Paysite/program owners, processors that don't pay....
My thoughts are on people who offer an affiliate program to webmasters, yet use a 3rd party processor. If the processor is the one that sends out the cheques to the affiliates it makes it nice and convenient for the paysite/program owners of course..... BUT ---- What happens when for some reason the processor <i>DOESN'T</i> pay anyone?
The program/paysite owner ALSO doesn't get paid. Okay, fair enough, except for this...... Where is it written in the affiliate aggreement/TOS that the affiliate will only be paid if the processor pays?
I guess my question, in a nutshell is this...... I as an affilate of "somebody's-paysite-cash" sent my hard-earned traffic to them and got them some signups and money was made by someone. The sponsor offered me (the affiliate) a certain amount of money or a % of each signup. Is it the affiliate's problem that the processor didn't pay?
Q: Should the sponsor pay their affiliates regardless of what the processor does?
Affiliates rarely have the choice of what processor to use (exception would be Oxcash who offers a choice of 3) so...... what's the correct way to look at this shit? I'm inclined to think that the affiliate should be paid, period, whether it is by the processor or the sponsor. What do you all think?
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