Gymshark began as a humble start up in a living room and is now one of the world’s fastest growing retail brands, with sales of circa $100M and retailing to over 150 countries in just five years. 

Gymshark's success is down to a genuine love for people, a sense of family and community and never settling. In the affiliate space, Gymshark launched with the goal of improving the brand and affiliate experience with a focus on education, empowerment and a fair earnings model that rewards influence and sales.

Image courtesy of Gymshark

What do you believe has contributed to Gymshark's success? 

We care about our partners more than any other brand, and are willing to back this up with investment in people our end to support every partner on our program in making consistent sales. This comes in many forms: education about our customer, how to rank on search engines, on-site conversion tips and more.

We are obsessed with our partners having the best possible experience in working with us and always try to up the ante on improving the partner experience.

Video courtesy of Gymshark

Do publishers need anything specific to work with Gymshark in the US?

We want partners that care about our brand and who are willing to invest in promoting us through time, technology, content and bold ideas.

Are there  any promotions Awin publishers should know of and actively be promoting?

We build our offers around your audience, ask us to find out more.

What are benefits for publishers working with Gymshark?

• Education and the weight of one of the most exciting retail brands behind the success of your business
• Generous commission, assist model and exclusive Gymshark discount codes, offers and promotions.
• We try things and are always open to new ideas
• We care about your success

Why did you join Awin?

We want to dominate the US retail space and couldn’t think of a better partner. Awin has amazing client service, support and technology that we had to have to meet our amibitions.

What are some of your favorite features of the Awin platform?

Assist payments, as they allow us to fairly reward partners for influence.

There has never been a better time to make money working with the largest online healthy food company in the UK.

MuscleFood.com makes healthy eating super easy with award-winning produce for unbeatable prices. With a massive range of over 2,000 products created for getting lean, losing weight and building muscle and just generally eating healthier - customers can find everything they need to fit their health and nutrition needs. Product lines include everything from hand trimmed fresh meats, fish, veg to healthy pizzas, ready meals, cheese and more.

We offer market-leading special offers, major weekly promotions and Musclefood discount codes to maximise exposure and revenue generation. All these unbeatable offers are available to partners to take advantage of.

In simple terms, we can offer you an exceptional sales opportunity and a long term relationship with a passionate and attentive team of affiliate managers. The sports nutrition market is currently one of the fastest growing industry sectors with growth in excess of 25% year on year. MuscleFood.com’s unique proposition has seen it grow exponentially since its inception in 2013 with over 700,000 customers and 1 million fans on social media.

Key points to note for partners of our affiliate programme:

• Commission: 7% for New Customers & Existing Customers & £15 for Sales of Do The Unthinkable Plans
• 7 Day Cookie Period
• High Average Order Value of £55
• Exclusive Affiliate Promotions & Flexibility In Activity
• Strong Conversion Rate & Retention
• In-house Affiliate Team & Direct Dialogue
• Regular Commission Payments

PPC & Voucher Code Policy

• Please see Terms Tab for full details on our PPC Policy and Voucher Code Policy.

Please note that the order value passed through to the system will include the delivery charge (if there has been a delivery charge), however, commission isn't paid on the delivery charge.

Also note that commission will only be paid once orders have been paid for by customers and commission will not be credited for orders after the 30 day cookie period.

Hi affiliates

Hope you’re well.

We are proud to announce that all affiliates are now able to begin promoting our Pay Monthly Handset options more effectively as we have a brand new enhanced feed available called: ‘PAYM Handset Feed’.

Please note, we have specifically created a new tiered pricing structure for all Pay Monthly Handsets. See below:

			24 Months		36 Months
	Min Monthly Cost	Max Monthly Cost	Commission Group	CPA	Commission Group	CPA
Tier 1	£11.00	£19.99	PAYM_11-19.99_24M	£10	PAYM_11-19.99_36M	£15
Tier 2	£20.00	£29.99	PAYM_20-29.99_24M	£25	PAYM_20-29.99_36M	£30
Tier 3	£30.00	£39.99	PAYM_30-39.99_24M	£35	PAYM_30-39.99_36M	£40
Tier 4	£40.00	£49.99	PAYM_40-49.99_24M	£45	PAYM_40-49.99_36M	£50
Tier 5	£50.00	onwards	PAYM_50-OVER_24M	£65	PAYM_50-OVER_36M	£70

You can find this feed by accessing your publisher account and going into Toolbox > Create-a-Feed > Select Advertisers > Virgin Mobile > PAYM Handset Feed

This new feed will assist customers in comparing our 24 month and 36 month plans ranging from brands such as: Apple, Samsung, Sony and Huawei:

https://www.virginmedia.com/mobile/pay-monthly

To celebrate our new PAYM Handset availability for affiliates, we’ll be running a commission bonus competition…
 
Get an extra £5 commission on all orders when you grow your handset sales by 5 - 25 orders in September 2019 (vs. August 2019)*
Get an extra £10 commission on all orders when you grow your handset sales by 26+ orders in September 2019 (vs. August 2019)*

To be illegible for this bonus, you’ll need to opt in by integrating our new handset feed onto your website and sending us an email at: uk-virginmedia@awin.com letting us know that has been done.

Unfortunately bonuses will not be paid to affiliates who do not actively opt in.

Please note: *Commission bonus calculated on approved sales growth between 1st – 30th September 2019 vs. approved sales between 1st – 31st August 2019.

The bonus will be made on validated/approved sales only (based on September’s performance) which may take up to 60 days.

Many thanks,

The Virgin Media x Awin Affiliate Team