Hello everyone.
As many of you know, we develop and sell affiliate software called NATS.
http://nats.toomuchmedia.com
We have an issue that has come up in the development of the software and we would like the webmaster community's feedback on it.
The problem basically sums up as follows.
A new client wishes to release a program which (very publicly stated) pays 100% on the first billing company in the cascade and 0% on the remaining billing companies in the cascade.
Again, this program/company will be fully honest and up front in what they are doing.
The problem is that although they will be honest, having this feature in NATS may allow others to be less honest about using it. This feature could also extend to paying or not paying on various payment methods (check, dialers, etc.) which of course some programs do not pay on and they are open about. Again though, this allows a non-honest program owner to abuse the feature and defraud their resellers.
Our proposed solution for this issue is to have a hardcoded URL on ALL NATS installtions which can not be editted, modified, or removed by the program owner which breaks down the details of each and every program within the sponsor and what it does and does not pay out on.
We want to keep NATS an honest product as we are just as concerned about the security of end user affiliates using our software as we are the programs who use it. We would love some feedback on whether or not you feel our solution to this issue is a viable one or if you have another idea which will make this feature secure for those who will be honest with it. Or perhaps you feel this feature should not be added at all.