Hey, Stop Stealing My Affiliate Commissions!
Copyright 2005 Kurma Group
Laptop Battery Don't get offended, I was not speaking directly to you. I
was speaking to the horrible companies who are stealing not only my affiliate commissions, but yours too!
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Thinkpad These companies are called "spyware." They specialize in invading a consumer's computer through unethical means and then literally replacing YOUR affiliate ID with their own! It is almost as if you never even existed!
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Microsoft Not only that, they even steal your future affiliate commissions by making sure that all future IDs are automatically replaced with their own. Even more, they can make it so that if the consumer goes to a website, a pop-up for a competing website (with their own affiliate ID) pops up and makes it impossible for you to get a sale.
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Laptop Computers As you likely agree, this is a major problem and it gets
bigger and bigger every day. The more we fight back, the slicker these companies get.
If a customer disputes or rejects a purchased item, and Accor (via Commission Junctions) has already paid the Affiliate a commission fee based on the sale of that item, Accor (via Commission Junction) will deduct the amount of the disputed commission from affiliate's next monthly commission fee payment. If there are no subsequent commission fees due to the Affiliate, Accor (via Commission Junction) will send the Affiliate a bill for the amount of the disputed commission, and the Affiliate agrees that it will pay that bill no later than thirty (30) days after it receives it.
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How much are they really stealing?
If affiliate's commissions in any month are less than $25.00, Accor (via Commission Junction) will hold those commissions and send the Affiliate a commission check at the end of the next month when affiliate's aggregate commissions exceed $25.00 When this Agreement ends, any commissions due at the time of termination will generally be paid at the end of the month following termination, but Accor (via Commission Junction) may hold affiliate's final payment for a longer period of time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
Desktop Computer Would you believe that studies have shown that these
companies could be stealing more than 50% of your affiliate commissions! Some studies have shown that it may even be higher, but 50% has been a repeated number in more than a few studies.
Notebooks That means, as an affiliate marketer, you could potentially
be making twice the money you are making now.
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How does Spyware work?
Hard Drive Spyware is basically a program that consumers will download onto their computer. They usually get it "along" with another program that they download for free. Spyware companies develop freebies for consumers to download so they can invade their computers.
Travelstar Then, the software pretty much takes over the consumer's computer. The software can replace affiliate IDs, create new cookies, make pop-ups appear and even steal passwords or other private information.
Gateway In other words, spyware companies are also the masters of
viral marketing - they spread their disease via freebie information and programs that unsuspecting consumers download.
Laptop Parts Who pays the price? You and I.
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What is being done to stop it?
Hard Drives In all honesty, not much. It is not because no one cares,
but more because the more we try to stop it, the more
technical these companies get. As always, human eyes are
being required to track down and stop these companies.
Electronics Affiliate managers and companies are becoming far more
active in monitoring their affiliates to catch spyware. Affiliates are also becoming a bit more vigilant in reporting these companies (although not near enough).
Canon There has been a moving trend towards software products
that block these spyware agents. Consumers are slowly
becoming more aggressive in trying to stop their computers
from being invaded (they are tired of pop-ups).
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How you can help in the fight against spyware?
Desktop Computers The biggest area we need to work on is by applying pressure
to affiliate networks like LinkShare and Commission
Junction to be far more active. Although these companies
have strictly stated that they will immediately shut down spyware companies, more and more cases always seem to slip through.
Think Pad You cannot really blame them, since the more affiliate
sales, the more money they make. But, if enough genuine affiliates apply pressure, these companies will be forced to be even stricter.
Repair Do not get me wrong, they ARE starting to become a lot more active.
Data Recovery In all honesty, the next thing you can do, short of
designing a break-through program to stop this problem, is
to be more careful and report more actively. Any time you
see an uninvited pop-up on your computer that has an
affiliate ID in the link - you can be 98% sure that it is spyware.
Cisco Take the time to report it!
Keyboard Other than that, for now, being educated about spyware is enough - spread the word and make sure more affiliates know.
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This article has been authored by Anik Singal, an extremely successful and young internet entrepreneur and affiliate marketing consultant. If you like to receive his coaching for FREE, visit the following link: http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com/free-course.html
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Infosys This article has been authored by Anik Singal, an extremely successful and young internet entrepreneur and affiliate marketing consultant. If you like to receive his coaching for FREE, visit the following link: http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com/free-course.html
Contact him at http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com
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