My onOne Software Coupon Code is Expiring

Things change. The folks in charge on onOne Soft­ware coupon codes decided to do away with indi­vid­ual, every­day coupon codes like the one I offer here: WBEEMPHOTO.

This change doesn’t just affect my coupon code, but it also affects every­one who can offer you an onOne Soft­ware coupon code, except for onOne Soft­ware itself. Here’s a snip­pet of an e-​mail I recently received explain­ing the decision.

Begin­ning March 3^rd, we will be elim­i­nat­ing the every­day prod­uct dis­count, which means your 15% dis­count coupon code will expire on March 3^rd, 2013. Going for­ward, in addi­tion to earn­ing com­mis­sions for dri­ving down­loads on our web­site, you can earn com­mis­sions for spe­cific, time-​limited cam­paigns and pro­mo­tions that we run on our site using limited-​time coupon codes issued to you at that time.

To be hon­est, I wasn’t happy with this deci­sion. I rec­og­nize that the deci­sion is com­pletely up to onOne Soft­ware to make, though. They explained their think­ing behind it and I under­stand the ratio­nale. I just dis­agree that it’s going to have the result they desire. Hey, I could be wrong.

Is This the End of onOne Soft­ware Coupon Codes?

No, not at all. onOne Soft­ware will pro­vide coupon codes on occa­sion. That means if you’re plan­ning to buy a prod­uct from onOne Soft­ware at a dis­count, you need to either get it now (and my coupon code will save you 15% — WBEEMPHOTO) or you’ll have to wait until such time as they cre­ate a new, lim­ited time coupon code.

You have until March 3^rd to use my coupon code. After that, I have no idea when onOne Soft­ware will intro­duce a new coupon code or what kind of dis­count they’ll offer. If you’re in the mood for some fine post-​processing fil­ters and there isn’t a coupon code avail­able for onOne Soft­ware, I can also rec­om­mend Nik Soft­ware prod­ucts — and my coupon code for those prod­ucts is still valid any day of the week (use WBEEM to save money on Nik Soft­ware products).

Life with Affil­i­ate Links

I like to review prod­ucts that I believe are wor­thy of my rec­om­men­da­tion. onOne Soft­ware cer­tainly falls into that cat­e­gory, so I was happy to be able to offer my read­ers a chance to save money when they buy. Let’s be hon­est, it also helps me earn some rev­enue for this blog. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that link­ing to a prod­uct with­out a coupon code is like push­ing a bus uphill when it comes to earn­ing a com­mis­sion. It’s pos­si­ble, but unlikely even with the best prod­ucts and services.

Take Kelby Train­ing as an exam­ple. I’m a huge fan of Kelby Train­ing and my review of that ser­vice is one of the most pop­u­lar on my site. It gets a 50% click-​thru-​rate. That’s pretty damn good! What isn’t good is that I very rarely earn a com­mis­sion from Kelby Train­ing. No coupon code.

A while back, I con­tacted the affil­i­ate man­ager for Kelby Train­ing to request a coupon code, but she couldn’t oblige. That con­fused me, because I know of another blog­ger who has one. She explained that his was setup long ago, before their cur­rent affil­i­ate pro­gram was cre­ated. Right off the bat, that tells me the play­ing field for this ser­vice isn’t level.

Last week, I tried to follow-​up with that affil­i­ate man­ager, but my e-​mail bounced back and I pre­sume she’s no longer there. In fact, I got a notice a few weeks ago that the Kelby Train­ing affil­i­ate pro­gram was can­celed. Then a cou­ple of days later, it was re-​instated. There’s no com­mu­ni­ca­tion to affil­i­ates from them, so I have no idea what’s going on with the program.

It’s just an exam­ple that some­times a truly great prod­uct can have affil­i­ate pro­grams that don’t pro­vide much ben­e­fit to the affil­i­ates. Maybe it’s just the way I do things. Per­haps oth­ers are hav­ing more suc­cess than I am. My own expe­ri­ence with and with­out coupon codes sug­gests to me that my suc­cess with onOne Soft­ware is about to hit an end. So this is my note telling you to take advan­tage of the coupon code while you can — whether you use mine or some­one else’s. The dis­counts are about to dry up.

The Tower of Terror

This is a quick shot from last Decem­ber after I got my D800. I’m still amazed at the detail I find while zoom­ing into the files from this cam­era. The Tower of Ter­ror has all sorts of lit­tle nooks and cran­nies to explore, too. I don’t know what that stuff is on the roof. Let your imag­i­na­tion run wild.