Beyond the Pod affiliate programs is marketed by Johnny Fuery, who you will notice has taken a position on my ‘related sites’ blogroll. Beyond the Pod is an innovative new affiliate program (established in 2007) that makes a refreshing change from the usual ’sell our products at a commission’ or PTR e-mail internet scams which form the bulk of this site’s reviews.

What does Beyond The Pod do?
Beyond the Pod offer the simple yet desirable service of paying you for your old and even broken iPods. I was surprised that even broken iPods are acceptable, but Beyond the Pod do take this into account when judging the value of the iPod.

“We perform testing and cleanup on every single device we receive to prepare it for resale. Broken devices, in a certain sense, are simply devices that require additional cleanup. By performing the service ourselves or connecting with buyers who are interested in units they can refurbish or use for parts, we are able to unlock the value of a broken iPod.”

Beyond the Pod emphasise on their about page that when you use Beyond the Pod, you are guaranteed a “simple, fast, and fair transaction”. I am inclined to believe them, largely because they work with The Drop Spot, Ltd that has been around for years.

The practical side of actually getting the cash for your old iPod is surprisingly simple. There are 4 steps:

1. Select you iPod (say what model it is)
2. Calculate iPods value, by answering a few questions about the condition of your ipod.
3. Ship your iPod
4. Collect your Cash!

Beyond the Pod also have a blog which has handy tips about iPods such as improving sound quality on your iPod

The affiliate program
Affiliates earn on a ‘per lead’ basis. A ‘lead’ is half way between a click and a sale, i.e. If they click your affiliate link and take some sort of action like signing up (giving Beyond the Pod a lead) then you make money. $2 is earned per lead and there is a 60 day cookie allowing someone to click your affiliate link first , and then join Beyond The Pod via a different route in 60 days and still count as your lead. Johnny Fuery is happy do negotiate special fee structures for top end ‘super-affiliates’

There are a only a limited number of promotional banners available to affiliates with there being only 1 banner (the one at the top of this review) in 4 different sizes.

Have Beyond the Pod got what it takes?
There are happy people out there talking about Beyond The Pod. I found this comment on tuaw.com very encouraging:

“I sent my 30GB iPod video to Beyond the Pod on Monday and I live in BC. Since I live in BC my payment will be in Canadian dollars right?!? Anyways they gave me great offer for my iPod. $110.00!! It was so great. I’ve never had a company offer me that much! Thanks BTP.”

Conclusion
I am sure Beyond the Pod is a genuine program and so they have escaped the grasps of the internet scams section. I think as an affiliate Beyond The Pod has the potential to be very lucrative given the ‘iPod boom’ that’s happening and with the impending release of the iPhone more and more people will want to trade in their old iPods for Cash. For this reason Beyond The Pod has made it into my recommended affiliate programs section!.. I’ll just go and send them my busted iPod mini…

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