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Originally Posted by Babagirls
so its been said that if you dont like a program or how they convert, you can ask to be paid out what you've made to that point and have your account shut down.
but what about the programs that refuse to pay you and/or terminate your account upon request and receipt of payment owed?? is that even legal to do? do you just accept it and move on?  |
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Frogbucks program has set the minimum payout to $25 for just this reason. This does two things:
1. Allows for smaller webmasters who are just starting the opportunity to promote and get paid while they are learning how to control their traffic.
2. Allows an experienced webmaster the ability to channel their traffic to other sources if it's not converting well enough to suit them.
If you have that experience, you know that traffic can be fickle, even when sending to similar products. We don't want non-converting traffic either, as this just hurts ratios, which many people wheigh when considering to use your program. Personally I think that's a bad idea, because your traffic may (and will) convert at it's own ratio, and is completely independant of any ratio that we have. When it comes to ratios, you should only worry about your own, because that's the one that makes you money. But, I'm getting off topic.
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Frogbucks min payout to $25 is for just this reason, and I'd set it to $1 but it's just not an option with our software. While paying out less than this would be an accounting problem for us, I don't think I have a problem paying out someone who doesn't meet the minimum they are choosing to move on and not promote any longer. However, I would encourage those folks to stick around for a while, because as we grow we have new products coming online (like our upcoming teen girls site) that may bring those sales that they are not getting.
*EDIT - as to the legality of holding monies that don't meet the minimum payout, I would say that if it was in the terms of service then they have that legal right to not pay it out. But I'd call it petty bullshit. I think it may even be in our terms, but I'd never hold anyone to it