A Camel Thing

This summer, our affiliate account with Newegg — which pays us when you buy products using links on our site — was terminated because we inadvertently broke one of their rules.  After fixing the problem, I emailed the affiliate manager at Newegg and begged to be reconsidered for their program.  This request (and a couple that followed) was initially met with silence, but today he responded and said that we will not be allowed back into their affiliate program.

What very important rule did we break?  Our Twitter account had the word “newegg” in it.  That’s it!  And after renaming the account to the much less informative @cameleggtopdrop, Newegg refuses to budge.

As this is basically the only source of income from the site, we are turning to our users to help us get back into the affiliate program.  So, if you care at all about the service camelegg provides, please let Newegg know!  Here’s the contact info in case you feel like sending an email: affiliates@newegg.com.

Mentioning how much more you feel like shopping at Newegg after using our site and/or receiving our price drop alerts might go a long way toward convincing them to change their mind.  Be sure to mention camelegg, rather than camelcamelcamel, as the site in question.

Thank you for your efforts.  And time spent reading this.