusinessLeague, our goal is to add as many products as possible, so our affiliates have a more varied range and more promotional opportunities.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adrian Popa (Paa-home.ro): Raportat la totalul vânzărilor companiei, aproximativ 23% provin din afiliere]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Istoricul vostru</strong><br><br>Am &#xEE;nceput business-ul &#xEE;n 2018, dup&#x103; ce am cump&#x103;rat un robot aspirator &#x219;i am observat c&#x103; existau foarte pu&#x21B;ine variante de accesorii disponibile. Atunci ne-am &#xEE;ntrebat dac&#x103; nu am putea s&#x103; le comercializ&#x103;</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/adrian-popa-paa-home-ro-peste-90-dintre-comenzile-de-pe-site-vin-prin-afiliere/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5de03df3cc3400018e0c45</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:57:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--27-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--27-.png" alt="Adrian Popa (Paa-home.ro): Raportat la totalul v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rilor companiei, aproximativ 23% provin din afiliere"><p><strong>Istoricul vostru</strong><br><br>Am &#xEE;nceput business-ul &#xEE;n 2018, dup&#x103; ce am cump&#x103;rat un robot aspirator &#x219;i am observat c&#x103; existau foarte pu&#x21B;ine variante de accesorii disponibile. Atunci ne-am &#xEE;ntrebat dac&#x103; nu am putea s&#x103; le comercializ&#x103;m chiar noi. A&#x219;a am &#xEE;nceput s&#x103; c&#x103;ut&#x103;m, s&#x103; test&#x103;m &#x219;i s&#x103; &#xEE;mbun&#x103;t&#x103;&#x21B;im accesoriile pentru aspiratoare.</p><p>Parcursul nostru a fost plin de &#xEE;ncerc&#x103;ri, provoc&#x103;ri &#x219;i mult&#x103; munc&#x103;. Am &#xEE;nv&#x103;&#x21B;at permanent, inclusiv din experien&#x21B;ele &#x219;i nevoile clien&#x21B;ilor no&#x219;tri. Privind &#xEE;n urm&#x103;, l-a&#x219; descrie ca pe un proces continuu de acumulare de experien&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i dezvoltare.</p><p><strong>Afilierea</strong></p><p>Am descoperit afilierea &#xEE;n timp ce c&#x103;utam noi variante de promovare. Am g&#x103;sit pe Udemy un curs sus&#x21B;inut de un domn care avea m&#xE2;na &#xEE;n ghips &#x219;i vorbea despre marketing afiliat. Mi-a st&#xE2;rnit curiozitatea, a&#x219;a c&#x103; am parcurs tot cursul &#x219;i mi-am dat seama c&#x103; este un sistem foarte transparent &#x219;i corect, bazat pe performan&#x21B;&#x103;.</p><p>Dup&#x103; terminarea cursului, am luat leg&#x103;tura cu 2Performant, &#xEE;ns&#x103; prima &#xEE;ncercare nu a mers foarte bine. Din c&#xE2;te &#xEE;mi amintesc, ni s-a spus c&#x103; suntem &#xEE;nc&#x103; un magazin prea mic, iar acest lucru m-a dezam&#x103;git. Dup&#x103; unul sau doi ani, am &#xEE;ncercat din nou &#x219;i am ajuns aici.</p><p>Am pornit cu a&#x219;tept&#x103;ri mari, pentru c&#x103; aveam &#xEE;ncredere &#xEE;n produsele noastre &#x219;i &#xEE;n ideea unui sistem &#xEE;n care pl&#x103;te&#x219;ti pentru rezultate. Tocmai renun&#x21B;asem la colaborarea cu o agen&#x21B;ie de marketing, care nu fusese cea mai bun&#x103; experien&#x21B;&#x103;, iar afilierea mi s-a p&#x103;rut o variant&#x103; mult mai corect&#x103; &#x219;i mai eficient&#x103;. P&#xE2;n&#x103; acum, a&#x219;tept&#x103;rile ne-au fost &#xEE;ndeplinite &#xEE;n mare m&#x103;sur&#x103;.</p><p><strong>Cum a&#x21B;i descrie BusinessLeague?</strong></p><p>O echip&#x103; care pune performan&#x21B;a pe primul loc.&#xA0;</p><p><strong>Cum livreaz&#x103; afilierea &#xEE;n compara&#x21B;ie cu alte canale? </strong></p><p>Pentru a vedea c&#xE2;t de bine func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; afilierea, am oprit promovarea prin Google, iar &#xEE;n prezent peste 90% dintre comenzile de pe paa-home.ro vin prin afiliere.</p><p>De&#x219;i cea mai mare parte a v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rilor noastre este realizat&#x103; prin marketplace-uri, dezvolt&#x103;m constant &#x219;i magazinul propriu. Raportat la totalul v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rilor companiei, aproximativ 23% provin din afiliere, iar pentru acest rezultat v&#x103; mul&#x21B;umim.</p><p><strong>Produsele voastre</strong></p><p>Ne dorim s&#x103; &#xEE;i ajut&#x103;m pe clien&#x21B;i s&#x103; identifice corect accesoriile potrivite pentru aspiratorul pe care &#xEE;l de&#x21B;in. Oferim accesorii &#x219;i consumabile pentru aspiratoare, dar &#x219;i alte produse dedicate cur&#x103;&#x21B;eniei locuin&#x21B;ei.</p><p>Cele mai bine v&#xE2;ndute sunt accesoriile pentru robo&#x21B;ii de aspirare, iar obiectivul nostru este s&#x103; devenim un specialist de &#xEE;ncredere &#xEE;n consumabile &#x219;i accesorii pentru aspiratoare.</p><p><strong>Cu ce afilia&#x21B;i lucra&#x21B;i cel mai bine?</strong></p><p>Razvan_mihaescu<br>klikads&#xA0;<br>Ovidiu.Golea-BigConvert.com&#xA0;</p><p>Nu as putea sa va spun ingredientele unui parteneriat de succes, dar cred ca corectitudinea si trasparenta sunt cele mai importante aspecte.</p><p><strong>Challenges</strong></p><p>Am &#xEE;ncercat c&#xE2;teva Challenge-uri &#x219;i cred c&#x103; am &#x219;i c&#xE2;&#x219;tigat unul dintre ele. Sincer, nu am &#xEE;n&#x21B;eles &#xEE;nc&#x103; foarte bine cum func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; toate, a&#x219;a c&#x103; momentan nu avem un preferat. Este o zon&#x103; pe care ne dorim s&#x103; o explor&#x103;m mai mult. <br><br><strong>Ce sfat a&#x21B;i da unui magazin care intr&#x103; azi &#xEE;n BusinessLeague?</strong></p><p>S&#x103; testeze c&#xE2;t mai multe forme de promovare &#x219;i s&#x103; aib&#x103; &#xEE;ncredere &#xEE;n produsele lor. Dac&#x103; reu&#x219;esc s&#x103; transmit&#x103; aceast&#x103; &#xEE;ncredere &#x219;i partenerilor din BusinessLeague, colaborarea poate evolua &#xEE;ntr-o direc&#x21B;ie bun&#x103; pentru ambele p&#x103;r&#x21B;i.&#xA0;</p><p><strong>De ce crede&#x21B;i c&#x103; &#xEE;nc&#x103; exist&#x103; reticen&#x21B;&#x103; din partea shopurilor s&#x103; &#xEE;ncerce afilierea, &#xEE;n ciuda cifrelor?</strong></p><p>R&#x103;spund din propria experien&#x21B;&#x103; cu BusinessLeague. Privit din exterior, ecosistemul poate p&#x103;rea destul de greu de &#xEE;n&#x21B;eles, foarte strict &#x219;i cu multe reguli. Cred c&#x103; unele informa&#x21B;ii ar putea fi explicate mai simplu &#x219;i prin mai multe exemple concrete.</p><p>&#xCE;n plus, afilierea bazat&#x103; pe performan&#x21B;&#x103; nu este &#xEE;nc&#x103; suficient de cunoscut&#x103; &#x219;i promovat&#x103; &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, de&#x219;i poate fi mai rentabil&#x103; pentru un magazin dec&#xE2;t alte forme de marketing.</p><p>Eu, dup&#x103; prima &#xEE;ncercare nereu&#x219;it&#x103;, am ie&#x219;it pe u&#x219;&#x103; &#x219;i am intrat &#xEE;napoi pe geam, pentru c&#x103; am avut &#xEE;ncredere &#xEE;n acest model. Iar c&#xE2;nd am participat la &#xEE;nt&#xE2;lnirea organizat&#x103; &#xEE;n Bucure&#x219;ti &#x219;i am cunoscut echipa, am fost pl&#x103;cut impresionat de c&#xE2;t de apropia&#x21B;i, implica&#x21B;i &#x219;i deschi&#x219;i sunt oamenii din spatele platformei.</p><p>Cred c&#x103; exist&#x103; reticen&#x21B;&#x103; deoarece procesul nu este explicat suficient de simplu &#x219;i concret. De multe ori sunt prezentate mai ales cifrele, iar un magazin care nu cunoa&#x219;te &#xEE;nc&#x103; sistemul poate deveni sceptic &#x219;i se poate &#xEE;ntreba dac&#x103; acele rezultate sunt reale. Cred c&#x103; mai multe exemple practice &#x219;i explica&#x21B;ii clare ar inspira mai mult&#x103; &#xEE;ncredere. <br><br><strong>Cum vede&#x21B;i afilierea pe termen lung?</strong></p><p>Cred foarte mult &#xEE;n afilierea bazat&#x103; pe performan&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i consider c&#x103; reprezint&#x103; viitorul. Spre deosebire de alte canale de marketing, unde pl&#x103;te&#x219;ti pentru vizibilitate f&#x103;r&#x103; s&#x103; &#x219;tii dac&#x103; vei ob&#x21B;ine v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri, &#xEE;n afiliere pl&#x103;te&#x219;ti atunci c&#xE2;nd prime&#x219;ti comanda, adic&#x103; atunci c&#xE2;nd vinzi. <br><br><strong>Planurile paa-home.ro</strong></p><p>Pentru restul anului, ne propunem s&#x103; extindem gama de produse &#x219;i s&#x103; &#xEE;mbun&#x103;t&#x103;&#x21B;im constant experien&#x21B;a oferit&#x103; pe site.</p><p>&#xCE;n BusinessLeague, obiectivul nostru este s&#x103; ad&#x103;ug&#x103;m c&#xE2;t mai multe produse, astfel &#xEE;nc&#xE2;t afilia&#x21B;ii no&#x219;tri s&#x103; aib&#x103; o gam&#x103; mai variat&#x103; &#x219;i mai multe oportunit&#x103;&#x21B;i de promovare.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elena Turcu: Affiliate marketing only becomes simple once you learn and invest]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Background</strong> <br><br>Before doing what I do today, I worked in the home &amp; decor field. I caught the exact golden era of print, as well as its decline. That&apos;s also when I discovered online, today&apos;s reach or virality. This world gave me the opportunity to get</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/elena-turcu-affiliate-marketing-only-becomes-simple-once-you-learn-and-invest/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a59ec2378b0940001b1262c</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:52:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--26-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--26-.png" alt="Elena Turcu: Affiliate marketing only becomes simple once you learn and invest"><p><strong>Background</strong> <br><br>Before doing what I do today, I worked in the home &amp; decor field. I caught the exact golden era of print, as well as its decline. That&apos;s also when I discovered online, today&apos;s reach or virality. This world gave me the opportunity to get acquainted with journalism, marketing, and sales &#x2014; three areas that couldn&apos;t function without one another. Today, about 10-12 years later, I&apos;ve kept a little of each, in a different form. I have a tiny salon, because I reoriented myself &#x2014; I felt the need to reinvent &#x2014; but it still needs marketing to survive; I collaborate with a motorcycling association, and even though I don&apos;t own a two-wheeled vehicle, I&apos;ve come to like it more and more, because it reminds me of teamwork and the bustle of the newsroom and deadlines. And last but not least, 2Performant &#x2014; sales, which drew me in, because for the first time &quot;selling&quot; felt much simpler than it ever had before. Obviously, it becomes simple after a while, after you learn and invest some money and time.</p><p><strong>How would you describe BusinessLeague in a single sentence/phrase?</strong> Money without too much hassle &#x1FAE3;</p><p><strong>What&apos;s your favorite Challenge on the platform and why?</strong> <br>SpeedRun. It&apos;s the challenge that resembles a rally the most.</p><p><strong>Which stores do you work best with on the platform, and what are the ingredients of that success?</strong> <br>Since I joined this group quite late &#x2014; last year, I&apos;d say &#x2014; I started collaborating with smaller stores, from as diverse fields as possible: beauty, sporting goods, construction, bookstores, etc. It didn&apos;t bother me at all &#x2014; in fact, I saw it as an opportunity, because while others were focused on catching the &quot;big fish,&quot; I took care of the others, who also, in turn, needed attention and time to grow. Besides the material satisfaction, I also get the joy of seeing that in a given month, store X got Y sales through me. Among the Home &amp; Garden ones, fara-daunatori.ro and micul-meserias.ro are, without a doubt, top of my list.</p><p><strong>Favorite stat</strong> <br>Without question, the growth I had during Black Friday.</p><p><strong>Why is there still reluctance toward affiliate marketing on the part of shops?</strong> <br>Most likely the fact that they don&apos;t have enough information, and the fear of losing money.</p><p><strong>How do you see affiliate marketing in the medium and long term?</strong> <br>In the medium term, a reliable way to generate commissions and profit. In the long term... it seems to me that a lot of changes are happening &#x2014; seemingly small, seemingly unnoticeable, but ones that can have a serious long-term impact. The rise of artificial intelligence could be a big advantage for small businesses. It can genuinely be an important tool in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elena Turcu: Afilierea devine simplă numai după ce înveți și investești]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>&#xCE;nainte s&#x103; fac ceea ce fac ast&#x103;zi, am lucrat &#xEE;n domeniul home&amp;deco. Am prins fix perioada de glorie a printului, precum &#x219;i dec&#x103;derea lui. De asemenea, tot atunci am descoperit onlineul, reach-ul sau viralul de ast&#x103;zi.</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/elena-turcu-afilierea-devine-simpla-numai-dupa-ce/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a59e11878b0940001b12601</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--25-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--25-.png" alt="Elena Turcu: Afilierea devine simpl&#x103; numai dup&#x103; ce &#xEE;nve&#x21B;i &#x219;i investe&#x219;ti"><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>&#xCE;nainte s&#x103; fac ceea ce fac ast&#x103;zi, am lucrat &#xEE;n domeniul home&amp;deco. Am prins fix perioada de glorie a printului, precum &#x219;i dec&#x103;derea lui. De asemenea, tot atunci am descoperit onlineul, reach-ul sau viralul de ast&#x103;zi. </p><p>Aceast&#x103; lume mi-a oferit oportunitatea s&#x103; fac cuno&#x219;tin&#x21B;&#x103; cu jurnalismul, marketingul &#x219;i v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rile, trei zone care nu puteau func&#x21B;iona una f&#x103;r&#x103; cealalt&#x103;. Astazi, cam 10/12 ani mai t&#xE2;rziu am p&#x103;strat c&#xE2;te pu&#x21B;in din fiecare, sub alt&#x103; form&#x103;. </p><p>Am un minuscul salon, pentru c&#x103; m-am reorientat, sim&#x21B;eam nevoia s&#x103; m&#x103; reinventez, dar care are nevoie de marketing pentru a supravie&#x21B;ui; colaborez cu o asocia&#x21B;ie de motociclism &#x219;i chiar dac&#x103; nu de&#x21B;in un vehicul pe dou&#x103; ro&#x21B;i a &#xEE;nceput s&#x103;-mi plac&#x103; din ce &#xEE;n ce mai mult, pentru c&#x103; &#xEE;mi aminte&#x219;te de echip&#x103; &#x219;i de forfota din redac&#x21B;ie &#x219;i deadlinuri. </p><p>&#x218;i nu &#xEE;n ultimul r&#xE2;nd 2Performat - v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rile, care m-au atras, c&#x103;ci pentru prima data &#x201C;a vinde&#x201D; mi s-a p&#x103;rut mult mai simplu dec&#xE2;t mi s-a p&#x103;rut vreodat&#x103;. Evident, simplu devine dup&#x103; o perioad&#x103;, dup&#x103; ce &#xEE;nve&#x21B;i &#x219;i investe&#x219;ti ceva bani &#x219;i timp.