Here is a portion of a note that I just got from the Skype Affiliate Team regarding promotions of their product to people in Mainland China.
“Due to legal reasons, affiliates are no longer authorised to promote Skype in Mainland China. It is with great regret that we request you to cease the promotion of Skype in this country, with immediate effect.
We will be honouring the 90-day cookie policy and will be awarding commission for all sales generated prior to today, 17 July 2007. Please ensure all banners, text links and ad campaigns are removed as soon as possible, as no commission will be awarded to sales generated from China after 31 July 2007.”
Interesting considering Skype reportedly had over 25 million Chinese users toward the end of 2006, and supposedly growing at 100,000 users a day.
Hmmm… but they didn’t explain reasons for the change.
Perhaps Skype can’t afford to pay the commissions? Hmmm…
[tags]Skype, China, affiliate, affiliate marketing[/tags]
About Rosalind Gardner
Hi Ros,
If you have interest, I believe you are the person to promote and kick off our security and personal rating program.
It’s a win win!!
Cheers!
WineGuy