AffSpy is a new affiliate marketing tool that is still in beta. It allows users to search many different affiliate networks in search for the highest payout for a specific offer. So say you search for the VistaPrint offer, you will likely get results from every network and can compare each network’s payout. This allows you to run VistaPrint on the network that currently has the highest payout.

What’s in it for us?

Competition almost always helps consumers, and that is the case here. A product like this could really help out publishers. It will cut down on the time we spend looking through our networks for the highest payouts and best landing pages. With so many networks out there now, it would take a very long time to look through them all without using a tool like AffSpy.

Why could this hurt the affiliate networks?

Because of the growing number of affiliate networks these days, the increased competition has decreased their margins. Many publishers today tell their affiliate managers that they can run the same offer at another network for $x more. Sometimes, these publishers are lying to their affiliate managers in hope for a pay increase they may not deserve.

Now with AffSpy, it will make it even easier for a publisher to see where the highest payout is. Networks are going to have to cut their margins more if they want to stay competitive.

Obviously AffSpy isn’t really going to be the end of affiliate networks, but if the tool becomes very popular, I see it having a huge impact on the affiliate networks. I think the big networks will be the ones most hurt and the little guys just starting up will see the biggest benefits. There will probably be a bigger emphasis on exclusive offers because those offers will eliminate all of the impacts of AffSpy.

What do you think about AffSpy?

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