Affiliates Who Go Bad

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What do Affiliates Want?

What do Affiliates Want? 08/16/2004 06:32 AM
Simple question with very complex answers.

What now Pharm Affiliates?

What now Pharm Affiliates? 10/29/2003 01:14 AM
"60 performing sites down the tubes. Man I love this business. It's always a roller-coaster ride."

iTunes Affiliates

iTunes Affiliates 09/10/2004 05:14 AM
I have to say I’m a tad underwhelmed by the iTunes Affiliate Scheme. This site got turned down for one of the following reasons :

• The content is unrelated to iTunes
• Your site is temporarily down or under construction.
• A wrong or misspelled URL given in the application.
• Your site is aesthetically unpleasing
• Your site promotes tobacco, alcohol or excessive drinking/drug use
• Your site contains extreme religious content
• Your site is international (with a majority of visitors based OUTSIDE the US)

I’m pretty sure this site fails on the last one (hopefully no-one considers this site to be ‘aesthetically unpleasing’ or my writing to induce ‘excessive drug use’). This is a real bummer for those of us outside the US (yep, we don’t all live in America). If there’s one thing that really bugs me about Apple, it’s the blinkers they have when it comes to the rest of the world. It took us long enough to get the iTunes Music Store here in Europe… Anyway, despite the whole non-US thing, the scheme appears to be run by a third party organisation called the LinkShare network. Immediately this is a disappointment as I was expecting the scheme to run within the Apple website (possibly using your Apple ID or .Mac account). I wouldn’t think it’d be too difficult to get some web development people on the case at Apple. After all, Amazon and Google manage to offer nicely integrated affiliate schemes. Once an account has been created (after negotiating a horrendous form on the Apple website), you are sent a barrage of confusing e-mails eventually directing you to the LinkShare website. The e-mails encourage you to join up to Apple iTunes via LinkShare and create your links using their system. After bombing out fairly early I didn’t get the chance the sign up and create some links, so I’d be interested to hear from others who have managed this successfully (I have a feeling the process is not as easy as it should be). I was looking forward to getting some iTunes links on this site (if only to make a few bob on my own purchases), but I’m left feeling disappointed by the whole process. The current LinkShare-powered system only serves to discourage site owners from becoming affiliates — a situation obviously at odds with Apple’s intentions.

Affiliates vs Merchants vs Parasiteware

Affiliates vs Merchants vs Parasiteware 10/20/2002 10:10 PM
The New York times is running a story about Parasiteware and an upcoming meeting between affiliate site operators and merchants: "Early next month, leaders from the Internet's "affiliate marketing" community plan to meet with merchants and vendors of online shopping technology to seek peace after months of sniping."

Google - Affiliates - Update

Google - Affiliates - Update 12/19/2004 03:08 PM
"... are going to be making serious serious changes to the whole affiliate merchant via ppc...early reports indicate an "auction" based system where advertisers fight it out on who can bid, and only 1 advertiser per site as such."

Non-Performing Affiliates - What To Do
With The DeadBeats?

Non-Performing Affiliates - What To Do
With The DeadBeats? 06/21/2004 08:28 PM
"Our company has a very lucrative affiliate program, and we offer 20% commissions on each referral. We are nearing 150 affiliate members, yet only 2 are bringing in the lionshare of the referrals."

Overstock com Issues PPC Guidelines For
Affiliates

Overstock com Issues PPC Guidelines For
Affiliates 06/08/2004 06:30 PM
WebProNews,KY-2 hours agoIn what may be a response to Google allowing bidding on trademarked keywords, or merely for the purposes of preserving their trademark, Overstock.com has sent ...

Overstock . com Issues PPC Guidelines
For Affiliates

Overstock . com Issues PPC Guidelines
For Affiliates 06/08/2004 06:30 PM
Internet Search Engine Database-2 hours agoIn what may be a response to Google allowing bidding on trademarked keywords, or merely for the purposes of preserving their trademark, Overstock.com has sent ...

Merchant being Sued for Affiliates Use
of Trade Marks

Merchant being Sued for Affiliates Use
of Trade Marks 07/28/2004 02:56 PM
The sticky legal issues of being a proactive advertising affiliate.

Tobacco Affiliates Wonder about
Consequences of Mass. Case

Tobacco Affiliates Wonder about
Consequences of Mass. Case 11/10/2003 11:11 PM
"...A mystery is brewing in Massachusetts over how state tax collectors learned the identities of residents who bought cigarettes over the Internet."

Are eBay Affiliates Spamming Google with
Your Words?

Are eBay Affiliates Spamming Google with
Your Words? 11/02/2003 08:44 AM
Auctionbytes.com Nov 2 2003 7:21AM ET

Bogus Diet Patch Company Gets Away By
Blaming Affiliates

Bogus Diet Patch Company Gets Away By
Blaming Affiliates 04/01/2005 10:40 PM
The FTC has apparently decided to settle with a company that was pitching bogus diet patches online. They gave them a small fine, but it's for much less than the total amount they made off the stuff. There appear to be two claims here: one was that they violated CAN SPAM, and the second was that they violated the FTC Act since the patches didn't actually do anything. However, from the sound of the settlement, it appears that the company tap danced its way out of the spamming charge by pointing out that the FTC couldn't prove they did the spamming, since they had "affiliates" do the spamming for them. It appears the FTC has realized that the company was right. Despite the fact that the company was probably pushing others to do the spamming for it, if they didn't do the actual spamming, should they be held liable for spamming? Of course, there's also the followup. If they know it was the affiliates, then why not go after those affiliates as well? That should scare off some of these spammers from signing up for affiliate programs.

Affordable Internet-Based Product Aids
Mortgage Brokers in Managing Affiliates

Affordable Internet-Based Product Aids
Mortgage Brokers in Managing Affiliates 03/14/2005 05:57 PM
Mortgage brokers can now use the power of the web to more efficiently manage their affiliates, at a surprisingly affordable cost. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

Income Access Gambling Affiliate Network
Prepares for Profitable Holiday Season
for its Gaming Merchants and Affiliates

Income Access Gambling Affiliate Network
Prepares for Profitable Holiday Season
for its Gaming Merchants and Affiliates 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Income Access and its sponsoring online gaming merchants prepare for unprecedented growth this holiday season with exciting bonus rewards for affiliates. [PRWEB Dec 5, 2004]
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