News Roundup

I’ve got quite a few emails & press releases that I meant to blog about but haven’t managed to yet so here is a quick round up of some new sites and projects that I’ve heard about recently.

• GreasyPalm have now paid out £5 million in cash back
  

  Director Paul Knapp says,’£5 million in member savings is just the beginning for us. With established media owners utilising our white label services many more savvy consumers will start to enjoy the benefits of cashback shopping.’

  What’s particularly interesting is that they have probably earned themselves £5 million over the same period of time. Nice work for an affiliate site

• Satish Jayakumar who I know from his espotting days has launched a new project call adjug backed by $2 million from Balderton Capital .
  

  Satish said “It’s like a bit like a stock market - advertisers and publishers have total price transparency & control with AdJug. It’s an open system where anyone can trade with anyone. The transparency inspires confidence which allows advertisers and publishers to buy and sell ad space like they have never done before.”

• David emailed me about a really interesting site called Pickydomains.com which will help you find a great domain name for a new project.
  

  David said “Basically, we have custmers who deposit 50 bucks to get a cool domain name. Our contributors submit their suggestions and get half ($25) when their domain name is chosen. Otherwise, the money is refunded (hence, no risk)”

• Tony let me know about Workcircle’s new affiliate widget which looks pretty impressive.
  

  Tony said “Workcircle’s the largest UK job search engine, and our widget is designed to let site owners display a selection of relevant jobs to their readers, and earn money from clickthroughs”

  
  

  Jobs from Workcircle.com
  
  
  

  

All four are interesting pieces of news. Any thoughts on the four different companies?