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# Black Friday 2026: A Week of Many Challenges and Broken Records
- URL: https://blog.businessleague.com/black-friday-2026-a-week-of-many-challenges-and-broken-records/
- Published: 2026-11-11T09:45:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T11:35:33.000Z
- Description: We’re catching our breath after the biggest Friday of the year in e-commerce—though not for too long, because for years now, Black Friday hasn’t meant just one exhausting day. It means several exhausting days 😀
- Author: Codruț Baciu
- Tags: en, Competition & Rankings, #cluster-black-friday-2026

For November 2026, affiliates and online stores prepared everything well in advance, launched their campaigns, and have kept their engines running at full throttle for weeks on end. It is a month where the BusinessLeague team observes, takes notes, and advises so that every target is reached.

But there’s a twist with this target: for us—lovers of numbers and generous sharers of valuable insights—the real goal is helping every player on the platform reach their full potential. For some, that means 100 sales in a round; for others, it’s a *new career high* in Start-Ups. For some, it’s the Holy Prize-Bringing Challenge, while for performance-obsessed Unicorns, it’s the battle for the very top spots.

The newest member of Real Madrid’s board said something very smart the other day: *“Quizá hay que volver a enseñar a la joven generación que, para hacer bien las cosas, hay que trabajar duro.”*  
  
Which means:

> *Perhaps we need to teach the younger generation once again that, to do things well, you have to work hard.*

In affiliate marketing, there are no shortcuts. There is study, testing, patience, and dialogue with the craftspeople of the industry. Over the years, in both word and deed, we have guided ourselves by the words of this hidalgo named Rafael Nadal. And some of the best marketers and entrepreneurs in BusinessLeague are the exact result of that mix. We don’t claim credit for the merits of the players in the competition (nor could we), but an arena like BusinessLeague is the exact fertile ground—especially during Black Friday—for young superstars like Ovidiu Golea, Simona Farcaș, Lucian Ionescu, M.Catalin, and so many other affiliates to thrive. The same goes for the eShop representatives, who have so much to solve during peak trading periods.

Spectacular numbers put on the show (and we love a good show). Yet it is the shared values across the length and breadth of BusinessLeague that make this competition the boldest affiliate platform anywhere. Yup, the people.

### Our Black Friday—which is really yours—in a few numbers:

- **€5.24M** in sales, excl. VAT
- **84,818** sales
- **423** active online stores and **918** active affiliates

### When it comes to Challenges, here’s how things stood:

- **€16,903** in prizes awarded by BusinessLeague: **€13,703** for affiliates and **€3,200** for online stores
- **348** attempts—**3.5x more** than the previous week and **+24.7% more** than during Black Friday 2025
- **68** records broken by **27** players: 16 affiliates and 11 online stores
- **83** players attempted at least one Challenge

### And the main characters kept a tight grip on the story:

**Ovidiu Golea (BigConvert.com, Unicorns):** 7 victories and **€7,000**—more than half of the €13,703 won by affiliates.

- Speed Run x 3 (3h 28m)
- Revenue Rally x 2 (€77,892.56)
- Target Strike x 2 (4.43% CR)

[**Simona Farcaș**](https://blog.businessleague.com/simona-farcas-the-plan-for-2027-is-to-expand-into-markets-outside-romania/) **(PriceAlert, Unicorns):** 3 victories and **€2,051.50**.

- Target Strike x 2 (6.21% CR)
- Debut Drive x 1 (10 sales)

[**Lucian Ionescu**](https://blog.businessleague.com/lucian-ionescu-klikads-ro-other-peoples-success-fuels-me/) **(Klikads, Corporations):** 4 victories and **€1,000**.

- Speed Run x 3 (4h 54m)
- Target Strike x 1 (4.58% CR)

**Otter.ro (Corporations):** the top store in Challenges, with 5 victories and **€1,250**.

- Speed Run x 2 (57m 44s)
- Target Strike x 1 (22.28% CR)

**Craftup.ro (Start-Ups):** 5 victories and **€500**, achieving the highest conversion rate among stores.

- Revenue Rally x 3 (€101.36 ePC100)
- Target Strike x 1 (28.99% CR)
- Speed Run x 1 (4h 07m)

**Luxdezmembrari.ro (Start-Ups):** 3 victories and **€300**.

- Speed Run x 2 (1h 28m)
- Revenue Rally x 1 (€5.83 ePC100)