Indiatimes Shopping Launches their Affiliate Program through Shoogloo Network – Powered by OMG (UK)

India’s top e-commerce portal Indiatimes Shopping has launched its affiliate marketing programme in an exclusive partnership with Shoogloo Network – Powered by OMG (UK). Shoogloo Network will be responsible for managing Indiatimes’ affiliate marketing programme for its shopping and other e-commerce portals.Online Media Group (OMG), one of the top performance marketing groups in the UK, powers Shoogloo Network.
The beauty of this partnership is Indiatimes & Shoogloo’s sophisticated XML technology, which will make the programme a richer experience for both affiliates and consumers. The OMG Technology, which has been integrated with Shoogloo’s affiliate network management platform, will enable Indiatimes to serve live feeds and product updates to all its affiliates. Affiliates will be able to integrate these feeds dynamically and display a fully updated range of products from the Indiatimes store on their websites. This will be particularly useful for comparison shopping portals.
Indiatimes is the Internet subsidiary of The Times of India Group, and is one of the most popular web portals in India. Indiatimes Shopping, the e-commerce portal of Indiatimes is India’s largest online shopping platform and features over 7 Million products from different categories including from books, music, movies, electronics, apparel, accessories and jewellery.
Sunil Rajshekhar,President & COO,Times Internet Limited,(Indiatimes.com) said, “Online shopping is increasing in popularity every day and it’s more important than ever to leverage this opportunity. Some of the top online retailers around the world have used affiliate marketing to drive sales and increase traffic. This gives us a great opportunity to further increase our online presence and generate additional sales through this channel. This being our first foray into the world of affiliate marketing, we were looking for a partner that could work closely with us and offer us a high level of service and commitment. We saw these qualities in Shoogloo and were impressed by their approach towards hands-on account management.”
Shoogloo’s Managing Director LD Sharma commented, “We are delighted at the prospect of working with a blue-chip brand such as Times Group. This deal is one of biggest of its kind in the short history of affiliate marketing in India in Retail sector. Our XML Technology is one of the best in the world, which is capable of integrating millions of products in one go. This will allow hundreds and thousands of websites to make dynamic websites in minutes with live products from Indiatimes Shopping“
OMG’s Chief Executive, Richard Syme added, “We are very happy for Shoogloo again. The company has proven its mettle within a very short span of time and we would to like to congratulate them on this win. From our point of view, Indiatimes is one of the biggest online retail players in the country, and we will be pleased to support this campaign and back our partners with our experience and understanding of the retail sector.”
To apply for becoming an affiliate for Indiatimes Shopping Affiliate Program, please log on to http://shopping.indiatimes.com/affiliate .

Lufthansa Airlines, American Express and Indiatimes Shopping in a Strategic Alliance

In a first-of-its-kind strategic alliance Indiatimes Shopping, the country’s leading online shopping portal, has tied up with two Global Giants- American Express and Lufthansa Airlines.

Under this alliance Lufthansa Airline customers can redeem there “Miles and More” points anywhere on Indiatimes Shopping. Also the alliance allows, Lufthansa Airlines to leverage Indiatimes shopping’s ecommerce platform which provides a complete solution from redemption to logistics all on a single platform. Similarly, for the Amex card holders an exclusive website www.amex.shopping.indiatimes.com has been created which offers great deals especially for Amex customers across a wide range of product categories such as Apparels, Electronics & Gadgets, Jewellery, Household Items, Flowers, Perfumes, Toys etc

This alliance provides both the Global Giants a significant value-add to offer to its customers. For Indiatimes Shopping, the alliance offers an opportunity to tap into a large and fast growing population of online transaction savvy consumers.

Indiatimes Shopping is India's leading online shopping destination with already over a million satisfied customers. It offers a large variety of products ranging from apparel, electronics, home appliances, computers, MP3 players etc to books, music, movies and gifts. Indiatimes Shopping is one of the key channels of Indiatimes.com, a brand owned by Times Internet Ltd., with a unique combination of content and commerce platforms on the Internet and Mobile (58888) interfaces.
The Miles & More programmes from Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa means members can now redeem accumulated miles for products on indiatimes.com. All that members need to do is log on to Indiatimes.com and go to the shopping section and choose from the myriad of products provided. At the time of payment, members just have to put in their Miles & More card number as well as a PIN number to redeem the points. The award redeemed against miles will then be sent by courier to the members address.
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If your book is on the planet it is here on Indiatimes

Indiatimes.com, the most popular website service provider, ties up with Crossword and A1 Books India to become the largest virtual library offering over 4.5 millions books!
So no more waiting, and no more scouring shelves and shelves for that elusive book. Book lovers can now just come online, key In a search, click and buy on shopping.indiatimes.com / books.

Book lovers now have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of books written by famed International and Indian writers in English and Indian vernacular languages. Moreover, these books including many best sellers in the international markets will be available at never before discounts, and exclusive offers especially for the Indiatimes shoppers.

So, Whatever your interest, you are sure to find your book here. And across the spectrum—be it fiction, biographies, bestsellers, business guides, tech books, computer science, engineering, children's literature, marketing, art, cinema, religion, graphic novels, cooking, crafts and hobbies, health and fitness, and pretty much any other category or author you can think of.
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DISCOUNT PE DISCOUNT

On Indiatimes shopping the New Year rings in with a Bonanza offer – Flat 50% back on the current season sale! Enjoy the dual benefit of season sale upto 60% off PLUS another 50% BACK on wide range of categories like Electronics, Mobiles, Cameras, home appliance, flowers, gifts, lifestyle, books, Apparels, Jewellery etc.
Under the 50% BACK scheme all orders placed for Rs.500 or more are entitled to a flat 50% back on the total value in the form of Gift certificates. Therefore, if a person spends Rs.2600 he will get GC’s worth Rs.1300. The Gift certificates will be in denomination of Rs.250 each i.e.250x5 = 1250 + 250 = 1500 (Since GC denomination cannot be less than 250)
This promotion is valid from 1st January – 31st January 2009. So Hurry! Avail season sale discounts across best of brands like Wills, John Players, Lee, kenstar, Videocon, Inalsa, Akai etc PLUS another FLAT 50% BACK now!

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