Affiliate Hijack
Avoiding Affiliate Fraud
Copyright © 2006 Christopher Robinson
One of the business opportunities you may join first is an affiliate program. They are easy to maintain and are a good way to start your business. However, as with all businesses are not exempt from danger. Each year lose 100s affiliate dollars from hard earned commissions. You can avoid this by taking some simple steps.
How does this happen? Here are some common ways that members are literally stripped of their commissions:
Fraud Clickbank Affiliate link hijacking unscrupulous sponsors
fraud Clickbank: The owners of the Clickbank affiliate programs use quite broadly and members should be aware of a common type of fraud, which robs them of their committees. This is what happens:
A visitor uses your link to go to a product that looks interesting and wants to buy. He is ready to buy when they realize that is not an advertisement just below the sales page saying that if you join the affiliate program you can get 50% commission. Understand that if you join and bought the product through its link to receive 50% commission and actually get the product at half price. Needless to say, that is precisely what does and does not receive any commission on this sale.
This is not really the fault of the customer and Clickbank does not hesitate. This is the lightness on behalf of the owner of the program. Prior to joining careful that the developer is not doing this. If it is, or prevent the program or if it is really a good program then write to the owner and let him be aware of this problem. Most likely you have not really thought about it and happy to be off. However, if it does so, then just move on to another program.
Affiliate link hijacking: This is very common, but easy to fix.
A Web site visitor comes to your website and it is curious to buy one of their sponsors products He sees your affiliate link with your ID displayed People are a little strange at times. He thinks that if the courts outside his ID and just goes forward with the main address might get a better deal. Or is a subsidiary of the same program and realize that you may receive a commission when you buy the product by the replacement of their identification with their own. This will get the product cheaper
To avoid this blatant theft simply disguising their link. You can do this with tiny URL or software as a member advocate. You can also simply hide your affiliate link when you write your web pages.
sponsors unscrupulous: Many program owners are good for their members and that your success is your success. However you have some shade to play games with Affiliate commissions.
Payment is set at a realistic level, this means that you have to make a lot of commissions and make many sales before you see a penny of your hard earned money. $ 25 is a reasonable cap, unless you are selling a high priced item and expect some hefty commissions. Monitoring is weak and unreliable, you do not know if it has made no sales in this way and can be lost in committee. Your sponsor should have a good system that tracks each and every time the actual sale. Cookies should take a long time many lives that a customer does not buy 1st time and can return through another affiliate link. That affiliate gets the commission and you get lost. If your browser sponsors have a long life even if your customer returns in another link that will take the commission. Commission amount, always be sure you are paid a good commission for your sales. 30% -50% is a fair commission. I do not want to be working hard to sell and not get your just reward.
The solution to this is to choose wisely programs. Do your research before you enroll and if you have any questions write to the media. A good program will be happy to answer any questions.
Affiliate marketing is a fun and rewarding business and does not require a lot of complicated payment systems. There are many who make a good living from these programs. Also can start your business with a few of these affiliate programs and use the money committee to develop their own business. With these few points you will be able to avoid Affiliate fraud and actually make money with these programs.
Affiliate Hijack