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Originally Posted by adultmobile
I think affiliates should just care to the money they make, not if there are leaks (i.e. , adverts to third party site without your tracking id). Let you have site 1 with no leaks that make you $50 a day, and site 2 with leaks which make you $100 a day. Out of a principle you choice site 1 because no leaks?  |
Of course you think that. You're a sponsor.
Actually this is a common view but there are problems with it.
1. If this type of thing gets more accepted then other affiliate programs will also start with the uncredited leaks and the result will be that you the affiliate lose a lot of money. This has happened a lot in adult like with cross sales and chargebacks on revshare. Many things.
2. It shows dishonesty and a program doing this is less likely to pay you or be honest with you. It's kind of like inviting someone over for dinner after you caught them trying to steal money from your wallet.
3. If they have some leaks now they can always add more later. And they probably will too as much as they think they can get away with. It's free money for them with you providing the free traffic.
4. I might also promote the other products which they have leaks for too. So not only am I giving them revenue for free and also probably losing some in lost signups for the main product but I'm also losing revenue by exposing my customers to these other products too.
The example you give is nice and all but it seldom works out that way. Usually a program with leaks or these sort of games doesn't do as well as one without them.