N2K's Music Boulevard Launches Revamped Affiliates Program With Improved Commission Structure
PR Newswire - August 18, 1998 07:14
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Affiliate Members Can Sign-Up Multiple Accounts To Increase Commissions and Credits
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- N2K's (Nasdaq: NTKI) Music Boulevard (http://www.musicblvd.com), the #1 online music store, today unveiled its revamped Affiliates Program. The program allows individual Internet site owners access to all of Music Boulevard's unparalleled content, community and commerce to earn commissions and credit without any fees, risks or effort. Under the improved program, individual sites on the Internet can create a co-branded version of N2K's Music Boulevard to earn commissions for every purchase that originates from the Music Boulevard link on the affiliate's site. A unique feature of the revamped program allows affiliates to sign-up multiple sites in order to combine sales totals and increase commissions.
Affiliate partners have a variety of options for participating in the Music Boulevard Affiliate Program. Affiliate Program members can link to Music Boulevard through a simple link to the Music Boulevard homepage; add a search function to their site allowing visitors to search through Music Boulevard's catalog of over 300,000 music titles and 350,000 sound samples and end up on a particular artist's discography page, or add album cover artwork to their site that brings shoppers to the album page on Music Boulevard. In an effort to make the Affiliates Program easier to use, the creation of the co-branded version of Music Boulevard allows shoppers to return easily to the affiliates site at any point during their shopping experience.
"We see our affiliates as important partners in Music Boulevard's efforts to reach music fans and consumers," said J.J Rosen, president, The Music Boulevard Network. "We've worked hard to respond to Affiliates requests and suggestions in an effort to add more value to the Music Boulevard Affiliates Program and ultimately to provide benefits our customers."
In response to affiliate requests, Music Boulevard Affiliates can now sign-up multiple sites in order to combine sales and increase commissions. The new program offers commissions on a sliding scale from 7% to 15% based on monthly sales. Affiliates can participate in the program on a non-exclusive basis and enjoy instant sign-up with commissions paid out on a monthly basis. Affiliate members that link to N2K's music channels, including Jazz Central Station, Rocktropolis and Classical Insites, will also participate in commissions from sales on Music Boulevard that are generated through these links. Affiliate members can also access the status of their account directly online throughout the month and are notified by email at the end of the month of their total sales.
Members of the Music Boulevard Affiliate Program range from LaMusica.com, a site devoted to Latin music, to the official Web site for 10,000 Maniacs, maniacs.com. Early response to the revamped program has proven that these improvements are beneficial to the affiliate sites as well as the customer.
"THANK YOU! As usual, Music Boulevard is right on top of things. It is a pleasure to be associated with MB and we appreciate your innovative efforts. Keep up the great work," emailed in one satisfied affiliate.
Music Boulevard is the fastest growing music site on the Internet, according to the Media Metrix 1997 Web In Review, and was recently named the Best Online Music Retailer by USA Today in a reader's poll. Shoppers can browse though a catalog of more than 300,000 music titles by genre, or search by album name, artist or song title. Music Boulevard customers enjoy low prices, easy ordering through a secure online transaction system, quick delivery, online tracking of orders, gift certificates and gift shipping. Repeat shoppers earn credit toward free CDs with the Frequent Buyers Club.
N2K Inc. is a leading online music entertainment company and the Internet's complete resource for music content, community and commerce. The Music Boulevard Network, the company's online division combines Music Boulevard, the world's #1 online music store and the award-winning music channels: Rocktropolis, Jazz Central Station, Classical Insites and the Star Sites including Stones World and the official sites for Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis. Music Boulevard (http://www.musicblvd.com) offers a choice of more than 300,000 music titles and over 350,000 sound samples. The Music Boulevard Network is the preferred or exclusive music partner for America Online (AOL Keyword: MB), AOL Japan, AOL Europe, Netscape, Excite, Disney.com, ABC.com, ABC Radio Networks, Infoseek, Ticketmaster, Microsoft Plaza, iVillage, WebTV, @Home, AT&T WorldNet, StarMedia, iQVC, CBS Cable's TNN, CMT and country.com and MTV International sites in Europe, Japan, Asia and Brazil. N2K !
also owns N2K Encoded Music, an independent record label and provider of original music content. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol "NTKI," N2K Inc. is based in New York at 55 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004. Internet address: n2k.com. Telephone: 212-378-5555.
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