<br><br><strong>Cum ai descrie BusinessLeague &#xEE;ntr-o singur&#x103; propozi&#x21B;ie/fraz&#x103;?</strong></p><p>Bani f&#x103;r&#x103; prea mult&#x103; b&#x103;taie de cap &#x1FAE3;<br><br><strong>Care e Challenge-ul t&#x103;u preferat din platform&#x103; si de ce?</strong></p><p>Speed Run. Este challenge-ul care seam&#x103;n&#x103; cel mai mult cu un raliu. <br><br><strong>Cu ce magazine lucrezi cel mai bine &#xEE;n platform&#x103; &#x219;i care sunt ingredientele acestei reu&#x219;ite?&#xA0;&#xA0;</strong></p><p>Dat fiind c&#x103; eu m-am al&#x103;turat acestui grup destul de t&#xE2;rziu a&#x219; zice, anul trecut, am &#xEE;nceput colaborarea cu magazinele mai mici, din domenii c&#xE2;t mai diverse: beauty, articole sportive, construc&#x21B;ii, libr&#x103;rii etc. Nu m-a deranjat c&#xE2;tu&#x219;i de pu&#x21B;in, ba chiar am v&#x103;zut-o ca pe o oportunitate, c&#x103;ci &#xEE;n timp ce ceilal&#x21B;i se preocupau s&#x103; prind&#x103; &#x201C;pe&#x219;tii mari&#x201D;, eu aveam grij&#x103; de ceilal&#x21B;i, care &#x219;i ei, la r&#xE2;ndul lor, aveau nevoie de aten&#x21B;ie &#x219;i timp pentru a cre&#x219;te. Pe l&#xE2;ng&#x103; satisfac&#x21B;ia materiala, eu am &#x219;i bucuria de a vedea c&#x103; &#xEE;ntr-o lun&#x103; X magazin a avut Y v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri din partea mea.</p><p>Dintre cele din Home &amp; Garden, fara doar &#x219;i poate fara-daunatori.ro si micul-meserias.ro sunt cap de list&#x103; &#xEE;n cazul meu. <br><br><strong>Cifra preferat&#x103;</strong></p><p>Negre&#x219;it cre&#x219;terea pe care am avut-o &#xEE;n perioada BlackFriday. </p><p><strong>De ce exist&#x103; &#xEE;nc&#x103; reticen&#x21B;&#x103; &#xEE;n privin&#x21B;a afilierii, din partea shopurilor?</strong></p><p>Cel mai probabil faptul c&#x103; nu au suficiente informa&#x21B;ii &#x219;i teama de a pierde bani. <br><br><strong>Cum vezi afilierea pe termen mediu &#x219;i lung?&#xA0;</strong></p><p>Pe termen mediu o variant&#x103; sigur&#x103; de a genera comisioane &#x219;i profit. Pe termen lung&#x2026; mi se pare ca se produc multe schimb&#x103;ri, aparent mici, aparent insesizabile, dar care pot avea impact serios pe termen lung.</p><p>Apari&#x21B;ia inteligen&#x21B;ei artificial poate fi un mare avantaj pentru business-urile mici. Chiar poate fi o unealt&#x103; important&#x103; &#xEE;n m&#xE2;n&#x103; celui care &#x219;tie s&#x103; o foloseasc&#x103;.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[84.5% of all Home & Garden orders are single-product purchases]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last two years have changed the rules in online commerce. 2023 was the last year of "cheap" traffic. Since then, the entry of global marketplaces, election campaigns, and an unpredictable economic backdrop have rewritten buying behavior across almost every category.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/84-5-of-all-home-garden-orders-are-single-product-purchases/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4b7092d6c33e0001f887d1</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:13:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--24-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--24-.png" alt="84.5% of all Home &amp; Garden orders are single-product purchases"><p>Some local players read the shift early and took advantage of it. For others, the speed demanded by the market, layered on top of the growing complexity of marketing platforms &amp; rising traffic costs, has accelerated a brutal natural selection.</p><p>The Home &amp; Garden category has been and remains one of the most dynamic. We analyzed the traffic and sales generated in Home &amp; Garden over the last 30 months by BusinessLeague.com, across the metrics that matter: 17.9 million clicks, 337,834 sales, &#x20AC;44.7 million GMV, 229 active stores.</p><p>As always, the data reveals things that neither intuition nor, often, experience can.</p><ul><li>Mobile generates 87% of traffic, but desktop drives the big volumes. Desktop converts 39% better (2.46% vs. 1.76%) and brings a 28% higher basket value (&#x20AC;161 vs. &#x20AC;126).</li><li>Monday leads in volume (57,619 sales), and the decline from Monday to Saturday is 33%. This is a category dominated by weekdays. Still, Friday has the highest AOV (&#x20AC;134.35).</li><li>Peak hours are 2:00-4:00 PM (peaking at 3:00 PM). Late evening (8:00-11:00 PM) remains strong, but 3:00-7:00 AM is the &quot;dead zone.&quot;</li><li>Almost two-thirds (62.8%) of purchases happen within the first hour after the last affiliate click. The decision is made quickly &#x2014; less than 1% convert after more than 30 days.</li><li>Incentive channels convert 4x better than search. BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) clearly leads with a 10.08% conversion rate. Review sites record the highest absolute AOV (&#x20AC;326), followed by cashback sites (&#x20AC;184).</li><li>The 5% that matter most. Orders over &#x20AC;500 make up only 5.1% of transactions, but generate a huge share &#x2014; 35.6% &#x2014; of total revenue (&#x20AC;16M out of &#x20AC;44.7M).</li><li>At the same time, 84.5% of all orders are single-product purchases.</li><li>When multiple products are bought, two distinct profiles emerge: tool buyers combine equipment with consumables (a chainsaw order has a 1-in-4 chance of including oil or a brush cutter). Furniture buyers combine complementary pieces (beds with mattresses, tables with chairs).</li><li>Color preferences: Gray dominates soft furniture (sofas, beds), white dominates storage (cabinets), and black leads in tables.</li><li>Chainsaws lead in sales volume, followed by beds and brush cutters.</li></ul><p>The figures in the report describe what&apos;s happening within our ecosystem &#x2014; across the 229 active Home &amp; Garden stores on BusinessLeague during the analyzed period &#x2014; not the entire Romanian market.</p><p>These are not market share estimates, and they don&apos;t claim to be. They&apos;re a sample large enough to reveal real, useful patterns, but they remain a sample. That&apos;s exactly why we recommend using them as a benchmark and as a starting point for questions, not as an absolute truth about all of online commerce.</p><p>We hope this proves useful to as many people as possible. In the coming months, we&apos;ll publish similar analyses for other categories. Read the full Home &amp; Garden report at the link below.</p><div class="kg-card kg-file-card"><a class="kg-file-card-container" href="https://blog.businessleague.com/content/files/2026/07/HG_report_EN--1-.pdf" title="Download" download><div class="kg-file-card-contents"><div class="kg-file-card-title">HG_report_EN (1)</div><div class="kg-file-card-caption"></div><div class="kg-file-card-metadata"><div class="kg-file-card-filename">HG_report_EN (1).pdf</div><div class="kg-file-card-filesize">3 MB</div></div></div><div class="kg-file-card-icon"><svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><defs><style>.a{fill:none;stroke:currentColor;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-width:1.5px;}</style></defs><title>download-circle</title><polyline class="a" points="8.25 14.25 12 18 15.75 14.25"/><line class="a" x1="12" y1="6.75" x2="12" y2="18"/><circle class="a" cx="12" cy="12" r="11.25"/></svg></div></a></div><p><br>------<br><br><em>This piece was translated from Romanian (with AI). Vezi </em><a href="https://blog.businessleague.com/84-5-din-toate-comenzile-home-garden-sunt-achizitii-cu-un-singur-produs/" rel="noreferrer"><em>aici postarea initiala in limba rom&#xE2;n&#x103;.</em></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[84,5% din toate comenzile Home & Garden sunt achiziții cu un singur produs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ultimii doi ani au schimbat regulile în comerțul online. 2023 a fost ultimul an cu trafic "ieftin". De atunci, intrarea marketplace-urilor globale, campaniile electorale și un context economic imprevizibil au rescris comportamentul de cumpărare în aproape toate categoriile.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/84-5-din-toate-comenzile-home-garden-sunt-achizitii-cu-un-singur-produs/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4b56c2d6c33e0001f887a3</guid><category><![CDATA[ro]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:36:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--23-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/07/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--23-.png" alt="84,5% din toate comenzile Home &amp; Garden sunt achizi&#x21B;ii cu un singur produs"><p>Unii juc&#x103;tori locali au citit schimbarea din timp &#x219;i au profitat de ea. Pentru ceilal&#x21B;i, viteza cerut&#x103; de pia&#x21B;&#x103;, suprapus&#x103; peste complexitatea tot mai mare a platformelor de marketing &#x219;i peste cre&#x219;terea costurilor de trafic a accelerat o selec&#x21B;ie natural&#x103; brutal&#x103;.</p><p>Categoria Home &amp; Garden a fost &#x219;i r&#x103;m&#xE2;ne una dintre cele mai dinamice.<br><br>Am analizat&#xA0;traficul &#x219;i v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rile generate &#xEE;n Home &amp; Garden &#xEE;n ultimele 30 de luni de BusinessLeague.com, pe palierele care conteaz&#x103;: 17,9 milioane de click-uri, 337.834 de vanzari, 44,7 milioane de euro GMV, 229 de magazine active.</p><p>Ca &#xEE;ntotdeauna, datele spun lucruri pe care nici intui&#x21B;ia si adesea nici experienta nu reusesc s-o faca. </p><ul><li><strong>Mobile-ul genereaz&#x103; 87% din trafic, dar desktop-ul dicteaz&#x103; volumele mari.</strong>&#xA0;Desktop-ul converte&#x219;te cu 39% mai bine (2,46% fa&#x21B;&#x103; de 1,76%) &#x219;i aduce o valoare a co&#x219;ului cu 28% mai mare (&#x20AC;161 vs &#x20AC;126).</li><li><strong>Lunea conduce ca volum (57.619 v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri)</strong>, iar declinul de luni p&#xE2;n&#x103; s&#xE2;mb&#x103;t&#x103; e de 33%. Este o categorie dominat&#x103; de zilele lucr&#x103;toare. Totu&#x219;i,&#xA0;<strong>vinerea are cel mai mare AOV (&#x20AC;134,35)</strong>.</li><li><strong>Orele de v&#xE2;rf sunt 14:00-16:00</strong>&#xA0;(cu un peak la 15:00). Seara t&#xE2;rziu (20:00-23:00) r&#x103;m&#xE2;ne puternic&#x103;, dar &#xEE;ntre 03:00 &#x219;i 07:00 este &quot;zona moart&#x103;&quot;.</li><li><strong>Aproape dou&#x103; treimi (62,8%) din achizi&#x21B;ii au loc &#xEE;n prima or&#x103;</strong>&#xA0;de la ultimul click afiliat. Decizia se ia rapid, mai pu&#x21B;in de 1% convertesc la peste 30 de zile.</li><li><strong>Canalele de incentivare convertesc de 4x mai bine dec&#xE2;t search-ul.</strong>&#xA0;BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) conduce categoric cu o rat&#x103; de conversie de 10,08%. Site-urile de review &#xEE;nregistreaz&#x103; cel mai mare AOV absolut (&#x20AC;326), urmate de cashback-uri (&#x20AC;184).</li><li><strong>Cele 5% care conteaz&#x103; cel mai mult.</strong>&#xA0;Comenzile de peste &#x20AC;500 reprezint&#x103; doar 5,1% din tranzac&#x21B;ii, dar genereaz&#x103; o felie uria&#x219;&#x103; de 35,6% din veniturile totale (&#x20AC;16M din &#x20AC;44,7M).</li><li>&#xCE;n acela&#x219;i timp,&#xA0;<strong>84,5% din toate comenzile sunt achizi&#x21B;ii cu un singur produs.</strong></li><li>C&#xE2;nd se cump&#x103;r&#x103; mai multe produse, apar&#xA0;<strong>dou&#x103; profiluri distincte</strong>: cump&#x103;r&#x103;torii de unelte combin&#x103; echipamente cu consumabile (o comand&#x103; de drujb&#x103; are o &#x219;ans&#x103; din 4 s&#x103; includ&#x103; ulei sau o motocoas&#x103;). Cump&#x103;r&#x103;torii de mobilier combin&#x103; piese complementare (paturi cu saltele, mese cu scaune).</li><li><strong>Preferin&#x21B;ele cromatice:</strong>&#xA0;Griul domin&#x103; mobilierul moale (canapele, paturi), albul domin&#x103; depozitarea (dulapuri), iar negrul este lider la mese.</li><li><strong>Drujbele conduc ca volum de v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri</strong>, urmate de paturi &#x219;i motocoase.</li></ul><p>Cifrele din raport descriu ce se &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpl&#x103; &#xEE;n ecosistemul nostru, pe cele 229 de magazine de Home &amp; Garden active &#xEE;n BusinessLeague &#xEE;n intervalul analizat, nu &#xEE;ntreaga pia&#x21B;&#x103; din Rom&#xE2;nia. </p><p>Nu sunt estim&#x103;ri de cot&#x103; de pia&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i nu pretind s&#x103; fie. Sunt un e&#x219;antion suficient de mare c&#xE2;t s&#x103; arate tipare reale &#x219;i utile, dar r&#x103;m&#xE2;n un e&#x219;antion. Tocmai de aceea recomand&#x103;m s&#x103; le folosi&#x21B;i ca benchmark &#x219;i ca punct de plecare pentru &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;ri, nu ca adev&#x103;r absolut despre tot comer&#x21B;ul online.</p><p>Sper&#x103;m s&#x103; fie de folos c&#xE2;t mai multora. &#xCE;n lunile urm&#x103;toare vom publica analize similare &#x219;i pentru alte categorii. Cite&#x219;te &#xEE;ntreg raportul dedicat Home &amp; Garden la linkul de mai jos.</p><div class="kg-card kg-file-card"><a class="kg-file-card-container" href="https://blog.businessleague.com/content/files/2026/07/HG_report_RO--1-.pdf" title="Download" download><div class="kg-file-card-contents"><div class="kg-file-card-title">HG_report_RO (1)</div><div class="kg-file-card-caption"></div><div class="kg-file-card-metadata"><div class="kg-file-card-filename">HG_report_RO (1).pdf</div><div class="kg-file-card-filesize">3 MB</div></div></div><div class="kg-file-card-icon"><svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><defs><style>.a{fill:none;stroke:currentColor;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-width:1.5px;}</style></defs><title>download-circle</title><polyline class="a" points="8.25 14.25 12 18 15.75 14.25"/><line class="a" x1="12" y1="6.75" x2="12" y2="18"/><circle class="a" cx="12" cy="12" r="11.25"/></svg></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandra Gogalniceanu (Bigger Picture Solutions): The affiliates ranking motivates even more to generate sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="background">Background</h1><p>My story with marketing started in college. I was a student at the Faculty of Marketing within ASE (Bucharest University of Economic Studies), and from my college years I was already involved in various marketing projects and internships.