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Originally Posted by Juilan
I feel ya, a lot of programs have changed there minimum threshold to $200 or $100 from $50 lately. The $50 min. baits affiliates to sign up and send traffic and then later the switch takes place. The result is they dishonor the original agreement with the affiliate and hold onto your earnings.
When 1 program does it to you and they convert, your like $50 no big deal, but when you add it all up the split you earned yourself is in there pocket and not yours.
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The raising minimums thing is one of the most annoying to me. Partly, who is to say they won't raise them again, the next time it is the moment to cut the check to me. And, partly, it is 100% breach of contract to change those terms, after I have already sent traffic, but they know nobody is going to go to small claims court for $50. And $50 times a lot of affiliates adds up. SpookyCash is not the biggest program on the block, but, if my checks were not cut by Epoch and CCBill, and I decided to raise the minimum payout to $250, I'd be keeping a lot of people's dough to the point where it would really add up to real money. I wouldn't do that regardless because I think a person's word should mean something when they give it. But obviously a lot of programs do not share my view. I've even had pretty big programs swear they were going to pay me, even after they changed to a higher minimum payout and, while some have done so, and I continue to promote them, some surprising players have either sent me a check which shorted me for some ridiculously small sum like $25 or keep saying they are gonna pay me real soon.