Prechecked Cross Sales: Getting out of hand

[Gerco]

Originally Posted by gonzo

It was funny Alex and I were talking about that last night. We both agreed thats like an upsel in your members area... I dont see a problem with it but you will have those that whine they dont get a piece of that as well.

That's kind of the issue it seems to come down to. Affiliates think they are getting screwed somehow. I don't think that an affiliate would be upset about about you having your own personal affiliated links within your members area to other sites in an effort to make some extra money referring your members to another site. If fact, I believe this is referred to as a "qualified" link. I personally would MUCH rather have a link to my site from within a good members area of another site as it shows me the person clicking the link is already willing to take out a credit card and join and is looking for more of the same. It's in no way tricking a member, but offering them a choice for more entertainment.

Pre-checking a cross sale during the signup process is shady to say the least and just begging for chargebacks and pissed of members. Members who with think twice about ever joining ANY website after they get fucked over.