</p><p>Like any student back then, I really wanted to work in</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/alexandra-gogalniceanu-bigger-picture-solutions-the-affiliates-ranking-motivates-even-more-to-generate-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a42192f89630500014dd11e</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:13:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--22--3.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 id="background">Background</h1><img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--22--3.png" alt="Alexandra Gogalniceanu (Bigger Picture Solutions): The affiliates ranking motivates even more to generate sales"><p>My story with marketing started in college. I was a student at the Faculty of Marketing within ASE (Bucharest University of Economic Studies), and from my college years I was already involved in various marketing projects and internships.</p><p>Like any student back then, I really wanted to work in PR or at a creative agency, but one of my first (paid) jobs happened to be in performance marketing, and I realized my personality was much better suited to an analytical job than a creative one.</p><p>I discovered affiliate marketing in my early years of work. First I worked on the advertiser side in the Telecom industry, where I handled the relationship with affiliates. My next job was at a company doing programmatic media buying for these telecom services, and that&apos;s where I discovered how much I love doing data analysis and optimizing campaigns based on the insights I found. 12 years later, I&apos;m still doing that.</p><p>For 7 years I&apos;ve been running Bigger Picture Solutions, which has grown from a small startup where we did media buying as affiliates for telecom services into a company with 17 employees in Romania and a few remote collaborators, with thousands of live campaigns for e-commerce and telehealth.</p><h1 id="businessleague-in-one-sentence">BusinessLeague in one sentence</h1><p>Gamifying affiliate marketing :)</p><p>I say that because it feels like healthy competition. Media buying itself feels like a strategy game, and the ranking among affiliates makes us try even harder and motivates us.</p><h2 id="whats-your-favorite-challenge-on-the-platform">What&apos;s your favorite Challenge on the platform?</h2><p>I&apos;d say SpeedRun, because it fits our paid media style best.</p><p>RevenueRally is more suited to those promoting products with high AOV or revenue, while Target Strike seems more suited for content sites or intent-driven sites.</p><h2 id="which-stores-do-you-work-best-with-on-the-platform-and-what-are-the-ingredients-of-that-success">Which stores do you work best with on the platform, and what are the ingredients of that success?</h2><p>We work very well with fashion and beauty brands: Otter, Kitunghii, Pensule Machiaj. We&apos;ve also had very good results with Intimax, Cupio, and other fashion brands that have since left the affiliate program.</p><p>I think brands&apos; openness to trying new things and good communication matter a lot.</p><h2 id="if-you-could-change-one-thing-about-businessleague-what-would-it-be">If you could change one thing about BusinessLeague, what would it be?</h2><p>I&apos;d want more tools for affiliates. I think you do an excellent job for affiliates with content sites and for those who want to run Google Ads/CSS campaigns, but for Meta or other social media platforms where paid ads can be run, other types of tools would help.</p><p>Also, professional affiliates who do media buying usually use a tracker, and integrations are done via postback, in order to bring conversions into a platform where you can monitor all campaigns and get relevant statistics.</p><p>I think the biggest obstacle we ran into in scaling on BusinessLeague on the Facebook Ads side was the technical integration. We eventually managed to do it through a workaround, and since then we&apos;ve started getting better results.</p><p>As a media buyer, you need to track campaign data in a tracker and also send conversions to Meta. Otherwise you&apos;re buying traffic blindly and hoping it converts, and you also can&apos;t get valuable insights to optimize campaigns (demographic insights, ad insights, etc.).</p><p>Meta has a very good algorithm for bringing relevant users to your ads, if you give it the right signals.</p><h2 id="why-is-there-still-reluctance-toward-affiliate-marketing">Why is there still reluctance toward affiliate marketing?</h2><p>I think most brands in Romania have preconceived notions about affiliate marketing and affiliates. Most want to work with CSS or with influencers or content sites, and overlook the fact that there are people specialized in other channels who can bring traffic and sales.</p><p>Many chase vanity metrics or try affiliate marketing because it&apos;s a trend, without deeply understanding the differences between the promotion channels used, or without getting involved in helping affiliates.</p><p>Here I&apos;ll give our own example - Meta Ads or programmatic media buying.</p><p>Many brands refuse to try, saying they already do this with an agency or in-house. But campaign performance depends more on the analysis the campaign manager does.</p><p>Most agencies for Google or Meta don&apos;t have a performance mindset. Being paid commission from media spend, or paid per campaigns launched, their KPI is to spend the budgets. Affiliates, being paid on commission from sales, are much more careful about where every leu of the budget goes, because they&apos;re paying for traffic out of their own pocket and can lose money. So every campaign is analyzed in detail.</p><p>To come back to the question, after laying out our context - many online stores believe affiliates might compete with their own direct campaigns, which would raise their CPC. And while that may be true for Google Ads (for search campaigns), I don&apos;t think it&apos;s the case for banner or video ads, because there you&apos;re competing with all the advertisers who have the same target audience. So, with the help of affiliates, a brand is simply maximizing its visibility and accessing a larger share of the traffic pool.</p><p>Each channel has its role in the funnel, and affiliates can add incredible value:</p><ul><li>Google Ads is much more intent-driven and captures the user when they have a need and are researching</li><li>Content sites have the role of educating users</li><li>Facebook/Instagram Ads are suited for impulse buying (which is why it works much better for fashion &amp; beauty)</li><li>Coupon sites reach a budget-conscious audience that might go to a competitor without a discount</li><li>Influencers reach a niche audience that wants a certain lifestyle</li><li>More technical partners can help optimize conversion rate and reduce cart abandonment rate, etc.</li></ul><p>Also, I think stores should know that without getting involved in recruiting affiliates and offering them support, things don&apos;t happen on their own. Affiliates have different needs: some need creatives, others need higher commissions to be able to test more traffic sources, others need better payment terms; and don&apos;t even get me started on communication - I&apos;ve often noticed, as an affiliate, that I gave many more chances to online stores where the account manager on their side was friendly and available when I needed help.</p><p>Another important point from our perspective is that newly launched brands are very hard to promote as an affiliate. Affiliate marketing as a promotion channel should come in once the brand is better known and has a good reputation.</p><p>Affiliates are reluctant to promote new brands they don&apos;t know much about; the same goes for users, who prefer to buy from an online store where they know for sure they can return items or that they&apos;ll receive their order. Affiliate marketing should be a channel that supports a company&apos;s other marketing activities.</p><h2 id="facebook-ads-as-our-main-sales-weapon">Facebook Ads as our main sales weapon</h2><p>As a disclaimer, globally, our core activity at Bigger Picture Solutions is programmatic media buying. But in the Romanian market, things are different - here Facebook Ads is our main channel as affiliates - honestly because almost no one wanted to try programmatic.</p><p>Coming back to Facebook Ads - yes, it&apos;s our main channel for the Romanian market. Our focus is fashion &amp; beauty - and that came from years of experience trying many verticals. As an affiliate without pixel access on the site to do retargeting, Facebook Ads gets the best results for impulse buying. I want to buy a product that looks good or that gives me certain benefits or status.</p><p>As for our strategy, we use the BusinessLeague reports a lot to see what users are buying. This is very valuable information that, honestly, out of the dozens of international affiliate networks we work with, no one else offers. So one of the things we do weekly is look at the best-selling products and try various angles for our creatives.</p><p>As I mentioned earlier, through a technical workaround we managed to bring our conversions from 2Performant into our tracker (Voluum) and from there into Meta, so now we can use their algorithm (run campaigns with a conversion goal) and also see in detail in the reports which targeting brings more conversions, in order to optimize our campaigns or launch new campaigns with new targeting combinations.</p><p>We also use lookalike audiences quite a bit to discover users who are similar to those who are already buying.</p><p>That said, one of the difficulties we run into is finding online stores in the fashion and beauty niche that accept Facebook Ads. We always run into that &quot;we do it in-house.&quot;</p><h2 id="how-do-you-see-affiliate-marketing-in-the-medium-and-long-term">How do you see affiliate marketing in the medium and long term?</h2><p>We&apos;re very active in the US market - a much more mature market and quite different from ours. I think many trends from there will show up here too.</p><p>Affiliate marketing is constantly changing and adapting to technology. For example, AI has had a major impact on the industry. On one hand, content sites have been hit hard by AI and zero-click search (and rightly so - people don&apos;t want to land on content sites that rank first on Google just because they&apos;re SEO-optimized, only to find an article full of ads with no actual answer to their question).</p><p>On the other hand, many affiliates have found AI to be a great resource for quickly producing ad copy or banners, or even entire vibe-coded projects monetized through affiliate marketing.</p><p>Another trend I&apos;ve seen at affiliate conferences is brand-to-brand partnerships. Specifically, brands promoting each other through affiliate links. Technical solutions implemented after a user buys a product are becoming more and more popular - a pop-up appears with a promotion for complementary brands.</p><p>Also in the medium term, I expect affiliate agencies to start appearing here too. Similar to what you&apos;ve done on the platform, encouraging affiliates to become affiliate managers. In the US there are many well-known advertising agencies that have opened standalone departments to manage major brands&apos; affiliate programs, or simply agencies that employ only affiliate managers. These agencies have thousands of publishers in their portfolio and the know-how to grow affiliate programs or expand into other markets.</p><p>I&apos;d add here that we have a few Romanians doing an incredible job as affiliate managers for international brands.</p><p>In the long term, I think there will be even more emphasis on incrementality, meaning bringing in new users as an affiliate - people who wouldn&apos;t have bought that product without hearing about it from you.</p><p>Affiliate marketing largely works on a last-click attribution basis, which means a large share of commissions go to very intent-driven affiliates (coupons, cashback, etc.). A user might see multiple ads from multiple affiliates before buying, but the ecosystem rewards the last click before the purchase.</p><p>I&apos;ve seen many brands starting to transition toward multi-touch attribution, precisely out of a desire to properly reward all the affiliates who contribute to a sale. It&apos;s quite complicated to implement and track, but that&apos;s where I see the industry tending to move in the long run.</p><h2 id="fashion-report-which-numbers-do-you-find-most-interestinguseful-from-there">Fashion Report. Which numbers do you find most interesting/useful from there?</h2><p>The insight about iPhone users spending more money on fashion - we see that too, and it&apos;s interesting. Of course, we see that when we analyze total data by OS, because we have dozens of campaigns running with various targeting, and the trend doesn&apos;t always hold at the individual campaign level. Also, the vast majority of traffic in our Romania campaigns comes from Android users, and they also generate the vast majority of sales.</p><p>I&apos;d add an insight I&apos;ve seen consistently in recent years - users with their browser set to English have a much lower conversion rate. In other words, I think users with an English-language browser are less receptive to ads on Meta and more digitally native.</p><p>As a media buyer, I think it&apos;s crucial to understand campaign statistics and make data-driven decisions. Data tells a story, if you know how to ask the right questions, and your insights are very useful because they highlight the need for analysis.<br>____<br><em>(this interview was translated from Romanian using AI. Pentru versiunea original&#x103; &#xEE;n limba rom&#xE2;n&#x103;, </em><a href="https://blog.businessleague.com/alexandra-gogalniceanu-bigger-picture-solutions-rankingul-dintre-afiliati-ne-ambitioneaza-si-ne-face-sa-ne-dam-si-mai-mult-silinta/" rel="noreferrer"><em>click aici</em></a><em>)</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandra Gogalniceanu (Bigger Picture Solutions): Rankingul afiliaților ne ambiționează și ne face să ne dăm și mai mult silința]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Povestea mea cu marketingul a &#xEE;nceput &#xEE;n facultate. Am fost student&#x103; a Facult&#x103;&#x21B;ii de Marketing din cadrul ASE &#x219;i &#xEE;nc&#x103; de pe b&#x103;ncile facult&#x103;&#x21B;ii am fost implicat&#x103; &#xEE;n diverse proiecte &#x219;i internship-</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/alexandra-gogalniceanu-bigger-picture-solutions-rankingul-dintre-afiliati-ne-ambitioneaza-si-ne-face-sa-ne-dam-si-mai-mult-silinta/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a42134a89630500014dd0fc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:57:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21--4.