Mike Allen, President & “Chief Executive Shopper”

Mike Allen

Mike Allen founded Shopping-Bargains.com in February of 1999 and currently serves as President and “Chief Executive Shopper.” Designed to be everything you need to save money online, Mike and Shopping-Bargains.com have won several awards including induction into the Mississippi BBB’s Business Integrity Circle of Honor (2007). Mike was also named the “Affiliate of the Year” for the 2009 Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards. (Learn more about our awards.)

Shopping-Bargains.com began as a hobby to help family and friends save money shopping online. Prior to quitting his “day job” to dedicate full-time attention to Shopping-Bargains, Mike worked at the Mississippi State University Extension Service in the Center for Governmental Training & Technology as a Governmental Training Specialist.

Mike earned a BS degree in political science from the University of Southern Mississippi and his Masters of Public Policy and Administration degree from Mississippi State University. He completed all coursework and comprehensive exams for a Ph.D. degree in Public Policy (but never finished due to focusing on the startup of Shopping-Bargains).

Mike attends most affiliate marketing conferences, has presented at Affiliate Summit, BlogWorld and the Performics Client Summit (now the Google Affiliate Network Client Summit), and has been quoted in Revenue and Electronic Retailer. Mike serves on the LinkShare Affiliate Advisory Board, the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board, the Google Affiliate Network Publisher Advisory Board, and the a4uexpo Advisory Board. In 2010 Mike was elected to serve for two years on the Commission Junction Publisher Advisory Board.

Mike writes periodically at ReveNews, a blog devoted to affiliate revenue news and opinion, and frequently for the Shopping-Bargains blog. Mike authored a chapter for the Military Family Money section of the book entitled Your Military Family Network: Your Connection to Military-Friendly Businesses, Resources, Benefits, Information and Advice (2008; with a foreword by Senator John McCain).