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Originally Posted by deltav
I think the assumption here - and I have no idea, just speculating really - is that some programs will assign "unclaimed" sales to affiliates. So no affiliate is getting their sales actually taken away (from A to B as you say), these are transactions from type-in traffic or the program's own promotions - essentially the program itself takes a small hit to encourage those selected affiliates. Still misleading & still wrong IMO.
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Yes. I don't see it as misleading and wrong unless they later shave the other way too. I see it like a comp. It would be better if they just said "Hey man, I see you've been sending good traffic and have been having some bad luck. Here's two sales to bring your ratio today to 1:3000 at least. Good luck and keep with it." but whatever.
The more common accusation historically though is that often a sponsor will not shave at all at first and then after a certain amount of time where the links are up they will start shaving. Some have used the "reverse shaving" as a possible reason for the occurrence instead of regular shaving. They say the sponsor gave you free sales at first to encourage you and then stopped after a while. This is in contrast to saying "the sponsor kept the shave low at first (the honeymoon) and then cranked it up".