Comments on: Affiliate Rip-Off http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/ Author of the best-selling affiliate marketing training book shares free money-making affiliate tips. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paid On Time http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-102312 Paid On Time Mon, 16 May 2011 23:40:50 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-102312 I agree: Affiliates should not be offering two methods of payment on the same page if one credits the affiliate with a sale and the other method does not. Forcing affiliate referrals through an opt-in page can increase response, which is good for affiliates. But I've also heard of cases where the merchant then uses his own affiliate link in broadcast emails, effectively overwriting all previous affiliate cookies and robbing affiliates of commissions. If somebody is concerned about this, it would be wise to subscribe as if you were a potential customer and see what the merchant is doing with his or her list. I agree: Affiliates should not be offering two methods of payment on the same page if one credits the affiliate with a sale and the other method does not.

Forcing affiliate referrals through an opt-in page can increase response, which is good for affiliates. But I’ve also heard of cases where the merchant then uses his own affiliate link in broadcast emails, effectively overwriting all previous affiliate cookies and robbing affiliates of commissions.

If somebody is concerned about this, it would be wise to subscribe as if you were a potential customer and see what the merchant is doing with his or her list.

]]> By: Cheapthrills http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-96886 Cheapthrills Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:34:48 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-96886 The best way to see if you are going to get credited for a sale through Clickbank is to test the site by following it to the payment page. If you don't see your affiliate name represented as "affiliate = your name" on the clickbank payment page, you are not going to get paid for the sale. I found this to be true with a large number of software vendors on Clickbank. When I tried to call this to Clickbank's attention, they told me that i must not have cookies enabled. When I told them that some of their sites showed my affiliate user name and some didn't I was told that they would have to check the sites in question and get back to me. That was seven months ago and I still haven't heard back. Needless to say, unless I can see that affiliate name on the payment page, I won't waist my time with that advertiser. The best way to see if you are going to get credited for a sale through Clickbank is to test the site by following it to the payment page. If you don’t see your affiliate name represented as “affiliate = your name” on the clickbank payment page, you are not going to get paid for the sale. I found this to be true with a large number of software vendors on Clickbank. When I tried to call this to Clickbank’s attention, they told me that i must not have cookies enabled. When I told them that some of their sites showed my affiliate user name and some didn’t I was told that they would have to check the sites in question and get back to me. That was seven months ago and I still haven’t heard back. Needless to say, unless I can see that affiliate name on the payment page, I won’t waist my time with that advertiser.

]]> By: free wii http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-82249 free wii Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:41:50 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-82249 I just don't understand why google would need to do that. really, is there any point? I have read elsewhere that it still passes PR juice around? Anybody have an answer? I just don’t understand why google would need to do that. really, is there any point? I have read elsewhere that it still passes PR juice around? Anybody have an answer?

]]> By: Larry LeFever http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-43812 Larry LeFever Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:35:00 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-43812 Hi Ros, I see what ya mean about clickbanks. I just had to remove about half of my links (340). I tried to do like you said a couple yrs back, but I couldn't afford to advertise. I'm beginning to think Commission Junction is in the same boat. I don't have autresponders and that might be why I haven't made one cent as of today and I know my site is being hit by 2-4 times an hour. Hi Ros,
I see what ya mean about clickbanks. I just had to remove about half of my links (340). I tried to do like you said a couple yrs back, but I couldn’t afford to advertise. I’m beginning to think Commission Junction is in the same boat. I don’t have autresponders and that might be why I haven’t made one cent as of today and I know my site is being hit by 2-4 times an hour.

]]> By: toppito http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-15085 toppito Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:32:19 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-15085 Another problem is that visitor might use a different browser when clicking on the e-mails in the newsletter...commission will be lost that way...he also might send the newsletter e-mails using another Clickbank account with a different username...commission will be lost that way too <strong><em>That's why it pays to sign up for your merchant's newsletter and make sure that they send folks back to their site using a straight URL to their site, ie. <a href="http://SuperAffiliateHandbook.com" rel="nofollow">http://SuperAffiliateHandbook.com</a>. If you see a Clickbank ID pointing to their domain... run like hell! ~ Ros</em></strong> Another problem is that visitor might use a different browser when clicking on the e-mails in the newsletter…commission will be lost that way…he also might send the newsletter e-mails using another Clickbank account with a different username…commission will be lost that way too

That’s why it pays to sign up for your merchant’s newsletter and make sure that they send folks back to their site using a straight URL to their site, ie. http://SuperAffiliateHandbook.com. If you see a Clickbank ID pointing to their domain… run like hell! ~ Ros

]]> By: keifer http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-15006 keifer Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:43:48 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-15006 Hi Ros, Great Blog! You said, "Actually, if the visitor is sufficiently interested in the product to sign up for more information, receiving the merchant’s newsletter should in fact enhance your chances of making a sale." Doesn't Click Bank only accept the last cookie? If this is true, when a merchant has a prospective buyer optin to their list, and the buyer clicks on the link in the email they received from the merchant, the merchant gets the whole sum and the affiliate gets nothing. I see more and more merchants doing this lately. Regards, Keith <em>Hi Keith - if the merchant sends people back to their domain with a straight URL (no Clickbank ID) the affiliate cookie is NOT overwritten, ergo - no fear. :-) ~ Ros </em> Hi Ros,

Great Blog! You said, “Actually, if the visitor is sufficiently interested in the product to sign up for more information, receiving the merchant’s newsletter should in fact enhance your chances of making a sale.”

Doesn’t Click Bank only accept the last cookie?

If this is true, when a merchant has a prospective buyer optin to their list, and the buyer clicks on the link in the email they received from the merchant, the merchant gets the whole sum and the affiliate gets nothing. I see more and more merchants doing this lately.

Regards,
Keith

Hi Keith – if the merchant sends people back to their domain with a straight URL (no Clickbank ID) the affiliate cookie is NOT overwritten, ergo – no fear. :-) ~ Ros

]]> By: terry http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-14905 terry Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:19:22 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-14905 Great answer to the second question -- I've walked away from a couple programs that offered multiple payment options, since I'd only get paid on the ClickBank one. On the first question, an unscrupulous vendor could include his own hoplink in his followup email, thereby changing the CB cookie. The vendor who played fair with affiliates would include a direct link to the product and would not diddle with the cookie. <strong>Hi Terry! Thanks, and exactly! :-) ~ Ros</strong> Great answer to the second question — I’ve walked away from a couple programs that offered multiple payment options, since I’d only get paid on the ClickBank one.

On the first question, an unscrupulous vendor could include his own hoplink in his followup email, thereby changing the CB cookie. The vendor who played fair with affiliates would include a direct link to the product and would not diddle with the cookie.

Hi Terry! Thanks, and exactly! :-) ~ Ros

]]> By: lowell http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-14822 lowell Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:30:42 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=384#comment-14822 Ros, Good post. I like a lifetime cookie, but I'll settle for 60 days. You'd have to do follow-up emails at least twice a week to get even with the odds against you on a 30 day cookie. Best, Lowell Ros,

Good post. I like a lifetime cookie, but I’ll settle for 60 days. You’d have to do follow-up emails at least twice a week to get even with the odds against you on a 30 day cookie.

Best,

Lowell

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