Originally Posted by TopBucksTrixxxia

I'll have to respectfully disagree with that Rrred. If a program gives me a 'not so good' reference on a foreign webmaster and he's given me one reference cuz it's the one he's doing the most money with, then the program risks to lose their good affiliate.

In the case of a database containing fraudulent/scamming affiliates - the result is the same, if he can't open accounts with anyone, he'll know that his 'good sponsor' is the one preventing him from growing or spreading his eggs.

Now for the problem/or questions I have with this:
1) if there is a shared list and the affiliate gets on the list in error/misunderstanding/or sponsor wanting to 'keep the affiliate' to himself - who does the affiliate have to turn to, to get off the blacklist?
2) How will he prove he's not a scammer?
3) Who will guarantee that the affiliate's record is not tarnished from future accounts with other companies?
4) How often will it update and ammendments be made?

If it's run like a 'Credit Bureau' type of system - being a seperate entity and which will go back and cross reference with concrete proof, then I say it could work, otherwise it will just create problems for a few good affiliates in the hopes of stopping alot of bad ones.