Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Except it goes both ways. If you're still using 1999 type tracking to track affiliate sales then it's true that the affiliate is increasingly losing their commission while you're keeping it. Cookies are being retained less and less every year.

Then you have the "oops! we forgot to credit you for that processor" or "oops! there was a 'programming error' and your link code wasn't tracking when people clicked join from the tour page. It's now been fixed and no I won't compensate you for the last six months of it being that way. I'm entitled to that money." (or invariable the sponsor claims that this only affected three affiliates.... blah blah blah)