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Originally Posted by RazorSharpe
Relentless, not "trying" to be a dick but sometimes I am one without even trying ... However, is your stance that a sponsor deliberately and consciously shaving sales from an affiliate is simply "lowering the actual $/click"? You don't class this as theft? If I sign up for a sponsor promising me $30/sale then that is what I expect. If that sponsor tells me it will cost $1 per sale to process it, then I know before hand that the actual net worth of each sale is $49. Similarly, if a sponsor tells me that for every 5 sales, he will deduct a sale then I can choose to accept this since it has been disclosed. Simply stating as fact that what they pay me is what I actually earned isn't entirely on the up and up. I earned $87 from 3 sales, I got paid $58 because I was robbed.
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I am stating that when I sign up to an affiliate program I do not even read the payout promises. They are 100% meaningless. It is a never-ending and VERY subjective game of would, could should.
Is charging $2 to send a check shaving? don't care...
Is requiring a $100 min payout shaving? don't care...
Is a leaky tour shaving? don't care...
Did they pay me for every sale? don't care...
Other nonsense I can not know because I dont have access to their stats? dont care...
What I DO care about
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1 - Is this business all legally done? If It isn't I won't send a single click.
2 - How many clicks did I actually send them? I know that number exactly every time.
3 - How much money did they actually pay me? I know that number exactly every time.
4 - Do the payments always come on time? Late once maybe, late twice bye bye.
5 - Is anything being done that negatively affects my bookmarkers? That affects long term revenue.
While you chase your tail hoping to catch someone in whatever drama nonsense that may, should, would, could, might cause you to "feel" a certain way. I look at MATH and KNOW for a fact exactly who ACTUALLY paid me the most for my work legally.
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Would you think differently if a billing company charged 100 members for memberships to your site but only paid you for 90 of them (their charges not included). But you stick with said billing company simply because they provide you the best throughput?
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Yes. Exactly.
I send 100 sales through processor A and get exactly 92.00 in my bank
I send 100 sales through processor B and get exactly 83.00 in my bank
I dont give a fuck why I got 92 or 83. In this case I do know the exact number of sales and I know the exact amount of money. Why one paid me less is their problem, not mine. What does complicate this scenario a bit more is that as an affiliate I only care if things negatively affect my bookmarkers, are legal and how much I am paid. As a program owner I now have to also track many other factors to arrive at the total value per sale.
All of the principles are EXACTLY the same. You did X work and got paid Y value. That is your actual $/work. The rest is nonsense.
