Partner FAQ

Q:What does it do?
A:

Run makes consumer's life easier by helping to find products and services recommended by their peers. As a consumer you know that a lot of the things you use or buy are recommended to you by your friends. And when you think about it there are many sorts of experts in your network of friends, whose opinion you value. Run makes those expert opinions available and gives you a chance to share your own special knowledge in return to people who definitely appreciate it.

Q:What does it cost?
A:

Run gets commissions from purchases made by Run users who are directed to buy or order something from you. There is no monthly costs or entrance fees. It is purely a performance based cost model and it is fully measurable.

Q:Why should I be a Run partner?
A:

First of all, your products or services will be added to Runs database, which means that consumers can find them, recommend them and eventually buy them. Second, you get partner account, where you can monitor what is happening around your business: Are people recommending the stuff you sell, are they talking about things that you think are important, would they be willing to buy some more? Run allows and encourages interactions between partners and users. Only then can we all increase the quality of the user experience of online shopping.

Q:How do I get recommended?
A:

If you have time on your side, you can just wait for enthusiastic consumers to find the products to recommend. If you instead are serious about building up your revenues from online, we recommend couple of things that will, with or without us, help you to a good start.

  1. Ask recommendations. If you are unsure about how to do it politely, just ask us and we will help you with our experience of digital marketing. There are several ways to make it possible for customers to help a business they love.
  2. Insert a link on your "Thank You" page. Although the best moment to get recommendations is after the purchase is in customers hands, they are surprisingly willing to recommend your service right after buying. "Thank You" page is one of the most undervalued pages in online stores. If someone just bought from you, isn't that the place to try to turn them into your fans?
  3. Market for the right audience. As a partner you have possibilities to contact people who are interested in stuff falling into the same category as the stuff you are selling. If you are selling running shorts, it is quite likely that people recommending running shoes are interested to hear what you have to say and offer.
Q:Where do you get the users?
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Our users come to us because we market ourselves in places where our service is valuable. If a bodybuilder is able to recommend the best proteins and compare what other guys are eating and furthermore to refer to these at the normal discussion forum easily, it is truly a value adding service that is interesting. By being rewarding both materially and socially is important in modern world where also user time is valuable and valued.

One major factor which will contribute to success is our team's wide experience of these kinds of things. Check out what we tell about ourselves under Contact us.

Q:How about the technical part?
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The technical part at this time is easy. After making a contract with us you add a piece of javascript into the "Thank You" page so we can keep track of how much Run users are bringing in. That piece of script resembles the ones that are used to several analytics programs (like Google Analytics) and it takes about 5 minutes to put in place.

We have several options on how to get your products to our database, so please contact us and let's make it as easy as possible for you.