Dear Affiliate Youve Been Deleted

[spazlabz]

as a representative of a program I would like to address the original topic of this thread.
Deleting affiliate accounts.
I have deleted affiliate accounts at two different programs and there really is only one truly legitimate reason for taking this action in my humble opinion;

Violations of the TOS, and to delete with extreme prejudice if it puts our company at risk with any of our third party billers.

I will and have been known to send a 24 hour noticed to an affiliate to change whatever violation is present on their pages (for instance using words that we have deemed inappropriate on a link to our sites) and if it isn't changed the account is gone. Spammers.... immediate termination. An e mail to a bulk e mailer has no more impact then a gonzo fart in a hurricane.

I could see a program choosing to terminate the account of someone who wasn't sending many hits or any sales, but it is contrary to my personal philosophy about affiliates. i will take someone with a trickle of hits and one sale a month.... better yet, I'll gladly take a thousand of them and give them just as much attention and respect as a big time TGP or Link Lister.

I did it at SexyCityCash and I continue to do it at Royal Cash.


spaz

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by spazlabz

as a representative of a program I would like to address the original topic of this thread.
Deleting affiliate accounts.
I have deleted affiliate accounts at two different programs and there really is only one truly legitimate reason for taking this action in my humble opinion;

Violations of the TOS, and to delete with extreme prejudice if it puts our company at risk with any of our third party billers.

I will and have been known to send a 24 hour noticed to an affiliate to change whatever violation is present on their pages (for instance using words that we have deemed inappropriate on a link to our sites) and if it isn't changed the account is gone. Spammers.... immediate termination. An e mail to a bulk e mailer has no more impact then a gonzo fart in a hurricane.

I could see a program choosing to terminate the account of someone who wasn't sending many hits or any sales, but it is contrary to my personal philosophy about affiliates. i will take someone with a trickle of hits and one sale a month.... better yet, I'll gladly take a thousand of them and give them just as much attention and respect as a big time TGP or Link Lister.

I did it at SexyCityCash and I continue to do it at Royal Cash.


spaz

Inappropriate words being..?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

Inappropriate words being..?

well, seeing how they run a teen program, I would imagine things like child, preteen, young, etc

[pam]

My "free" sales didn't convert. It's not MY fault they can't convert the user from a free signup to a paid signup and get them to spend $3 a minute on live chat. I did my part by getting them to the site, honestly, with no bullshit.

I don't like programs that drop you if you don't send a lot of traffic or sales. Sometimes I signup for a program and don't send traffic for 6 months. It depends on what my future plans are ....

Usually I get email from the manager asking why I send no traffic, and I explain I'd like to review their sites and I'll send traffic that way, and rarely is there a problem.

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by pam

My "free" sales didn't convert. It's not MY fault they can't convert the user from a free signup to a paid signup and get them to spend $3 a minute on live chat. I did my part by getting them to the site, honestly, with no bullshit.

I don't like programs that drop you if you don't send a lot of traffic or sales. Sometimes I signup for a program and don't send traffic for 6 months. It depends on what my future plans are ....

Usually I get email from the manager asking why I send no traffic, and I explain I'd like to review their sites and I'll send traffic that way, and rarely is there a problem.

I've heard a few Wmasters comment of your specific sponsor closing accounts with really stupid excuses like not maintaining specific sales percentage, and other lame reasons. I don't make to many sales to them from webmaster promotion side, but I know I make them pretty pennies from the camming side, maybe thats why they don't tell me they're closing my webmaster account.

I myself have never had any adult sponsor close my account, only a mainstream sponsor emailed me once to say they where closing my account, but that got resolved.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

I've heard a few Wmasters comment of your specific sponsor closing accounts with really stupid excuses like not maintaining specific sales percentage, and other lame reasons. I don't make to many sales to them from webmaster promotion side, but I know I make them pretty pennies from the camming side, maybe thats why they don't tell me they're closing my webmaster account.

I myself have never had any adult sponsor close my account, only a mainstream sponsor emailed me once to say they where closing my account, but that got resolved.

mainstream will do it all the time, adult sponsors are very lenient IMO...I have had at least 20 mainstream sponsors close my accounts

cj.com is HUGE about closing accounts

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by Jace

mainstream will do it all the time, adult sponsors are very lenient IMO...I have had at least 20 mainstream sponsors close my accounts

cj.com is HUGE about closing accounts

hell ya mainstream sponsors can be hard asses. Not at all like alot of adult sponsors that let any WebTV homepage maker join.

"...just like me "

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Jace

well, seeing how they run a teen program, I would imagine things like child, preteen, young, etc

Correct-amundo!
from our TOS/FAQ

Are there any methods I can`t use to promote the sites?

Yes, there are. For obvious reasons our affiliates are restricted from using any of the following methods to send traffic to our sites; *Unsolicated Bulk E mails (not opt-in lists) *Links that indicate the pressence of underage models using words like `lolita`, `pre-teen` or `XX girls` where XX is an age under the age of 18. *Blatantly fraudulent or misrepresentative wording, phrases images or graphics There may of course be other things that we are unable to foresee and if this is the case we will try to contact the affiliate in question to resolve the issue as quickly as possible

we just cannot mess around with that type of advertising nor do we wish to tolerate it

spaz