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21--4.png" alt="Alexandra Gogalniceanu (Bigger Picture Solutions): Rankingul afilia&#x21B;ilor ne ambi&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; &#x219;i ne face s&#x103; ne d&#x103;m &#x219;i mai mult silin&#x21B;a"><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Povestea mea cu marketingul a &#xEE;nceput &#xEE;n facultate. Am fost student&#x103; a Facult&#x103;&#x21B;ii de Marketing din cadrul ASE &#x219;i &#xEE;nc&#x103; de pe b&#x103;ncile facult&#x103;&#x21B;ii am fost implicat&#x103; &#xEE;n diverse proiecte &#x219;i internship-uri pe marketing.</p><p>Ca orice student de la vremea aceea, mi-am dorit tare mult s&#x103; lucrez &#xEE;n PR sau &#xEE;ntr-o agen&#x21B;ie de crea&#x21B;ie, &#xEE;ns&#x103; unul dintre primele mele joburi (pl&#x103;tite) s-a &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mplat s&#x103; fie &#xEE;n performance marketing &#x219;i mi-am dat seama c&#x103; personalitatea mea este mult mai potrivit&#x103; pentru un job analitic dec&#xE2;t creativ.&#xA0;</p><p>Afilierea am descoperit-o &#xEE;n primii ani de munc&#x103;. &#xCE;nt&#xE2;i am lucrat pe partea unui advertiser din domeniul Telecom, unde m&#x103; ocupam de rela&#x21B;ia cu afilia&#x21B;ii. Urm&#x103;torul meu job a fost la o companie care f&#x103;cea programmatic media buying pentru aceste servicii telecom &#x219;i acolo am descoperit c&#xE2;t de mult &#xEE;mi place s&#x103; fac analiz&#x103; de date &#x219;i s&#x103; optimizez campanii &#xEE;n func&#x21B;ie de insight-urile descoperite. 12 ani mai t&#xE2;rziu &#xEE;nc&#x103; fac asta. </p><p>De 7 ani conduc Bigger Picture Solutions, ce s-a transformat dintr-un mic start-up unde f&#x103;ceam media buying ca afilia&#x21B;i pentru servicii telecom &#xEE;ntr-o firm&#x103; cu 17 angaja&#x21B;i &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia &#x219;i c&#xE2;&#x21B;iva colaboratori remote &#x219;i cu mii de campanii live pentru e-com &#x219;i telehealth.</p><p><strong>BusinessLeague &#xEE;ntr-o singur&#x103; propozi&#x21B;ie</strong></p><p>Gamifying affiliate marketing :)&#xA0;</p><p>Spun asta pentru c&#x103; se simte ca o competi&#x21B;ie s&#x103;n&#x103;toas&#x103;. Media buying-ul &#xEE;n sine pare ca un joc de strategie, iar rankingul dintre afilia&#x21B;i parc&#x103; ne face s&#x103; ne d&#x103;m &#x219;i mai mult silin&#x21B;a &#x219;i ne ambi&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103;.</p><p><strong>Care e Challenge-ul vostru preferat din platform&#x103;?</strong></p><p>A&#x219; spune SpeedRun pentru c&#x103; se potrive&#x219;te mai mult cu stilul nostru de paid media.</p><p>RevenueRally este mai potrivit pentru cei care promoveaz&#x103; produse cu AOV sau revenue mare, iar Target Strike pare mai potrivit pentru site-uri de con&#x21B;inut sau site-uri intent driven.</p><p><strong>Cu ce magazine lucra&#x21B;i cel mai bine &#xEE;n platform&#x103; &#x219;i care sunt ingredientele acestei reu&#x219;ite?&#xA0;</strong></p><p>Lucr&#x103;m foarte bine cu branduri de fashion &#x219;i beauty: Otter, Kitunghii, Pensule Machiaj. Am avut rezultate foarte bune &#x219;i cu Intimax, Cupio &#x219;i alte branduri de fashion care au ie&#x219;it din afiliere.&#xA0;</p><p>Cred c&#x103; deschiderea brandurilor pentru a &#xEE;ncerca lucruri noi &#x219;i comunicarea conteaz&#x103; foarte mult.&#xA0;</p><p><strong>Dac&#x103; ar fi s&#x103; schimbi un singur lucru &#xEE;n BusinessLeague, care ar fi?</strong></p><p>Mi-a&#x219; dori mai multe tool-uri pentru afilia&#x21B;i. Cred c&#x103; face&#x21B;i o treab&#x103; excelent&#x103; pentru afilia&#x21B;ii care au site-uri de con&#x21B;inut &#x219;i pentru cei care vor s&#x103; ruleze campanii pe Google Ads/CSS, dar pentru Meta sau alte platforme social media unde se pot face paid ads ar ajuta alte tipuri de tool-uri. </p><p>Totodat&#x103;, afilia&#x21B;ii profesioni&#x219;ti care fac media buying folosesc de obicei un tracker &#x219;i integr&#x103;rile se fac prin postback, pentru a duce conversiile &#xEE;ntr-o platform&#x103; unde po&#x21B;i monitoriza toate campaniile &#x219;i care s&#x103; &#xEE;&#x21B;i ofere statistici relevante.&#xA0;</p><p>Cred c&#x103; marea piedic&#x103; pe care am avut-o noi &#xEE;n scalarea &#xEE;n BusinessLeague pe partea de Facebook Ads a fost integrarea tehnic&#x103;. Integrare pe care &#xEE;ntr-un final am reu&#x219;it s&#x103; o facem printr-un workaround &#x219;i de atunci am &#xEE;nceput s&#x103; avem rezultate mai bune.</p><p>Ca media buyer ai nevoie s&#x103; urm&#x103;re&#x219;ti datele campaniilor &#xEE;ntr-un tracker &#x219;i s&#x103; trimi&#x21B;i conversiile &#x219;i c&#x103;tre Meta. Altfel cumperi trafic legat la ochi &#x219;i speri s&#x103; converteasc&#x103; &#x219;i nici nu po&#x21B;i s&#x103; ob&#x21B;ii insight-uri valoroase pentru a optimiza campanii (insight-uri demografice, ad-uri, etc).</p><p>Meta are un algoritm foarte bun pentru a aduce useri relevan&#x21B;i c&#x103;tre reclamele tale, dac&#x103; &#xEE;i oferi semnalele potrivite.</p><p><strong>De ce exist&#x103; &#xEE;nc&#x103; reticen&#x21B;&#x103; &#xEE;n privin&#x21B;a afilierii?</strong></p><p>Cred c&#x103; majoritatea brandurilor din Rom&#xE2;nia au p&#x103;reri preconcepute despre afiliere &#x219;i afilia&#x21B;i. Majoritatea doresc s&#x103; lucreze cu CSS sau cu influenceri sau site-uri de content &#x219;i trec peste faptul c&#x103; exist&#x103; oameni specializa&#x21B;i &#xEE;n alte canale care pot aduce trafic &#x219;i v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri. </p><p>Mul&#x21B;i urm&#x103;resc vanity metrics sau &#xEE;ncearc&#x103; afilierea pentru c&#x103; e un trend, dar f&#x103;r&#x103; s&#x103; &#xEE;n&#x21B;eleag&#x103; &#xEE;n profunzime diferen&#x21B;ele dintre canalele de promovare folosite sau f&#x103;r&#x103; s&#x103; se implice &#xEE;n a ajuta afilia&#x21B;ii.&#xA0;</p><p>Aici voi da exemplul nostru - Meta Ads sau programmatic media buying.&#xA0;</p><p>Foarte multe branduri refuz&#x103; s&#x103; &#xEE;ncerce, spun&#xE2;nd c&#x103; fac asta deja cu o agen&#x21B;ie sau in-house. &#xCE;ns&#x103; performan&#x21B;a campaniilor depinde mai degrab&#x103; de analiza pe care o face campaign managerul.</p><p>Marea majoritate a agen&#x21B;iilor pentru Google sau Meta nu au un mindset de performance. Fiind pl&#x103;tite comision din media spent sau lu&#xE2;nd bani per campanii deschise, KPI-ul lor este acela de a cheltui bugetele. Afilia&#x21B;ii, fiind pl&#x103;ti&#x21B;i la comision din v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri, sunt mult mai aten&#x21B;i unde se duce fiecare leu din buget, pentru c&#x103; pl&#x103;tesc pentru trafic din buzunarul lor &#x219;i pot s&#x103; piard&#x103; bani. A&#x219;a c&#x103; fiecare campanie este analizat&#x103; &#xEE;n detaliu.</p><p>Ca s&#x103; revin la &#xEE;ntrebare, dup&#x103; ce am definit contextul nostru - foarte multe magazine online cred c&#x103; afilia&#x21B;ii ar putea s&#x103; fac&#x103; competi&#x21B;ie cu campaniile lor directe, ceea ce le-ar cre&#x219;te CPC-ul. &#x218;i &#xEE;n timp ce poate fi adev&#x103;rat pentru Google Ads (pentru campaniile de search), nu cred c&#x103; este cazul pentru reclame tip bannere sau video, pentru c&#x103; acolo concurezi cu to&#x21B;i advertiserii care au acela&#x219;i public &#x21B;int&#x103;. Prin urmare, cu ajutorul afilia&#x21B;ilor, un brand nu face altceva dec&#xE2;t s&#x103;-&#x219;i maximizeze vizibilitatea &#x219;i s&#x103; acceseze o cot&#x103; mai mare din bazinul de trafic.</p><p>Fiecare canal are rolul lui &#xEE;n funnel &#x219;i afilia&#x21B;ii pot aduce un plus valoare incredibil:</p><ul><li>Google Ads e mult mai intent driven &#x219;i capteaz&#x103; userul atunci c&#xE2;nd acesta are o nevoie &#x219;i face research</li><li>Site-urile de con&#x21B;inut au rolul de a educa userii&#xA0;</li><li>Facebook/Instagram Ads sunt potrivite pentru impulse buying (de asta merge mult mai bine pentru fashion &amp; beauty)</li><li>Site-urile de cupoane ajung la un public care e atent cu bugetul &#x219;i care ar putea merge la competi&#x21B;ie &#xEE;n lipsa unei reduceri</li><li>Influencerii ajung la un public ni&#x219;at care &#xEE;&#x219;i dore&#x219;te un anumit lifestyle</li><li>Parteneri mai tehnici - pot s&#x103; ajute la optimizarea conversion rate-ului &#x219;i la reducerea ratei de abandon a co&#x219;ului etc.</li></ul><p>Totodat&#x103;, cred c&#x103; magazinele ar trebui s&#x103; &#x219;tie c&#x103; f&#x103;r&#x103; a se implica &#xEE;n recrutarea afilia&#x21B;ilor &#x219;i a le oferi suport, lucrurile nu merg de la sine. Afilia&#x21B;ii au nevoi diferite: unii au nevoie de creative, al&#x21B;ii de comisioane mai mari pentru a putea testa mai multe surse de trafic, al&#x21B;ii de termeni de plat&#x103; mai buni; iar de comunicare nici nu mai vorbesc - am remarcat de multe ori ca afiliat c&#x103; am dat &#x219;anse mult mai multe unor magazine online unde account managerul de pe partea lor era prietenos &#x219;i disponibil c&#xE2;nd am avut nevoie de ajutor.</p><p>Un alt lucru important din punctul nostru de vedere este c&#x103; brandurile nou ap&#x103;rute sunt foarte greu de promovat ca afiliat. Marketingul afiliat ca &#x219;i canal de promovare ar trebui s&#x103; vin&#x103; &#xEE;n momentul &#xEE;n care brandul este mai cunoscut &#x219;i are o reputa&#x21B;ie bun&#x103;. </p><p>Afilia&#x21B;ii sunt reticen&#x21B;i s&#x103; promoveze branduri noi despre care nu &#x219;tiu multe; la fel &#x219;i userii, care prefer&#x103; s&#x103; cumpere de la un magazin online unde &#x219;tiu sigur c&#x103; pot face retur sau c&#x103; vor primi comanda. Marketingul afiliat ar trebui s&#x103; fie un canal care s&#x103; sus&#x21B;in&#x103; activit&#x103;&#x21B;ile de marketing ale firmei.</p><p><strong>Facebook Ads ca arm&#x103; principal&#x103; &#xEE;n v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri</strong></p><p>Ca disclaimer, la nivel global, activitatea noastr&#x103; de baz&#x103; la Bigger Picture Solutions este programmatic media buying. &#xCE;ns&#x103; pe pia&#x21B;a din Rom&#xE2;nia, lucrurile stau diferit - aici Facebook Ads e principalul nostru canal ca &#x219;i afilia&#x21B;i - sincer pentru c&#x103; aprope nimeni nu a vrut s&#x103; &#xEE;ncerce programmatic.</p><p>Revenind la Facebook Ads - da, este principalul nostru canal pentru pia&#x21B;a din Rom&#xE2;nia. Focusul nostru este fashion &amp; beauty - iar asta a venit din experien&#x21B;a mai multor ani &#xEE;n care am &#xEE;ncercat multe verticale. Ca afiliat f&#x103;r&#x103; acces la pixel pe site pentru a face retargeting, Facebook Ads are cele mai bune rezultate pentru impulse buying. Vreau s&#x103; cump&#x103;r un produs care arat&#x103; bine sau care &#xEE;mi aduce anumite beneficii sau status.</p><p>&#xCE;n ceea ce prive&#x219;te strategia noastr&#x103;, folosim foarte mult rapoartele din BusinessLeague pentru a vedea ce cump&#x103;r&#x103; utilizatorii. Aceasta este o informa&#x21B;ie foarte valoroas&#x103; pe care, sincer, dintre zecile de affiliate networks interna&#x21B;ionale cu care lucr&#x103;m, nimeni altcineva nu o ofer&#x103;. A&#x219;a c&#x103; unul dintre lucrurile pe care le facem s&#x103;pt&#x103;m&#xE2;nal este s&#x103; ne uit&#x103;m la cele mai cump&#x103;rate produse &#x219;i s&#x103; &#xEE;ncerc&#x103;m diverse unghiuri pentru creative.</p><p>Cum spuneam mai devreme, printr-un workaround tehnic am reu&#x219;it s&#x103; ne aducem conversiile din 2Performant &#xEE;n trackerul nostru (Voluum) &#x219;i de acolo &#xEE;n Meta, astfel c&#x103; acum putem s&#x103; folosim algoritmul lor (s&#x103; facem campanii cu goal de conversie) &#x219;i s&#x103; vedem &#x219;i detaliat &#xEE;n rapoarte ce target&#x103;ri aduc conversii mai multe pentru a ne optimiza campaniile sau pentru a deschide noi campanii cu combina&#x21B;ii de target&#x103;ri.</p><p>Folosim destul de mult &#x219;i audien&#x21B;ele lookalike pentru a descoperi useri care sunt similari cu cei care cump&#x103;r&#x103; deja.</p><p>Cu toate astea, una dintre greut&#x103;&#x21B;ile pe care le &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpin&#x103;m este s&#x103; g&#x103;sim magazine online pe ni&#x219;a de fashion &#x219;i beauty care s&#x103; accepte Facebook Ads. Ne lovim mereu de acel &#x201D;facem in-house&#x201D;.</p><p><strong>Cum vezi afilierea pe termen mediu &#x219;i lung?</strong></p><p>Noi activ&#x103;m foarte mult pe pia&#x21B;a din US - o pia&#x21B;&#x103; mult mai matur&#x103; &#x219;i destul de diferit&#x103; de cea de la noi. Cred c&#x103; multe trenduri de acolo vor ap&#x103;rea &#x219;i la noi.</p><p>Afilierea e &#xEE;ntr-o continu&#x103; schimbare &#x219;i adaptare la tehnologie. Spre exemplu, AI-ul a avut un mare impact asupra industriei. Pe de o parte, site-urile de con&#x21B;inut au fost lovite din plin de AI &#x219;i zero click search (&#x219;i pe bun&#x103; dreptate, oamenii nu vor s&#x103; intre pe site-uri de con&#x21B;inut care apar primele pe Google doar pentru c&#x103; sunt optimizate SEO &#x219;i de fapt g&#x103;sesc un articol plin de reclame &#x219;i nic&#x103;ieri r&#x103;spunsul la &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;rile lor). </p><p>Pe de alt&#x103; parte, foarte mul&#x21B;i afilia&#x21B;i au g&#x103;sit o resurs&#x103; &#xEE;n AI pentru a face mai rapid copy-uri pentru reclame sau bannere sau, de ce nu, &#xEE;ntregi proiecte vibecoded monetizate prin afiliere.&#xA0;</p><p>Un alt trend pe care l-am v&#x103;zut la conferin&#x21B;ele de afiliere a fost brand-to-brand partnerships. Mai exact, branduri care se promoveaz&#x103; reciproc prin linkuri de afiliere. Devin tot mai populare solu&#x21B;ii tehnice implementate dup&#x103; ce userul cump&#x103;r&#x103; un produs - apare un pop-up cu o promo&#x21B;ie pentru branduri complementare.</p><p>Tot pe termen mediu, m&#x103; a&#x219;tept s&#x103; apar&#x103; &#x219;i la noi agen&#x21B;ii de afiliere. Similar cu ce a&#x21B;i f&#x103;cut voi &#xEE;n platform&#x103; &#x219;i a&#x21B;i &#xEE;ncurajat afilia&#x21B;ii s&#x103; devin&#x103; affiliate managers. &#xCE;n State sunt foarte multe agen&#x21B;ii de publicitate cunoscute care au deschis departamente de sine st&#x103;t&#x103;toare pentru a gestiona programele de afiliere ale brandurilor mari sau pur &#x219;i simplu agen&#x21B;ii care au angaja&#x21B;i doar affiliate managers. Aceste agen&#x21B;ii au &#xEE;n portofoliu mii de publisheri &#x219;i au know how-ul pentru a cre&#x219;te programele de afiliere sau pentru extinderea pe alte pie&#x21B;e.