I got a Google Alert about an article posted recently by UK Developers over at WebOpius. The put together a nice little piece about how to get all three of these technologies up and running, and better yet, playing nicely together. This is the first of many posts by them on this subject. I very much look forward to seeing how the progress on this project as it may prove beneficial to my customers as well!

In case you aren’t familiar, ASPDotNetStorefront (ASPDNSF) is the leading e-commerce solution for the ASP.NET platform. Google Checkout is a competitor (of sorts) to PayPal while WebGains is an affiliate facilitator where merchants can create and manage an affiliate network to help sell more.

Some of you may be saying, but wait, doesn’t ASPDNSF have an affiliate program built in? Yes Virginia, it does. However, it is really more of a framework upon which to build your own affiliate program. Not only will an affiliate program like WebGains help you manage your relationship with your affiliates, but you will also have access to a ready market of engaged affiliates rather than having to drum them up and vet them yourself.

Here’s a link to the original article: http://www.webopius.com/content/249/integrating-webgains-affiliate-network-with-aspdotnetstorefront/

Do you have experience working with affiliates with your e-commerce platform? If so, please feel free to share your experiences, good and bad!