As of today there are 44 days left until the biggest retail shopping day of the year, Black Friday. That means there are officially 47 days left until the online version of this day, Cyber Monday! If you haven’t started thinking about how to take advantage of these days to increase your traffic and sales, its about time you started! I’m sure your competition is already planning and optimizing!
With that all being said, I wanted to share this e-mail that I received from the comparison shopping engine Become.com. Once again they are giving merchants the opportunity to advertise on their micro site http://blackfriday.become.com. The best part about this opportunity is that its FREE!! Why pass up an opportunity to increase your traffic and sales for no additional ad cost?!? The details of this opportunity are below where I have transcribe the e-mail in its entirety for your reading enjoyment.
Last holiday season, our Black Friday site was a huge hit with our merchant partners as well as with our users. We saw millions of visitors over the course of a few days!
To build on our commitment to drive qualified consumers to our merchant partners, we are re-introducing our Black Friday site for this upcoming holiday season! If you have Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday deals that you would like to advertise, then we would love to hear about them!
What we are offering:
Clicks going from the offer information on Become’s Black Friday site to your site are free!
What we need:
- A unique description of your store and what you are offering shoppers this holiday season
- Product titles you are offering deals on, descriptions of the deals, and product links for these products; additionally, if there are any time restrictions on this deal, then please let us know so we can include this information
- 120×60 pixel logo (optional)
Additionally:
- We would love your feedback on our Black Friday site–let us know your thoughts on what might be improved!
- We do have limited display advertising available on our Black Friday site; contact us at sales@become.com for more information
Please take a moment to review our site and let us know of any promotions you are offering by emailing your account manager or merchanthelp@become.com.
We look forward to a great holiday shopping season!
Best,
The Become.com Team
As always, if you have any questions about this post or anything related to the comparison shopping engine world feel free to e-mail me at CSE.Manager@gmail.com or visit my Twitter page.
Have a wonderful day!