</p><p>A&#x219; ad&#x103;uga aici faptul c&#x103; avem c&#xE2;&#x21B;iva rom&#xE2;ni care fac o treab&#x103; incredibil&#x103; ca affiliate managers pentru branduri interna&#x21B;ionale.</p><p>Pe termen lung, cred c&#x103; se va pune &#x219;i mai multe accentul pe incrementality, adic&#x103; s&#x103; aduci ca afiliat useri noi, care nu ar fi cump&#x103;rat acel produs f&#x103;r&#x103; s&#x103; aud&#x103; de la tine.</p><p>Afilierea func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; &#xEE;n mare parte pe last click attribution, ceea ce &#xEE;nseamn&#x103; c&#x103; o mare parte dintre comisioane ajung c&#x103;tre afilia&#x21B;i foarte intent-driven (cupoane, cashback etc). Un user poate vedea mai multe reclame ale mai multor afilia&#x21B;i p&#xE2;n&#x103; s&#x103; cumpere, &#xEE;ns&#x103; ecosistemul recompenseaz&#x103; ultimul click &#xEE;nainte de cump&#x103;rare.</p><p>Am v&#x103;zut multe branduri care &#xEE;ncep s&#x103; fac&#x103; tranzi&#x21B;ia c&#x103;tre multi-touch attribution, tocmai din dorin&#x21B;a de a recompensa corect to&#x21B;i afilia&#x21B;ii care aduc o v&#xE2;nzare. E cam complicat de implementat &#x219;i urm&#x103;rit, &#xEE;ns&#x103; acolo observ c&#x103; tinde s&#x103; se duc&#x103; industria pe termen lung.</p><p><a href="https://blog.businessleague.com/iphone-users-spend-24-more-on-fashion-plus-5-other-things-the-data-is-telling-us/"><strong><u>Fashion</u></strong></a><strong> Report. Ce cifre &#x21B;i par cel mai interesante/utile de-acolo?</strong></p><p>Insight-ul legat de utilizatorii de iPhone care cheltuiesc mai mul&#x21B;i bani pe fashion &#xEE;l vedem &#x219;i noi &#x219;i este interesant. Desigur, vedem asta atunci c&#xE2;nd analiz&#x103;m datele totale per OS, pentru ca avem zeci de campanii deschise cu diverse target&#x103;ri &#x219;i trendul nu se p&#x103;streaz&#x103; la nivel de campanie tot timpul. Totodat&#x103;, marea majoritate a traficului &#xEE;n campaniile noastre de Rom&#xE2;nia vine de la utilizatorii de Android &#x219;i tot ei genereaz&#x103; marea majoritate a v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rilor.&#xA0;</p><p>A&#x219; ad&#x103;uga aici un insight pe care l-am v&#x103;zut constant &#xEE;n ultimii ani - userii care au browserul &#xEE;n limba englez&#x103; au conversion rate mult mai mic. Cu alte cuvinte, cred c&#x103; userii cu browserul &#xEE;n englez&#x103; sunt mai pu&#x21B;in receptivi la reclame pe Meta &#x219;i mai nativi digital.</p><p>Ca media buyer, cred c&#x103; e crucial s&#x103; &#xEE;n&#x21B;elegi statisticile din campanii &#x219;i s&#x103; iei decizii bazate pe date. Datele spun o poveste, dac&#x103; &#x219;tii cum s&#x103; pui &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;rile, iar insight-urile voastre sunt foarte utile pentru c&#x103; subliniaz&#x103; necesitatea analizei.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone users spend 24% more on fashion. Plus 5 other things the data is telling us]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last two years rewrote the rules of online retail. 2023 was the last year of "cheap" traffic. Since then, the arrival of global marketplaces and an unpredictable economy have reshaped how people buy across nearly every category.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/iphone-users-spend-24-more-on-fashion-plus-5-other-things-the-data-is-telling-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2fa1a85773be0001592dc4</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:56:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/redo-fashion.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/redo-fashion.png" alt="iPhone users spend 24% more on fashion. Plus 5 other things the data is telling us"><p>Some local players saw the shift early and capitalized on it. For everyone else, the speed the market demanded, layered on top of increasingly complex marketing platforms and rising traffic costs, accelerated a brutal shakeout.</p><p>Fashion was (and still is) one of the categories hit hardest.</p><p>The good news: online retail happens in real time, and it can be measured in real time. The operators who track the right things and read the data before everyone else understand the customer sooner, and can make different decisions before the market forces them to.</p><p>That&apos;s the purpose of the report we&apos;re publishing today: an in-depth analysis of every click and every sale generated in fashion over the last 29 months, across the dimensions that matter. 25.1 million clicks, 832,000 transactions, $49.9 million in sales, more than 180 fashion stores.</p><p>As always, the data reveals things intuition alone misses:</p><ul><li><strong>Cashback converts at 13.91% - nearly four times the category average.</strong> Anyone who arrives through an offer has already decided to buy.</li><li><strong>The best converting hour is 10 a.m. (4.81%)</strong>, almost double the daily average. Evenings are the opposite: people browse and compare offers, but buy less on the spot.</li><li><strong>Friday is the strongest converting day (3.68%).</strong></li><li><strong>Apple users (Mac, iPhone) show AOV and conversion roughly 24% higher</strong> than Windows or Android. Ecosystem segmentation is a commercial signal, not a technical detail.</li><li><strong>The largest baskets close on desktop</strong> - AOV runs 17.5% higher than mobile.</li><li><strong>Sunday has the weakest conversion but the biggest basket.</strong> Fewer orders, higher value.</li></ul><p>Beyond the headline insights, the report also answers the fundamental questions every online seller asks: how conversion shifts by hour and by day of the week, how desktop compares to mobile, and which traffic sources drive the highest AOV.</p><p>The goal isn&apos;t just to show what the market looks like. It&apos;s to give fashion founders and marketers a lens for reading their own data, a benchmark to measure against, and a set of questions worth asking before any major decision.</p><p>Since June is Fashion Month at BusinessLeague, every store that launches this month receives a &#x20AC;200 bonus when it starts its affiliate program - double the standard &#x20AC;100.</p><p><em>One important note: these figures reflect what happens inside our own ecosystem - the 180-plus fashion stores active on BusinessLeague during the period analyzed - not the entire market. They aren&apos;t market-share estimates and don&apos;t claim to be. It&apos;s a sample large enough to reveal real, useful patterns, but a sample nonetheless. That&apos;s exactly why we recommend treating them as a benchmark and a starting point for questions, rather than a definitive read on all of e-commerce.</em></p><p>We hope it proves useful to as many of you as possible. In the coming months, we&apos;ll publish similar analyses for other categories.<br><br>Read the whole Fashion report at the link below. </p><div class="kg-card kg-file-card"><a class="kg-file-card-container" href="https://blog.businessleague.com/content/files/2026/06/BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN-1.pdf" title="Download" download><div class="kg-file-card-contents"><div class="kg-file-card-title">BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN</div><div class="kg-file-card-caption"></div><div class="kg-file-card-metadata"><div class="kg-file-card-filename">BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN.pdf</div><div class="kg-file-card-filesize">897 KB</div></div></div><div class="kg-file-card-icon"><svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><defs><style>.a{fill:none;stroke:currentColor;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-width:1.5px;}</style></defs><title>download-circle</title><polyline class="a" points="8.25 14.25 12 18 15.75 14.25"/><line class="a" x1="12" y1="6.75" x2="12" y2="18"/><circle class="a" cx="12" cy="12" r="11.25"/></svg></div></a></div><p>Here&#x2019;s to smarter marketing!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Userii de iPhone cheltuie cu 24% mai mult pe fashion. Și alte 5 lucruri pe care ni le spun datele.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ultimii doi ani au schimbat regulile în comerțul online. 2023 a fost ultimul an cu trafic "ieftin". De atunci, intrarea marketplace-urilor globale, campaniile electorale și un context economic imprevizibil au rescris comportamentul de cumpărare în aproape toate categoriile.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/userii-de-iphone-cheltuie-cu-24-mai-mult-pe-fashion-si-alte-5-lucruri-pe-care-ni-le-spun-datele/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f9e7f5773be0001592dae</guid><category><![CDATA[ro]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:52:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21--2.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21--2.png" alt="Userii de iPhone cheltuie cu 24% mai mult pe fashion. &#x218;i alte 5 lucruri pe care ni le spun datele."><p>Unii juc&#x103;tori locali au citit schimbarea din timp &#x219;i au profitat de ea. Pentru ceilal&#x21B;i, viteza cerut&#x103; de pia&#x21B;&#x103;, suprapus&#x103; peste complexitatea tot mai mare a platformelor de marketing &#x219;i peste cre&#x219;terea costurilor de trafic a accelerat o selec&#x21B;ie natural&#x103; brutal&#x103;.</p><p>Fashion-ul a fost &#x219;i r&#x103;m&#xE2;ne una dintre cele mai expuse categorii.</p><p>Vestea bun&#x103; e c&#x103; online-ul se m&#x103;soar&#x103; &#xEE;n timp real. Cine m&#x103;soar&#x103; corect &#x219;i cite&#x219;te datele &#xEE;naintea altora &#xEE;n&#x21B;elege mai repede consumatorul &#x219;i poate decide diferit, &#xEE;nainte ca pia&#x21B;a s&#x103; o cear&#x103;.</p><p>Acesta e &#x219;i scopul materialului pe care &#xEE;l public&#x103;m ast&#x103;zi: o analiz&#x103; &#xEE;n ad&#xE2;ncime a &#xEE;ntregului trafic &#x219;i a tuturor v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rilor generate &#xEE;n fashion &#xEE;n ultimele 29 de luni, pe dimensiunile care conteaz&#x103;. 25,1 milioane de click-uri, 832.000 de tranzac&#x21B;ii, 49,9 milioane de euro, peste 180 de magazine de fashion.</p><p>Ca &#xEE;ntotdeauna, datele spun lucruri pe care intui&#x21B;ia singur&#x103; nu le prinde:</p><ul><li><strong>Cashback-ul converte&#x219;te la 13,91% - de aproape patru ori media categoriei.</strong> Cine ajunge printr-o ofert&#x103; a decis deja s&#x103; cumpere.</li><li><strong>Cea mai bun&#x103; or&#x103; de conversie e 10 diminea&#x21B;a (4,81%)</strong>, aproape dublu fa&#x21B;&#x103; de media zilei. Seara, &#xEE;n schimb, oamenii navigheaz&#x103; &#x219;i compar&#x103; oferte, dar cump&#x103;r&#x103; mai pu&#x21B;in pe loc.</li><li><strong>Vineri = cea mai bun&#x103; zi de conversie (3,68%)</strong></li><li><strong>Userii din ecosistemul Apple (Mac, iPhone) au AOV &#x219;i conversie cu ~24% mai mari</strong> dec&#xE2;t cei pe Windows sau Android. Segmentarea pe ecosistem e un semnal comercial, nu un detaliu tehnic.</li><li><strong>Pe desktop se finalizeaz&#x103; cosurile mari</strong> - AOV cu 17,5% peste mobil.</li><li><strong>Duminica are cea mai slab&#x103; conversie, dar cel mai mare co&#x219;.</strong> Mai pu&#x21B;ine cump&#x103;r&#x103;turi, dar mai scumpe.</li></ul><p>Dincolo de insight-uri, raportul r&#x103;spunde &#x219;i la &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;rile clasice pe care &#x219;i le pune oricine vinde online: cum difer&#x103; conversia pe ore &#x219;i pe zilele s&#x103;pt&#x103;m&#xE2;nii, cum se comport&#x103; desktop-ul fa&#x21B;&#x103; de mobil, care sunt sursele de trafic cu cel mai mare AOV.</p><p>Scopul nu e doar s&#x103; arate cum e pia&#x21B;a. E s&#x103; dea antreprenorilor &#x219;i marketerilor din fashion o lentil&#x103; cu care s&#x103;-&#x219;i citeasc&#x103; propriile date &#x219;i un benchmark cu care s&#x103; le compare. Iar &#xEE;nainte de orice decizie de business important&#x103;, un set de &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;ri pe care merit&#x103; s&#x103; &#x219;i le pun&#x103;.</p><p>Pentru c&#x103; iunie este luna Fashion &#xEE;n BusinessLeague, toate magazinele lansate &#xEE;n aceast&#x103; lun&#x103; primesc un bonus de 200 de euro la lansarea programului de afiliere, dublu fa&#x21B;&#x103; de oferta standard de 100 de euro.</p><p><em>O precizare important&#x103;: cifrele din raport descriu ce se &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpl&#x103; &#xEE;n ecosistemul nostru, pe cele peste 180 de magazine de fashion active &#xEE;n BusinessLeague &#xEE;n intervalul analizat, nu &#xEE;ntreaga pia&#x21B;&#x103; de fashion din Rom&#xE2;nia. Nu sunt estim&#x103;ri de cot&#x103; de pia&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i nu pretind s&#x103; fie. Sunt un e&#x219;antion suficient de mare c&#xE2;t s&#x103; arate tipare reale &#x219;i utile, dar r&#x103;m&#xE2;n un e&#x219;antion. Tocmai de aceea recomand&#x103;m s&#x103; le folosi&#x21B;i ca benchmark &#x219;i ca punct de plecare pentru &#xEE;ntreb&#x103;ri, nu ca adev&#x103;r absolut despre tot comer&#x21B;ul online.</em></p><p>Sper&#x103;m s&#x103; fie de folos c&#xE2;t mai multora. &#xCE;n lunile urm&#x103;toare vom publica analize similare &#x219;i pentru alte categorii.<br><br>Cite&#x219;te &#xEE;ntreg raportul dedicat Fashion la linkul de mai jos.</p><div class="kg-card kg-file-card"><a class="kg-file-card-container" href="https://blog.businessleague.com/content/files/2026/06/BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN.pdf" title="Download" download><div class="kg-file-card-contents"><div class="kg-file-card-title">BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN</div><div class="kg-file-card-caption"></div><div class="kg-file-card-metadata"><div class="kg-file-card-filename">BusinessLeague_Fashion_Buying_Report_EN.pdf</div><div class="kg-file-card-filesize">897 KB</div></div></div><div class="kg-file-card-icon"><svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><defs><style>.a{fill:none;stroke:currentColor;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-width:1.5px;}</style></defs><title>download-circle</title><polyline class="a" points="8.25 14.25 12 18 15.75 14.25"/><line class="a" x1="12" y1="6.75" x2="12" y2="18"/><circle class="a" cx="12" cy="12" r="11.25"/></svg></div></a></div><p>Spor la conversii!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things every e-commerce store needs to check today in their affiliate product feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>You can spend thousands of euros optimizing your site, but if your product feed is subpar, you are capping your affiliate sales&#x2014;especially when it comes to CSS (Comparison Shopping Services) partners and Google Shopping.