Well I am not really sure if I would classify this as a web service…

Jeff Barr over at Amazon had a blog post about a price comparison web service that I had never heard of.  It is called Price-Compare.net.  It seems very geared toward PHP / Amazon AWS developers.  Here is an example  of Mr. and Mrs. Smith comparison information from their custom PHP section. 

Anyway it offers a revenue share option that is Pay-Per-Sale % based rather than Pay-Per-Click (PPC).  Works with LinkShare, Commission Junction (CJ), eBay and Amazon. Interesting idea… I’ll be sure to look into it.

Revenue Sharing Fine Print

“Price-Compare.Net is allowed to withhold a percentage of any commissions earned or randomly substitute your network/affiliate id with one of its own.  The withholding amount and method of substitution can be changed after providing you with a 30 day notice via email or by posting a notice of change here.  The current rates are:
Date: Oct 1, 2005.  Withholding Rate: 20%.  Click Substitution Method: Each of your user clicks will generate a random number between 1 and 5.  If the number generated is 1 then a substitution will occur.”

The Price-Compare.net website itself didn’t look to appealing to me, and the number of stores returning information was not that many, but it is good to see some price comparison options for current affiliate marketers. 

It actually reminds me a lot of GoldenCan which is a service that allows affiliate websites to easily implement Merchant datafeeds and coupon data via a small JavaScript code.  GoldenCan is run by Asif Malik, who I met at Affiliate Summit 2006 (West).

[tags]Price Comparison, Affiliate, Amazon, Amazon Web Service, LinkShare, Commission Junction, GoldenCan[/tags]