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Thursday, 23 April 2009
LOVEFiLM's Top 25 Rentals of all time
Here is some great content for affiliates to add to their sites about films and our service. I'll post some more over the next few days but I am starting with the top 25 films in terms of member rentals.
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
LOVEFILM back on TV - and use the right codes
Quick one - LOVEFiLM is currently back on TV for a solid promotion, we are in the middle of a major direct mail campaign and recently massive new releases have included Quantum of Solace and Changeling.
So its a good time to push the offer up the lists on any free offers, great deals of savvy tips website you may run.
And also a good time to make sure you only have affiliate approved codes and links on your site. If you are promoting a code that you do not have permission to promote you will not be paid for those sales.
So its a good time to push the offer up the lists on any free offers, great deals of savvy tips website you may run.
And also a good time to make sure you only have affiliate approved codes and links on your site. If you are promoting a code that you do not have permission to promote you will not be paid for those sales.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
French films banned
All French-made and French language films will shortly be removed from the LOVEFiLM service. This controversial decision comes in the wake of new French legislation, which has "pulled up the drawbridge" on food imports.
British onions are among the first products targeted by the French government, in measures it justifies as "safeguarding our economy and national interest." The UK government has urged businesses across the country to levy whatever sanctions they can in protest, describing the French decision as "a significant blow to British exports, international trade in general and the spirit of a global economy."
We are responding to this call by removing all French-made and French language films from the LOVEFiLM service. We will contact all members who are currently renting a French title with return details and deadlines. Thanks for your support in this regrettable measure.
British onions are among the first products targeted by the French government, in measures it justifies as "safeguarding our economy and national interest." The UK government has urged businesses across the country to levy whatever sanctions they can in protest, describing the French decision as "a significant blow to British exports, international trade in general and the spirit of a global economy."
We are responding to this call by removing all French-made and French language films from the LOVEFiLM service. We will contact all members who are currently renting a French title with return details and deadlines. Thanks for your support in this regrettable measure.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
New Product Page
Check out the new LOVEFiLM product page:
http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Zombie-Strippers/97352/
http://www.lovefilm.com/film/How-To-Lose-Friends-And-Alienate-People/97847/
The new page will allow people to view trailers, news, images and reviews for each title, which will increase conversions from affiliate traffic. Watch this space for more information but this will be reflected in the product feed landing pages.
http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Zombie-Strippers/97352/
http://www.lovefilm.com/film/How-To-Lose-Friends-And-Alienate-People/97847/
The new page will allow people to view trailers, news, images and reviews for each title, which will increase conversions from affiliate traffic. Watch this space for more information but this will be reflected in the product feed landing pages.
Monday, 23 March 2009
Gaming Top 10: Ultra-Violence
The top rental requests for games at LOVEFiLM this week are:
- Resident Evil 5 (Xbox)
- Tom Clancy's HAWX (Xbox)
- Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
- Street Fighter IV (Xbox)
- Tom Clancy's HAWX (PS3)
- Halo Wars (Xbox)
- Street Fighter IV (PS3)
- Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)
- Killzone 2 (PS3)
- Left 4 Dead (Xbox)
The 1st week in a long time we have had no Wii titles in the top 10, the nearest being Mario Kart at 13.
Odd to see so many big titles being released when we are nowhere near Christmas, such as Street Fighter, Resident Evil and Halo Wars. Every title is also about war, fights and violence so maybe that is just not Christmas material.
Friday, 20 March 2009
LOVEFiLM - not award winners shock!
Well it had to happen eventually - after an amazing run of winning awards whenever nominated we did not win at the Fast Growth Business Awards.
Seatwave won our category for Online Business of the Year, and they also picked up Angel or VC-backed Business of the Year and made the final 4 for the T-Mobile Company of the Year. If you are going to lose it is nice to lose to a company that had such recognition, similar to ourselves last year. The overall company of the year winner was King Of Shaves.
Seatwave also have an affiliate program, which is run on Affiliate Window, BuyAt and Zanox. Well done to them for their success.
All the winners cna be seen at
http://www.fgba.co.uk/2009_winners2.html
Seatwave won our category for Online Business of the Year, and they also picked up Angel or VC-backed Business of the Year and made the final 4 for the T-Mobile Company of the Year. If you are going to lose it is nice to lose to a company that had such recognition, similar to ourselves last year. The overall company of the year winner was King Of Shaves.
Seatwave also have an affiliate program, which is run on Affiliate Window, BuyAt and Zanox. Well done to them for their success.
All the winners cna be seen at
http://www.fgba.co.uk/2009_winners2.html
Friday, 13 March 2009
MCV AWARDS '09: The Finalists are announced
Nearly 40 companies are set to fight it out for the big prizes at the games industry's trade awards in April
The Finalists of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been announced – and now the countdown begins to the big event on Thursday April 23rd and our 1st ever nomination at the event.
We are up for 'Retail Innovation' and the group consists of:
HMV Gamerbase
HMV Re/Play
Play.com Live
Lovefilm Rental
CHIPS accessories
Thanks to all affiliates that have been promoting this offer. No other channel has seen the focus on telling potential members about the great service we have and the full range across all consoles.