</p><p>Over the years, I&apos;ve seen that the quality of the feed is</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/5-things-every-e-commerce-store-needs-to-check-today-in-their-affiliate-product-feed/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2919ad78580800015cbd2d</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:12:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--22--2.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--22--2.png" alt="5 Things every e-commerce store needs to check today in their affiliate product feed"><p>You can spend thousands of euros optimizing your site, but if your product feed is subpar, you are capping your affiliate sales&#x2014;especially when it comes to CSS (Comparison Shopping Services) partners and Google Shopping.</p><p>Over the years, I&apos;ve seen that the quality of the feed is directly related to the volume of sales.</p><p>If you want your affiliates to drive maximum performance, here are 5 critical feed elements you must verify today:</p><p>1&#xFE0F;&#x20E3;&#xA0;&#x1D5D8;&#x1D5D4;&#x1D5E1;/&#x1D5DA;&#x1D5E7;&#x1D5DC;&#x1D5E1; &#x1D5D6;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D600; (&#x1D5E8;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5FE;&#x1D602;&#x1D5F2; &#x1D5DC;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D601;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5F3;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D600;)&#xA0;Without EAN codes, Google CSS partners cannot match your products properly in the Google Carousel. It&#x2019;s like sending a shipping package without a barcode. If you want CSS affiliates to drive massive volume, EAN/GTIN codes are non-negotiable.</p><p>2&#xFE0F;&#x20E3;&#xA0;&#x1D5D7;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D601;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5F1; &#x1D5D4;&#x1D601;&#x1D601;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5EF;&#x1D602;&#x1D601;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D600; (&#x1D5D6;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5FF;, &#x1D5E6;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D607;&#x1D5F2;, &#x1D5DA;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FF;, &#x1D5D5;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F1;)&#xA0;These are not &quot;nice-to-have&quot; extras; they are search filters. If a user searches for&#xA0;&quot;&#x1D633;&#x1D626;&#x1D625; &#x1D633;&#x1D636;&#x1D62F;&#x1D62F;&#x1D62A;&#x1D62F;&#x1D628; &#x1D634;&#x1D629;&#x1D630;&#x1D626;&#x1D634; &#x1D634;&#x1D62A;&#x1D63B;&#x1D626; 42&quot;&#xA0;and your feed lacks color or size data, your products simply won&#x2019;t show up in their search. Ensure these attributes are populated and mapped correctly.</p><p>3&#xFE0F;&#x20E3;&#xA0;&#x1D5DB;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5F4;&#x1D5F5;-&#x1D5E4;&#x1D602;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D601;&#x1D606;, &#x1D5D6;&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5FB; &#x1D5DC;&#x1D5FA;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5F4;&#x1D5F2; &#x1D5DF;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F8;&#x1D600;:&#xA0;Low-resolution images, placeholder graphics, or photos with heavy watermarks get flagged and rejected by Google Merchant Center. Make sure your image URLs lead directly to high-quality product photos (preferably on a white background).</p><p>4&#xFE0F;&#x20E3;&#xA0;&#x1D5E8;&#x1D5FD;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D601;&#x1D5F2; &#x1D5D9;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FE;&#x1D602;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F0;&#x1D606; (&#x1D5E6;&#x1D601;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5F0;&#x1D5F8; &amp; &#x1D5E3;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5F0;&#x1D5F2; &#x1D5E6;&#x1D606;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F0;&#x1D5F5;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D607;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D601;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5FB;)&#xA0;In our network, product feeds update three times a day (at 1:00 AM, 8:00 AM, and 4:00 PM). If your website prices or stock levels mismatch the feed data, Google will suspend the ads, and affiliates will waste budgets sending traffic to out-of-stock items. Keep them synchronized.</p><p>5&#xFE0F;&#x20E3;&#xA0;&#x1D5D9;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D601;-&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5EE;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D5F1; &#x1D5E3;&#x1D5FF;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5F1;&#x1D602;&#x1D5F0;&#x1D601; &#x1D5E7;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D601;&#x1D5F9;&#x1D5F2;&#x1D600;&#xA0;Put the brand, product type, and key identifier (e.g., material or model) in the first 70 characters of the title. Users scan Google search results in milliseconds&#x2014;if they can&#x2019;t see what the product is immediately, they will click on a competitor&#x2019;s ad.</p><p>&#x1D5E7;&#x1D5F5;&#x1D5F2; &#x1D5EF;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D601;&#x1D601;&#x1D5FC;&#x1D5FA; &#x1D5F9;&#x1D5F6;&#x1D5FB;&#x1D5F2;?&#xA0;In performance marketing, your sales volume is only as good as the data you feed into the system. High-quality data feeds high-quality traffic.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alin Vlad (E-commerce Director, Otter): "Anyone who blames the network for overlap is also blaming maths"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The text below was written by Alin Vlad (E-commerce Director, Otter). With his permission, we have translated it (with AI) for our blog.  E-commerce is a discipline that must account for many factors, and the role of affiliate marketing in this mix can bring significant benefits to online stores.]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/alin-vlad-e-commerce-director-otter-anyone-who-blames-the-network-for-overlap-is-also-blaming-maths/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a27b2be29e23900018ddd6c</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:32:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--21-.png" alt="Alin Vlad (E-commerce Director, Otter): &quot;Anyone who blames the network for overlap is also blaming maths&quot;"><p>In April 2025, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/businessleague-by-2performant/?ref=blog.businessleague.com">BusinessLeague by 2Performant</a> reported 5,254 sales and RON 1.23M to me. GA4, on last non-direct click, credited me with 1,484 sales and RON 468K. The difference: ~3,770 orders. And no, nobody is... lying.</p><p>On those orders, the affiliate was somewhere in the customer journey, but the last meaningful touch came through a different channel. The network counts based on its own cookie, last-affiliate-click, with a 30&#x2013;90 day window. It doesn&apos;t see that someone else closed the sale. It can&apos;t.</p><p>This isn&apos;t a flaw in any particular platform. Wherever you have 5&#x2013;6 channels each placing their own cookie and claiming the same conversion, their attribution models will overlap. Guaranteed. Anyone who blames the network for overlap is also blaming mathematics.</p><p>I understand why this sparks debate. You&apos;re paying twice: the affiliate commission, plus the channel your model considers the last touch.</p><p>I know people who removed the channel entirely because of this. I didn&apos;t. I ran the numbers using the strictest counting method available.</p><p>On LNDC, where affiliate gets credit only where it was the last meaningful touch, the channel delivered RON 81K in spend, RON 468K in revenue, 41% net margin, and ~RON 21K in profit after COGS and commission. It pays for itself under the worst-case scenario. Everything it contributes in an assist position is a bonus.</p><p>What LNDC still doesn&apos;t tell me: how many of those sales would have happened anyway. Incrementality doesn&apos;t show up in any platform report &#x2014; it can only be measured through a holdout test. I haven&apos;t done one yet.</p><p>Until then, I work with what I can control: my own tracking, clean, with data in one place. A single attribution model, applied identically across all channels. And decisions based on POAS and operating margin &#x2014; not on what each platform reports about itself.</p><p>The decision changes if POAS drops below 1 or if the commission exceeds the operating margin. Until that point, what I need to do is clean up the program internally &#x2014; not pause the channel. If you look at each platform&apos;s report in isolation, you&apos;ll always see inflated numbers. Without unified tracking, it&apos;s just noise.</p><p>A few notes on terminology I kept consistent with your usual style: <strong>LNDC</strong> (last non-direct click), <strong>POAS</strong> (profit on ad spend), <strong>COGS</strong> &#x2014; all left as-is since they&apos;re standard industry acronyms your audience will recognize.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alin Vlad (E-commerce Director, Otter): ”Cine se supără pe rețea pentru overlap se supără și pe matematică”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Textul de mai jos este scris de Alin Vlad (Ecommerce Director, Otter) pe pagina sa de LinkedIn. L-am preluat, cu acordul său, și pe blogul nostru. E-commerce-ul este o muncă ce trebuie să țină cont de foarte mulți factori, iar rolul afilierii în acest mix poate aduce mari beneficii magazinelor. ]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/alin-vlad-e-commerce-director-otter-cine-se-supara-pe-retea-pentru-overlap-se-supara-si-pe-matematica/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a27a98229e23900018ddd4c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:09:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--20-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--20-.png" alt="Alin Vlad (E-commerce Director, Otter): &#x201D;Cine se sup&#x103;r&#x103; pe re&#x21B;ea pentru overlap se sup&#x103;r&#x103; &#x219;i pe matematic&#x103;&#x201D;"><p>&#xCE;n aprilie 2025, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/businessleague-by-2performant/?ref=blog.businessleague.com">BusinessLeague by 2Performant</a> mi-a raportat 5.254 de v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri &#x219;i 1,23 M lei. GA4, pe last non-direct click, mi-a creditat 1.484 de v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri &#x219;i 468k lei. Diferen&#x21B;a: ~3.770 de comenzi. Si nu, nimeni nu minte.<br><br>Pe comenzile alea, afiliatul a fost undeva &#xEE;n customer journey, dar ultima atingere util&#x103; a fost prin alt canal. Re&#x21B;eaua num&#x103;r&#x103; pe baza cookie-ului ei, last-affiliate-click, cu o fereastr&#x103; de 30-90 de zile. Nu vede c&#x103; altcineva a &#xEE;nchis v&#xE2;nzarea. Nu are cum. <br><br>Asta nu e un defect al unei platforme. Oriunde ai 5-6 canale care &#xEE;&#x219;i pun fiecare cookie-ul &#x219;i revendic&#x103; aceea&#x219;i conversie, modelele lor de atribuire se suprapun. Garantat. Cine se sup&#x103;r&#x103; pe re&#x21B;ea pentru overlap se sup&#x103;r&#x103; &#x219;i pe matematic&#x103;.<br><br>&#xCE;n&#x21B;eleg de ce se anim&#x103; discu&#x21B;ia. Pla&#x21B;i de dou&#x103; ori: comisionul c&#x103;tre afiliat, plus canalul pe care modelul t&#x103;u &#xEE;l consider&#x103; ultimul touch.&#x218;tiu oameni care au scos canalul complet din cauza asta. Eu nu l-am scos. Am rulat cifrele &#xEE;n cel mai strict mod de num&#x103;rare. <br><br>Pe LNDC, unde afilierea prime&#x219;te credit doar acolo unde a fost ultima atingere util&#x103;, canalul a f&#x103;cut 81k lei spend, 468k lei revenue, 41% net margin &#x219;i ~21k lei profit dup&#x103; COGS &#x219;i comision. Se plateste pe el &#xEE;nsu&#x219;i &#xEE;n scenariul cel mai prost. Tot ce face pe pozi&#x21B;ia de asistent e bonus.<br><br>Ce nu &#xEE;mi spune nici LNDC: c&#xE2;t din v&#xE2;nz&#x103;rile alea s-ar fi &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mplat oricum. Incrementalitatea nu se cite&#x219;te &#xEE;n niciun raport de platform&#x103;; se m&#x103;soar&#x103; doar printr-un test de holdout. &#xCE;nc&#x103; nu l-am f&#x103;cut.P&#xE2;n&#x103; atunci, lucrez cu ce pot controla: tracking-ul meu, curat, cu datele &#xEE;ntr-un singur loc. Un singur model de atribuire, aplicat identic pe toate canalele. &#x218;i decizia &#xEE;ntre POAS &#x219;i marja opera&#x21B;ional&#x103;, nu pe ce raporteaz&#x103; fiecare platform&#x103; despre ea &#xEE;ns&#x103;&#x219;i.<br><br>Decizia se schimb&#x103; dac&#x103; POAS scade sub 1 sau dac&#x103; comisionul dep&#x103;&#x219;e&#x219;te marja opera&#x21B;ional&#x103;. P&#xE2;n&#x103; atunci, ce am de f&#x103;cut e cur&#x103;&#x21B;enie intern&#x103; &#xEE;n program, nu pauz&#x103; pe canal. Dac&#x103; te ui&#x21B;i la raportul fiec&#x103;rei platforme separat, mereu vei vedea cifre umflate. F&#x103;r&#x103; tracking unificat, e doar zgomot.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mădălina Alupei (Shopilo): "In Romania, the maturation of affiliate marketing will happen faster than it took in the West"]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Background info</strong></p><p>Shopilo is, simply put, the place where we check discount codes for you, so you don&apos;t pay full price when shopping online. We gather offers from hundreds of stores, test them to make sure they work, and present them in a clean place &#x2014; no intrusive</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/madalina-alupei-shopilo-in-romania-the-maturation-of-affiliate-marketing-will-happen-faster-than-it-took-in-the-west/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ead436dd347000162fc69</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:18:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--19-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--19-.png" alt="M&#x103;d&#x103;lina Alupei (Shopilo): &quot;In Romania, the maturation of affiliate marketing will happen faster than it took in the West&quot;"><p><strong>Background info</strong></p><p>Shopilo is, simply put, the place where we check discount codes for you, so you don&apos;t pay full price when shopping online. We gather offers from hundreds of stores, test them to make sure they work, and present them in a clean place &#x2014; no intrusive ads, no registration required to see a code.</p><p>Simple as it sounds, the &quot;verification&quot; part is half the work. An expired code or a fake offer instantly kills trust, so we have a team that tests daily, plus an in-house system that automatically flags when something stops working.