Exciting news today! Pepperjam just launched the Pepperjam Network, a new affiliate network with a twist! I know new CPA networks spring up all the time, but this is an AFFILIATE network, not a CPA network filled with recycled offers. This one holds promise for a few reasons:

1) Pepperjam has years of experience in this industry - much of it as an affiliate themselves - so they know what affiliates want and need.

2) They are an experienced affiliate management company and they’ve been managing lots of big affiliate programs on the major networks - so they know what’s missing and what needs to be improved on.

3) They aren’t a small company that just decided to throw up “another network”. The creation of the Pepperjam Network represents over eight years of research and development and the combined ideas, feedback, and intelligence of hundreds of affiliate marketers and advertisers. Plus Pepperjam is a large company, with an extremely experienced team. In fact, they have been recognized by Inc. Magazine for two consecutive years as one of the fastest growing privately-held businesses in the United States.

I’ve known about the network for awhile, but they asked everyone wait til Tuesday to share the news. So as I sat here waiting for Tuesday to roll around, Shawn and Scott scooped the story, since it’s already Tuesday on the East Coast. So I decided to go ahead and hit the publish button and just link you to their posts. They’ve both had a chance to go in and poke around, so you can hear what they think, so far.

Shawn did a nice video overview and Scott shares his viewpoint after taking it for a spin. Here’s an overview from the info Pepperjam sent me:

Pepperjam Network Highlights:

“Pepperjam Network addresses two of the most significant shortcomings found on other existing affiliate networks: (1) poor, unreliable communication tools and (2) lack of affiliate transparency.

- Pepperjam Network launched with over 100 merchants and growing quickly, including Blockbuster, Jelly Belly, AeroGrow, Oscar de la Renta, BabyPhat, Rocawear, Ben Sherman, FlyCell, SinglesNet, SEOmoz Premium, and many more.

- With Pepperjam Network, affiliates and advertisers can communicate in real-time via Pepperjam Chat™, thereby providing a reliable communication system to build stronger, more profitable partnerships.

- Pepperjam Network provides advertisers with an unprecedented measure of affiliate transparency, which helps to establish trust, protect brand integrity, and lays the groundwork for open, long-term, profitable relationships.

- Pepperjam Network uses Web 2.0 technology to provide affiliates and advertisers with an easy-to-use, clean interface.

- Pepperjam Network offers industry leading SID-level tracking and reporting (great for sophisticated search marketing affiliates)

- Pepperjam Network introduces pepperjamADS™, which is a first-ever affiliate marketing widget that affiliates can use to serve customized contextual ads from multiple Pepperjam Network advertisers at the same time.

- Pepperjam Network contains a knowledge vault, which is exclusive to Pepperjam affiliates. The vault contains exclusive access to a list of tools and educational resources used by Super Affiliates.”

Will be interesting! Go check it out and join the Pepperjam Network today!