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Originally Posted by MrPinks
The more I think about this, the more pissed I get, and right now I'm fucking pissed. Sure it is competition but it is also unfair to all the other affiliates out there, including the many that don't know about this and the many that send their traffic to TBP. What this "special discount" is trying to do is create a monopoly on all other sites. Who in there right mind would buy something at whole price when they can get it for cheaper? This really screws every other affiliate out there. If another review site offered access to all sites for $1 when everyone else is charging full price, of course they are going to eat it up and sales will jump, just as they have for Twistys. This is very unfair and I am also upset at the programs that agreed to this. Sure it is good for them and TBP but what about the rest of us?
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I mostly agree -- but -- there are many programs that pay some affiliates more in the hopes they will have more sales. Now, say I have a deal to get 60% of all sales and I do 10 sales a week. How would the guy who sends 50 sales a week getting 50% feel if he knew about it?
Some sites offer the option to price your tour the way you want it .... $1, $2.95, $5, etc and the payout is structured based on that. While technically this is the same thing as offering a discount -- asking a site to give a review a higher rating solely to make more sales AND a discount rate rubs me wrong as well.