</p><p>My role is a combination of Partnership Management, Content Owner, and Business Development. On a typical day I handle opening new partnerships across all the European markets we operate in, securing exclusive discount codes for our community, staying on top of the newest and best-performing store campaigns and highlighting them across various channels, and making sure offers are up to date and accurately presented. It&apos;s not glamorous, but I like this balance between strategy and hands-on work.</p><p><strong>9 out of 10</strong></p><p>Since 2012 we&apos;ve been present with DontPayFull on English-speaking markets: US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. We started in 2012 out of a very concrete frustration. You&apos;d shop online, see a &quot;promo code&quot; field at checkout, start searching on Google, and nine out of ten codes you found didn&apos;t work. We said: there has to be a better way. That&apos;s how DontPayFull was born.</p><p>In nearly fourteen years since, we&apos;ve grown organically. Today we have 34 full-time employees and over 40 external collaborators &#x2014; &quot;deal hunters&quot; as we call them &#x2014; spread across multiple countries. We cover over 25,000 stores globally, have been members of the Performance Marketing Association since 2016, and work directly with all the major international affiliate networks: CJ Affiliate, Rakuten, Awin, Skimlinks, Impact, and BusinessLeague.</p><p>Shopilo is the natural next step: if DontPayFull was our answer for English-speaking markets, Shopilo is the version for non-English European markets. We launched it in 2026 in Romania, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, and Austria using the same technology, the same verification algorithms, and the same editorial discipline we&apos;ve built over more than a decade. In Romania we&apos;re newcomers, launched in October 2025. The technology and experience behind it, however, are those built since 2012.</p><p>The fact that, even though we&apos;re talking about an international brand, our team has been based in Romania from the very beginning is, honestly, a detail we&apos;re proud of. We&apos;re building a global product from here.</p><p><strong>How important is the technology behind it, and how does it help you concretely?</strong></p><p>Very important, but without the hype. We&apos;re not a company that slaps &quot;AI&quot; on everything. Technology helps us do three things that a classic coupon site does manually and poorly: verification at scale, understanding the context of each store, and multi-market coverage with local identity.</p><p>We have three pieces of technology we&apos;ve invested years in:</p><p>The first is our code verification system. It runs continuously, flagging what&apos;s expired, what&apos;s new, what&apos;s appeared across all the communication channels of our partner stores. We combine automated verification with human verification, because neither alone is enough.</p><p>The second is our Chrome extension, &quot;DontPayFull Automatic Coupon Finder.&quot; It detects when you&apos;re at checkout on one of the 25,000+ stores we cover and automatically tests the relevant codes, keeping the best one. For the user, it means a discount without any hassle. For us, it means real, real-time feedback about which codes actually work.</p><p>The third is the part no one sees, but that makes the rest possible: a proprietary platform running DontPayFull across six English-speaking markets and Shopilo across seven European markets &#x2014; soon many more &#x2014; each with a local identity, local content, and local partners. We also invest heavily in structured data, meaning the way search engines understand our pages. Here I believe we&apos;re among the most advanced in the coupon niche globally.</p><p><strong>What are the major differences between the Romanian market and those in the US or Ireland, for example, when it comes to affiliate marketing?</strong></p><p>There are a few differences that jump out immediately once you cross the border.</p><p>The first has to do with the maturity of the e-commerce ecosystem. In the US or UK you have tens of thousands of online stores investing in affiliate marketing, with a massive pool of buyers. Competition is intense &#x2014; both in capturing users&apos; attention and retaining them through loyalty programs, sophisticated upselling systems, and targeted discount codes.</p><p>This means greater complexity for both buyers and stores, but also a well-established habit of searching for the best deal from a wide range of options.</p><p>An American or Irish shopper actively looks for a code before checkout &#x2014; it&apos;s a reflex formed over ten, fifteen years. In Romania, that behavior exists, but it&apos;s much less widespread. Many shoppers don&apos;t even think to look for a code. That&apos;s also an opportunity, honestly, because the market is still being educated, and whoever positions themselves well now will be there when that reflex becomes standard.</p><p>When it comes to affiliate systems, there are a few major differences. International networks have invested heavily in expanding store portfolios and sophisticated tracking systems, with considerable transaction volumes they intermediate.</p><p>That said, the level of support affiliates receive is extremely low. Affiliate programs are built with a fairly low degree of transparency and minimal regulatory rules from the networks. The volumes of active stores and publishers lead to reduced quality control. The data made available to both stores and publishers is minimal, making the discovery of new relationships and campaign optimization a lottery that costs time and money.</p><p>BusinessLeague offers all players in affiliate marketing a generous range of data and transparency unseen in other networks. This allows rapid evaluation of opportunities, much easier discovery of partners, and near-instant calibration with what&apos;s happening in the market. The network strictly enforces the rules of the game, and violations are quickly identified and corrected.</p><p>As an affiliate, you can strategically plan your growth and build partnerships at your own pace, knowing that affiliate programs have great stability. Notice periods, payment speed and security, and clear terms and conditions are all clear advantages for BusinessLeague in the eyes of an international affiliate. Not to mention the level of team support, which doesn&apos;t compare to what I&apos;ve encountered on other markets.</p><p><strong>What types of stores are you looking to work with in BusinessLeague? Do you have a specific profile?</strong></p><p>Yes, we have a fairly clear &#x2014; though not rigid &#x2014; profile. We&apos;re interested in stores that regularly use discount codes as part of their conversion and retention strategy. Niches where a discount code genuinely moves the needle in the purchase decision.</p><p>The reality is that our users are price-sensitive, and we can intervene precisely at that final point where a small extra incentive can make the difference between an abandoned cart and a completed purchase. That&apos;s why exclusive codes are our primary objective &#x2014; even more so than monetization itself.</p><p>Beyond that, what matters a great deal to us is whether the affiliate team is active, responds to us, gives us real codes, and involves us in campaigns. A silent program works for neither side.</p><p><strong>What are your expectations regarding progress in the competition?</strong></p><p>We&apos;re more realistic than ambitious at any cost. We want stable, long-term growth, which is why we&apos;ve chosen to grow the number of stores gradually and in a controlled way. We&apos;re at the point where we&apos;re focusing on the technical and operational fundamentals that will fuel our future growth.</p><p>That said, we enjoy competition and have a team that works hard. If the results put us in the top spots, all the better. But the real success metric for us at the end of the competition will be how many new partnerships we&apos;ve built, how many users we&apos;ve brought into the coupon space who weren&apos;t there before, and how many stores have discovered that a well-built coupon site can be a predictable sales channel, not just a last-click queue.</p><p><strong>Have you tested other affiliate platforms? What differences do you see between them and BusinessLeague?</strong></p><p>I&apos;ve largely answered this in question 4. We&apos;ve worked for fourteen years with the largest international networks: CJ Affiliate, Rakuten, Awin, ShareASale, TradeDoubler, Skimlinks, Impact, Performance Horizon, AvantLink, Pepperjam. In Romania, we&apos;re actively focusing 90% of our portfolio on 2Performant/BusinessLeague.</p><p>The large international networks have very well-developed tools: stable APIs, detailed reports, on-time payments, technical support. However, they sometimes fall short on the relationship side &#x2014; you&apos;re one account among thousands and can rarely negotiate personalized terms unless you&apos;re very large.</p><p>Local networks, both in the West and in Romania, win on closeness to the store. You speak directly with the team, you quickly adjust a campaign, you receive exclusive codes.</p><p>BusinessLeague is interesting because it emphasizes direct relationships and competitive visibility, which forces you to demonstrate real value rather than just waiting in line. For a publisher looking to build a reputation in a new market, that format makes sense. For a store, it&apos;s an opportunity to see who&apos;s worth building long-term relationships with.</p><p><strong>How do you see affiliate marketing evolving in the medium-to-long term &#x2014; both in Romania and in Western markets?</strong></p><p>In the medium term, I see two forces pulling in different directions that will reshape the industry.</p><p>On one hand, the pressure around privacy, the disappearance of third-party cookies, changes in browsers, and &#x2014; especially &#x2014; the rapid growth of zero-click searches from major search engines will put pressure on tracking systems, the way attribution works, and the very philosophy behind partnerships and affiliate marketing in general.</p><p>On the other hand, the ease with which a concept can be launched or copied using AI will lead in the short term to a massive scaling of competition across most affiliate niches, often with dubious content quality. This opens space for players who have built proprietary technology, trust, transparency, and clean relationships with retailers. We&apos;re in that category, and we say it without false modesty.</p><p>The evolution will go deeper: tighter integrations with retailers, content produced with AI assistance but verified and owned by humans, media-commerce partnerships between large publishers and brands. The difference will be made by those who understand that affiliate marketing can no longer be a passive channel. You have to bring real value to the purchase decision.</p><p>In Romania, paradoxically, the maturation of affiliate marketing will happen faster than it took in the West, because we&apos;re starting from a much stronger base of transparency, product philosophy, and ethical principles. The growth potential is significant.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mădălina Alupei (Shopilo): ”În România, procesul de maturizare al afilierii se va întâmpla mai repede decât a durat în Vest”]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Background info</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.shopilo.ro/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Shopilo</u></a> este, pe scurt, locul unde verific&#x103;m coduri de reducere pentru tine, ca s&#x103; nu pl&#x103;te&#x219;ti pre&#x21B;ul &#xEE;ntreg atunci c&#xE2;nd cumperi online. Str&#xE2;ngem oferte de la sute de magazine, le test&#x103;m s&</p>]]></description><link>https://blog.businessleague.com/madalina-alupei-shopilo-in-romania-procesul-de-maturizare-al-afilierii-se-va-intampla-mai-repede-decat-a-durat-in-vest/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ea2735fd0140001b3b2f3</guid><category><![CDATA[ro]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[BusinessLeague]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:11:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--18-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/40/d5/40d5a77a-70f5-4c4e-843f-7671324e0972/content/images/2026/06/BUSINES-LEAGUE-VARIOUS-ARTICLE-KVs-HD---1920x1080--18-.png" alt="M&#x103;d&#x103;lina Alupei (Shopilo): &#x201D;&#xCE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, procesul de maturizare al afilierii se va &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpla mai repede dec&#xE2;t a durat &#xEE;n Vest&#x201D;"><p><strong>Background info</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.shopilo.ro/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Shopilo</u></a> este, pe scurt, locul unde verific&#x103;m coduri de reducere pentru tine, ca s&#x103; nu pl&#x103;te&#x219;ti pre&#x21B;ul &#xEE;ntreg atunci c&#xE2;nd cumperi online. Str&#xE2;ngem oferte de la sute de magazine, le test&#x103;m s&#x103; ne asigur&#x103;m c&#x103; func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; &#x219;i le punem &#xEE;ntr-un loc curat, f&#x103;r&#x103; reclame intruzive &#x219;i f&#x103;r&#x103; s&#x103; te punem s&#x103; te &#xEE;nregistrezi ca s&#x103; vezi un cod.</p><p>Sun&#x103; simplu spus a&#x219;a, dar partea de &quot;verificare&quot; e jum&#x103;tate din munc&#x103;. Un cod expirat sau o ofert&#x103; fals&#x103; stric&#x103; instant &#xEE;ncrederea, a&#x219;a c&#x103; avem o echip&#x103; care testeaz&#x103; zilnic, plus un sistem propriu care semnalizeaz&#x103; automat c&#xE2;nd ceva nu mai func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103;.</p><p>Rolul meu este o combina&#x21B;ie &#xEE;ntre Partnership Management, Content Owner &#x219;i Business Development. &#xCE;ntr-o zi obi&#x219;nuit&#x103; ma ocup de deschiderea de noi parteneriate pe toate pie&#x21B;ele europene pe care activ&#x103;m, ob&#x21B;in coduri de reducere exclusive pentru comunitatea noastr&#x103;, sunt la curent cu cele mai noi &#x219;i mai performante campanii ale magazinelor &#x219;i le eviden&#x21B;iez pe diverse canale, m&#x103; asigur c&#x103; ofertele sunt la zi &#x219;i corect prezentate. Nu e glamour, dar &#xEE;mi place echilibrul &#x103;sta &#xEE;ntre strategie &#x219;i treab&#x103; concret&#x103;.