Affiliate Program Scams To Watch Out For

Written by Chet Brzezinski


Affiliate programs are a great way to earn extra money or even a good living if you do things right. But unfortunately, there are alot of people out there that know this and will do everything they can to swindle you into selling their products while not having to pay you a dime. There are some merchants that view affiliates as a source of free traffic and free marketing.

Here are a few things that should draw up a red flag when you come accross an affiliate program:

No Contact Information If they don't post their contact information on their site then you should not bother with them. To me this tells me they are trying to hide something.

Commission To High Yes, it is great when we find affiliate programs that pay high commissions. But you also have to be careful that they are not just trying to draw you into their affiliate program by using big numbers. It wouldn't be good to earn alot of money just to get scammed. If it is to good to be true then most likely it is. A merchant will never pay more on a commission then they would get forrepparttar sale. It is just not business smart.

Is Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) killing your affiliate sales?

Written by Mike Snyder


Have you noticed a drop in affiliate sales since Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released? I have and I didn't really know why until my wife, kids, and friends started asking me why their computer wasn't working right.

While using Internet Explorer my son said, "Dad, nothing happens when I click on this link." I scratched my head for a minute and thought, "he isn't doing anything different,repparttar only thing I recently installed was XP SP2"; thenrepparttar 102228 light went off ... one of SP2's features isrepparttar 102229 incorporation of a pop-up blocker. After installing SP2, links that normally opened in a new window now don't open at all. The immediate way around it is to hold downrepparttar 102230 control key (Ctrl) then clickrepparttar 102231 link or right clickrepparttar 102232 link and select "Open in New Window". To permanently turn off IE's pop-up blocker, click Tools > Pop-up Blocker > Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.

So how does all this relate to lost affiliate sales?

If you have your affiliate links set to open in a new browser window, they are considered "pop-ups" byrepparttar 102233 post-SP2 Internet Explorer and many other pop-up stopping programs. The average Internet surfer with pop-up blocking software or SP2 installed will simply go to another site because they thinkrepparttar 102234 link does not work. If they do not see your affiliate product/page, they will obviously not buy what you are selling. Sincerepparttar 102235 pop-up blocking feature is more-or-less automatic with SP2, you potentially lose a customer when they upgrade their copy of Internet Explorer.

Why would anyone set their affiliate links to open in a new window?

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