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Originally posted by kristin
When you are a smaller company, fees start adding up. Bank fees alone we get charged hundreds for each month. And for what? $.19 for every check I write and clear. So webmaster payments twice monthly, then normal bills. Then for every check out of the US I deposit, $3 charge. There are tons more ... so add bank fees to postage to envelopes to checks, it adds up.
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Yes, it costs money to run a business. There are fees for just about everything, including cutting checks, bandwidth, hosting, and content. However, charging affiliates a fee to cover the cost of sending checks is like charging affiliates for bandwidth used on free hosted galleries to help cover the cost of hosting. The sponsor should be capable of generating enough revenue to cover their own business expenses.