</p><p><strong>9 din 10</strong></p><p>Din 2012 suntem prezen&#x21B;i cu<a href="https://www.dontpayfull.com/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u> DontPayFull </u></a>pe pie&#x21B;ele anglofone: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Noua Zeeland&#x103; &#x219;i Irlanda. Am &#xEE;nceput &#xEE;n 2012 dintr-o frustrare foarte concret&#x103;. Cump&#x103;rai online, vedeai un c&#xE2;mp &quot;cod promo&#x21B;ional&quot; la checkout, &#xEE;ncepeai s&#x103; cau&#x21B;i pe Google, iar nou&#x103; din zece coduri g&#x103;site nu func&#x21B;ionau. Ne-am zis: trebuie s&#x103; existe o variant&#x103; mai bun&#x103;. A&#x219;a a ap&#x103;rut DontPayFull.</p><p>&#xCE;n aproape paisprezece ani de atunci, am crescut &#xEE;ntr-un mod organic. Suntem ast&#x103;zi 34 de angaja&#x21B;i full-time &#x219;i peste 40 de colaboratori externi, &quot;deal hunters&quot; cum le spunem, r&#x103;sp&#xE2;ndi&#x21B;i &#xEE;n mai multe &#x21B;&#x103;ri. Avem peste 25.000 de magazine acoperite la nivel global, suntem membri ai Performance Marketing Association din 2016 &#x219;i lucr&#x103;m direct cu toate re&#x21B;elele mari de afiliere interna&#x21B;ionale: CJ Affiliate, Rakuten, Awin, Skimlinks, Impact sau BusinessLeague.</p><p><a href="https://www.shopilo.ro/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Shopilo</u></a> este pasul firesc urm&#x103;tor: dac&#x103; DontPayFull a fost r&#x103;spunsul nostru pentru pie&#x21B;ele anglofone, Shopilo este versiunea pentru pie&#x21B;ele europene non-engleze. L-am lansat &#xEE;n 2026 &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, <a href="https://www.shopilo.de/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Germania</u></a>, <a href="https://www.shopilo.es/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Spania</u></a>, <a href="https://www.shopilo.it/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Italia</u></a>, <a href="https://www.shopilo.fr/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Fran&#x21B;a</u></a>, <a href="https://www.shopilo.dk/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Danemarca</u></a> si <a href="https://www.shopilo.at/?ref=blog.businessleague.com"><u>Austria</u></a> folosind aceea&#x219;i tehnologie, aceia&#x219;i algoritmi de verificare &#x219;i aceea&#x219;i disciplin&#x103; editorial&#x103; pe care le-am construit timp de peste un deceniu. Pe pia&#x21B;a din Rom&#xE2;nia suntem nou-veni&#x21B;i, lansa&#x21B;i &#xEE;n octombrie 2025. Tehnologia &#x219;i experien&#x21B;a din spate sunt &#xEE;ns&#x103; cele construite din 2012.</p><p>Faptul c&#x103;, de&#x219;i vorbim despre un brand interna&#x21B;ional, echipa noastr&#x103; a fost de la &#xEE;nceput &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia este, sincer, un detaliu de care suntem m&#xE2;ndri. Construim de aici un produs global.</p><p><strong>C&#xE2;t de important&#x103; este tehnologia din spate &#x219;i cum v&#x103; ajut&#x103; concret?</strong></p><p>Foarte important&#x103;, dar f&#x103;r&#x103; bombasticisme. Nu suntem o companie care lipe&#x219;te &quot;AI&quot; pe orice. Tehnologia ne ajut&#x103; s&#x103; facem trei lucruri pe care un site de cupoane clasic le face manual &#x219;i prost: verificare la scar&#x103;, &#xEE;n&#x21B;elegere a contextului fiec&#x103;rui magazin &#x219;i acoperire multi-pia&#x21B;&#x103; cu identitate local&#x103;.</p><p>Concret, avem trei piese de tehnologie pe care am investit ani buni:</p><p>Prima este sistemul nostru de verificare a codurilor. Func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; &#xEE;n continuu, semnalizeaz&#x103; ce a expirat, ce e nou, ce a ap&#x103;rut pe toate canalele de comunicare ale magazinelor noastre. Combin&#x103;m verificarea automat&#x103; cu cea f&#x103;cut&#x103; de echip&#x103;, pentru c&#x103; niciuna singur&#x103; nu e suficient&#x103;.</p><p>A doua este extensia noastr&#x103; de Chrome, &quot;DontPayFull Automatic Coupon Finder&quot;. Detecteaz&#x103; c&#xE2;nd e&#x219;ti la checkout pe unul dintre cele 25.000+ de magazine pe care le acoperim &#x219;i testeaz&#x103; automat codurile relevante, p&#x103;str&#xE2;ndu-l pe cel mai bun. Pentru utilizator, &#xEE;nseamn&#x103; reducere f&#x103;r&#x103; b&#x103;taie de cap. Pentru noi, &#xEE;nseamn&#x103; feedback real, &#xEE;n timp real, despre ce coduri chiar func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103;.</p><p>A treia este partea pe care nimeni n-o vede, dar care face restul posibil: o platform&#x103; proprie care ruleaz&#x103; DontPayFull pe &#x219;ase pie&#x21B;e anglofone &#x219;i Shopilo pe &#x219;apte pie&#x21B;e europene - cur&#xE2;nd mult mai multe, fiecare cu identitate local&#x103;, con&#x21B;inut local &#x219;i parteneri locali. Investim mult &#x219;i &#xEE;n partea de date structurate, adic&#x103; &#xEE;n felul &#xEE;n care motoarele de c&#x103;utare &#xEE;n&#x21B;eleg paginile noastre. Aici cred c&#x103; suntem printre cei mai avansa&#x21B;i din ni&#x219;a de cupoane la nivel global.</p><p><strong>Care sunt diferen&#x21B;ele majore dintre pia&#x21B;a din Rom&#xE2;nia &#x219;i cele din US sau Irlanda, de exemplu, &#xEE;n privin&#x21B;a afilierii?</strong></p><p>Sunt c&#xE2;teva diferen&#x21B;e care sar &#xEE;n ochi imediat ce treci grani&#x21B;a.</p><p>Prima &#x21B;ine de maturitatea ecosistemului de ecommerce. &#xCE;n US sau UK ai zeci de mii de magazine online care investesc in afiliere, cu o plaja imens&#x103; de cump&#x103;r&#x103;tori. Concuren&#x21B;a este intens&#x103;, at&#xE2;t &#xEE;n ceea ce prive&#x219;te captarea aten&#x21B;iei utilizatorilor, reten&#x21B;ia lor prin programe de loializare, sisteme sofisticate de upselling si coduri de reducere targetate. </p><p>Asta inseamn&#x103; o complexitate crescut&#x103; at&#xE2;t pentru cump&#x103;r&#x103;tori, c&#xE2;t &#x219;i pentru magazine, dar &#x219;i un obicei bine &#xEE;mp&#x103;m&#xE2;ntenit de a c&#x103;uta cel mai bun deal dintr-o paleta larg&#x103; de op&#x21B;iuni.&#xA0;</p><p>Un cump&#x103;r&#x103;tor american sau irlandez caut&#x103; activ un cod &#xEE;nainte de checkout, e un reflex format de zece, cincisprezece ani. &#xCE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, comportamentul &#x103;sta exist&#x103;, dar e mult mai pu&#x21B;in generalizat. Mul&#x21B;i cump&#x103;r&#x103;tori nu se g&#xE2;ndesc nici m&#x103;car s&#x103; caute un cod. Asta &#xEE;nseamn&#x103; &#x219;i o oportunitate, sincer, pentru c&#x103; pia&#x21B;a e &#xEE;nc&#x103; &#xEE;n plin&#x103; educare, iar cine se a&#x219;az&#x103; bine acum va fi prezent acolo c&#xE2;nd reflexul devine standard.</p><p>&#xCE;n ceea ce prive&#x219;te sistemele de afiliere, sunt c&#xE2;teva diferen&#x21B;e majore. Re&#x21B;elele interna&#x21B;ionale au investit masiv in extinderea portofoliilor de magazine &#x219;i sisteme de tracking sofisticate, av&#xE2;nd volume considerabile de tranzac&#x21B;ii pe care le intermediaz&#x103;. </p><p>Cu toate acestea, nivelul de suport pe care afilia&#x21B;ii &#xEE;l primesc este extrem de sc&#x103;zut. Programele de afiliere sunt construite cu un grad destul de sc&#x103;zut de transparen&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i reguli minime de legisla&#x21B;ie din partea re&#x21B;elelor. Volumele de magazine &#x219;i publisheri activi duc la un control mai redus al calit&#x103;&#x21B;ii. Datele puse la dispozi&#x21B;ie at&#xE2;t magazinelor c&#xE2;t &#x219;i publisherilor sunt minime, ceea ce face descoperirea de noi rela&#x21B;ii &#x219;i optimizarea campaniilor o loterie care costa timp &#x219;i bani.&#xA0;</p><p>BusinessLeague ofer&#x103; tuturor juc&#x103;torilor din afiliere o paleta generoas&#x103; de date &#x219;i transparen&#x21B;&#x103; nemai&#xEE;nt&#xE2;lnit&#x103; &#xEE;n alte re&#x21B;ele. Asta permite evaluarea rapid&#x103; a oportunit&#x103;&#x21B;ilor, descoperirea mult mai u&#x219;oar&#x103; a partenerilor &#x219;i calibrare aproape instantanee cu ceea ce se &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpl&#x103; &#xEE;n pia&#x21B;&#x103;. Re&#x21B;eaua defie&#x219;te riguros regulile de joc &#x219;i abaterile sunt rapid identificate &#x219;i corectate. </p><p>Ca afiliat, ai posibilitatea s&#x103; planifici strategic cre&#x219;terea &#x219;i s&#x103; construie&#x219;ti parteneriate &#xEE;n ritmul t&#x103;u, &#x219;tiind ca programele de afiliere au o stabilitate mare. Preavizul, viteza &#x219;i siguran&#x21B;a &#xEE;ncas&#x103;rilor, terms and conditions clare sunt toate avantaje nete pentru BusinessLeague &#xEE;n ochii unui afiliat interna&#x21B;ional. Nu mai vorbesc de nivelul de suport al echipei, care nu se compar&#x103; cu ceea ce am &#xEE;nt&#xE2;lnit pe alte pie&#x21B;e.&#xA0;</p><p><strong>Cu ce tipuri de magazine c&#x103;uta&#x21B;i s&#x103; lucra&#x21B;i &#xEE;n BusinessLeague? Ave&#x21B;i un profil anume?</strong></p><p>Da, avem un profil destul de clar, de&#x219;i nu rigid. Ne intereseaz&#x103; magazinele care folosesc &#xEE;n mod curent codurile de reducere ca parte a strategiei lor de conversie &#x219;i fidelizare. Ni&#x219;ele unde un cod de reducere chiar mi&#x219;c&#x103; acul &#xEE;n decizia de cump&#x103;rare. </p><p>Realitatea este c&#x103; utilizatorii no&#x219;tri sunt sensibili la pre&#x21B; &#x219;i noi putem interveni tocmai &#xEE;n acest punct final &#xEE;n care un mic incentive extra poate face diferen&#x21B;a &#xEE;ntre un co&#x219; abandonat &#x219;i o plata realizat&#x103;. De aceea, codurile exclusive sunt principalul nostru obiectiv, chiar mai mare dec&#xE2;t monetizarea propriu-zis&#x103;.&#xA0;</p><p>Dincolo de asta, pentru noi conteaz&#x103; foarte mult dac&#x103; echipa de afiliere e activ&#x103;, ne r&#x103;spunde, ne d&#x103; coduri reale &#x219;i ne implic&#x103; &#xEE;n campanii. Un program t&#x103;cut nu func&#x21B;ioneaz&#x103; nici pentru ei, nici pentru noi.</p><p><strong>Care sunt a&#x219;tept&#x103;rile voastre &#xEE;n ceea ce prive&#x219;te progresul &#xEE;n competi&#x21B;ie?</strong></p><p>Suntem mai degrab&#x103; reali&#x219;ti dec&#xE2;t ambi&#x21B;io&#x219;i cu orice pre&#x21B;. Ne dorim cre&#x219;tere stabil&#x103; pe termen lung, motiv pentru care am ales s&#x103; cre&#x219;tem num&#x103;rul de magazine treptat &#x219;i controlat. Suntem &#xEE;n punctul &#xEE;n care ne concentr&#x103;m pe fundamentele tehnice &#x219;i opera&#x21B;ionale care ne vor oferi cre&#x219;tere pe viior.&#xA0;</p><p>Acestea fiind spuse, ne place competi&#x21B;ia &#x219;i avem o echip&#x103; care lucreaz&#x103; serios. Dac&#x103; rezultatele ne duc &#xEE;n primele locuri, cu at&#xE2;t mai bine. Dar criteriul real de succes pentru noi la finalul competi&#x21B;iei va fi c&#xE2;te parteneriate noi am construit, c&#xE2;&#x21B;i utilizatori am adus &#xEE;n zona de cupoane care nu erau acolo &#xEE;nainte &#x219;i c&#xE2;te magazine au descoperit c&#x103; un site de cupoane bine f&#x103;cut poate fi un canal predictibil de v&#xE2;nz&#x103;ri, nu doar o coad&#x103; pentru last-click.</p><p><strong>A&#x21B;i testat &#x219;i alte platforme de afiliere? Ce diferen&#x21B;e vezi &#xEE;ntre ele &#x219;i BusinessLeague?</strong></p><p>Am r&#x103;spuns deja &#xEE;n bun&#x103; parte la &#xEE;ntrebarea nr. 4. Lucr&#x103;m de paisprezece ani cu cele mai mari re&#x21B;ele interna&#x21B;ionale: CJ Affiliate, Rakuten, Awin, ShareASale, TradeDoubler, Skimlinks, Impact, Performance Horizon, AvantLink, Pepperjam. &#xCE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, ne concentr&#x103;m activ cu 90% din portofoliu pe 2Performant/Business League.</p><p>Re&#x21B;elele mari interna&#x21B;ionale au unelte foarte bine puse la punct: API-uri stabile, rapoarte detaliate, pl&#x103;&#x21B;i la timp, suport tehnic. Pierd &#xEE;ns&#x103; uneori la nivelul rela&#x21B;iei, e&#x219;ti un cont &#xEE;ntre mii &#x219;i nu prea po&#x21B;i negocia condi&#x21B;ii personalizate dac&#x103; nu e&#x219;ti foarte mare.</p><p>Re&#x21B;elele locale, at&#xE2;t &#xEE;n Vest c&#xE2;t &#x219;i &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, c&#xE2;&#x219;tig&#x103; la apropierea de magazin. Vorbe&#x219;ti direct cu echipa, ajustezi rapid o campanie, prime&#x219;ti coduri exclusive.</p><p>BusinessLeague este interesant&#x103; pentru c&#x103; pune accentul pe rela&#x21B;ia direct&#x103; &#x219;i pe vizibilitate competitiv&#x103;, ceea ce te for&#x21B;eaz&#x103; s&#x103; demonstrezi valoare real&#x103;, nu doar s&#x103; stai &#xEE;n coad&#x103;. Pentru un publisher care vrea s&#x103;-&#x219;i construiasc&#x103; o reputa&#x21B;ie pe o pia&#x21B;&#x103; nou&#x103;, formatul &#x103;sta are sens. Pentru un magazin, este o ocazie s&#x103; vad&#x103; cu cine merit&#x103; s&#x103; construiasc&#x103; rela&#x21B;ii pe termen lung.</p><p><strong>Cum vezi evolu&#x21B;ia afilierii pe termen mediu-lung? At&#xE2;t &#xEE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, c&#xE2;t &#x219;i pe pie&#x21B;ele vestice.</strong></p><p>Pe termen mediu, v&#x103;d dou&#x103; for&#x21B;e care trag &#xEE;n direc&#x21B;ii diferite &#x219;i care vor remodela industria.</p><p>Pe de o parte, presiunea pe confiden&#x21B;ialitate, dispari&#x21B;ia cookie-urilor ter&#x21B;e, schimb&#x103;rile din browsere &#x219;i - mai ales - cre&#x219;terea galopant&#x103; a 0-click searches din principalele motoare de c&#x103;utare va pune presiune pe sistemele de tracking, modul &#xEE;n care se face atribuirea &#x219;i &#xEE;ns&#x103;&#x219;i filozofia din spatele parteneriatelor &#x219;i afilierii &#xEE;n general.</p><p>Pe de alt&#x103; parte, u&#x219;urin&#x21B;a cu care se poate porni sau copia un concept cu ajutorul AI va duce pe termen scurt la scalarea masiva a concuren&#x21B;ei din majoritatea ni&#x219;elor de afiliere, de multe ori cu o calitate &#xEE;ndoielnic&#x103; a con&#x21B;inutului. Asta deschide spa&#x21B;iu pentru juc&#x103;tori care au construit tehnologie proprie, &#xEE;ncredere, transparen&#x21B;&#x103; &#x219;i rela&#x21B;ii curate cu retailerii. Noi suntem &#xEE;n categoria asta &#x219;i o spunem f&#x103;r&#x103; fals&#x103; modestie.</p><p>Evolu&#x21B;ia va fi &#xEE;n ad&#xE2;ncime: integr&#x103;ri mai str&#xE2;nse cu retailerii, con&#x21B;inut produs cu ajutorul AI dar verificat &#x219;i asumat de oameni, parteneriate de tip media commerce &#xEE;ntre publisheri mari &#x219;i branduri. Diferen&#x21B;a o vor face cei care &#xEE;n&#x21B;eleg c&#x103; afilierea nu mai poate fi un canal pasiv. Trebuie s&#x103; aduci valoare real&#x103; &#xEE;n decizia de cump&#x103;rare.</p><p>&#xCE;n Rom&#xE2;nia, paradoxal, procesul de maturizare al afilierii se va &#xEE;nt&#xE2;mpla mai repede dec&#xE2;t a durat &#xEE;n Vest, pentru c&#x103; pornim de la o baz&#x103; mult mai solid&#x103; de transparen&#x21B;&#x103;, filozofie de produs &#x219;i principii etice. Poten&#x21B;ialul de cre&#x219;tere este semnificativ.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>