I’ve seen a lot of the affiliate blogs post about how wordpress is a must have for affiliates. And while I agree, the lack of actual “Storefront” templates for wordpress is a downside.

I see a lot of affiliate sites that just pick a template and go with it. Although that may work for them I always hated how they still looked Blog-like. So with that I went on a hunt for something to use for my site. I’ve used Joomla and OSCommerce in the past and while they’re nice and all, they a big PITA to use…at least in my opinion. OScommerce doesn’t even really offer an option to use it as an affiliate shop, at least that I was able to find. So I gave up on those.

My search for a decent wordpress template didn’t really yield any better results so I was left with one choice… To make my own! So here it is, you can see the working site at dogsrule.us. I’m still adding products to the site and may make a few tweaks to the design here and there but it otherwise complete. Somehow over the last week, I’ also gained a PR2 on the site, with Zero back links. People say PR doesn’t really mean anything but it’s still cool as far as I’m concerned.

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