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Posted by Amy on December 5, 2007 | Comments (3)

On December 3rd a new website was launched, with a somewhat innovative concept. Buxr Deals is a website that showcases deals and coupons for popular products, like Philips TVs and HP laptops.

I’m going to start with their affiliate program because this is the best part! Right now they’re running a contest where the 10 people with the most affiliates by January 4 get a prize. You have to sign up now and get as many referrals as you can, because the person with the most gets an 8GB iPhone Touch. I’m really excited, I’ve wanted one of these for a while but I can’t really justify the price. The others get an iPod Nano or a 4GB USB flash drive. And then you’ll go on to receive 10% of the earnings your referrals get for the next 12 months.

But the main part of Buxr is the publisher program. When you sign up and activate your account, you’re taken to a page to set up your widget. It’s a lot like the Google Adsense widget. You can pick colors, size, and even choose the content if you wish. Say you have a technology blog, just pick Electronics to avoid seeing unrelated products like tea kettles. Once you make the widget and put it into your sidebar (or wherever) you don’t need to think about it again. The great deals will sell themselves.

The payout for this site is $20, which beats the $100 or so you see elsewhere. And to make sure you’ll get your first $20, they give you a $10 bonus just for signing up. All you do is add this widget to your site and forget about it. When someone buys something, you make between 0.5% and 10% of the sale price. When someone clicks on the Buxr link (which is already set with your affiliate link) and signs up to add the widget to their own site, you make 10% of whatever they make. You could potentially make money long after you retire from blogging.

I’ll be trying it out here. Let me know if you’re trying it, too.