The Finalists of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been announced – and now the countdown begins to the big event on Thursday April 23rd and our 1st ever nomination at the event.
We are up for 'Retail Innovation' and the group consists of:
HMV Gamerbase
HMV Re/Play
Play.com Live
Lovefilm Rental
CHIPS accessories
Thanks to all affiliates that have been promoting this offer. No other channel has seen the focus on telling potential members about the great service we have and the full range across all consoles.
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Resident Evil 5 - Zombie fun at LOVEFiLM
The long awaited Resident Evil 5 is coming out tomorrow on PS3 and Xbox - I think a lot of people are very excited about this one and it looks amazing.
LOVEFiLM has stock for both consoles ready for rental - affiliate commission is £7.50-£17 on a 14 day FREE trial
LOVEFiLM DVDs, Blu-ray and Games rental
And we also have it ready to buy from the LOVEFiLM Shop for £33.93 - affiliate commission is 5%
Also right now we have a special promotion code for an extra 5% off for customers - the promotional code is SPRING and that brings the cost to £32.24
LOVEFiLM Shop: Found 26 results for "Resident Evil 5"
In related news Capcom have promoted the game by a leaving behind a trail of body parts from zombie victims around Trafalgar Square. This could go badly wrong and we could see London Tonight reporting on body parts scattered around London, but it sounds fun.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/2009/03/10/find_body_pieces_win_trip_to_africa
LOVEFiLM has stock for both consoles ready for rental - affiliate commission is £7.50-£17 on a 14 day FREE trial
LOVEFiLM DVDs, Blu-ray and Games rental
And we also have it ready to buy from the LOVEFiLM Shop for £33.93 - affiliate commission is 5%
Also right now we have a special promotion code for an extra 5% off for customers - the promotional code is SPRING and that brings the cost to £32.24
LOVEFiLM Shop: Found 26 results for "Resident Evil 5"
In related news Capcom have promoted the game by a leaving behind a trail of body parts from zombie victims around Trafalgar Square. This could go badly wrong and we could see London Tonight reporting on body parts scattered around London, but it sounds fun.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/2009/03/10/find_body_pieces_win_trip_to_africa
British Academy Video Games Awards
Some surprises at the British Academy Video Games Awards the other night.
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations,664,BA.html
Remember all of these winners can be rented from LOVEFiLM, here are the highlights:
Best Sports Game - Race Driver: Grid (beating Wii Fit)
Artistic Achievement - LittleBigPlanet
Best Handheld Game - Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Best Action and Adventure Game - Fable 2
Best Game - Super Mario Galaxy (beating GTA4 and Rock band)
LittleBigPlanet has been a massive rental title, but we have seen more people going for Wii games. I think gaming rental is proving popular as a way to get a group game for the weekend for families or gaming friends, and that defintely applies to myself. Sadly I do not think a lot of people realise you can rent DS and PSP titles just the same as normal console games.
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations,664,BA.html
Remember all of these winners can be rented from LOVEFiLM, here are the highlights:
Best Sports Game - Race Driver: Grid (beating Wii Fit)
Artistic Achievement - LittleBigPlanet
Best Handheld Game - Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Best Action and Adventure Game - Fable 2
Best Game - Super Mario Galaxy (beating GTA4 and Rock band)
LittleBigPlanet has been a massive rental title, but we have seen more people going for Wii games. I think gaming rental is proving popular as a way to get a group game for the weekend for families or gaming friends, and that defintely applies to myself. Sadly I do not think a lot of people realise you can rent DS and PSP titles just the same as normal console games.
Monday, 9 March 2009
The top 5 worldwide selling Games of 2008
Today I received my copy of The Leveller, I-Level's monthly newsletter. Apart from the comment about Martin Lewis and MSE as an affiliate (featuring Matt Bailey's apparent dating website photo) there was a good list some affiliate might want to use.
The top 5 worldwide selling Games of 2008
1. Mario Kart Wii -1.94m copies sold
2. Wii Fit
3. Grand Theft Auto 4
4. Super Smash Bros Brawl
5. Call of Duty: World at War
source - Chart Track, NPD, Media Crate, Feb 09
Why of interest to affiliates:
It is worth noting that these can all be rented from LOVEFiLM
3 of these are Wii games, matching the trend we see for Wii rental being more popular
Anyone with a more causal gaming audience could benefit from promoting these titles
P.S - in case you don't believe me about Matt's photo I have place below - does he not look like he's about to start talking about his hobbies?
The top 5 worldwide selling Games of 2008
1. Mario Kart Wii -1.94m copies sold
2. Wii Fit
3. Grand Theft Auto 4
4. Super Smash Bros Brawl
5. Call of Duty: World at War
source - Chart Track, NPD, Media Crate, Feb 09
Why of interest to affiliates:
It is worth noting that these can all be rented from LOVEFiLM
3 of these are Wii games, matching the trend we see for Wii rental being more popular
Anyone with a more causal gaming audience could benefit from promoting these titles
P.S - in case you don't believe me about Matt's photo I have place below - does he not look like he's about to start talking about his hobbies?
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