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Originally Posted by gleem
IT is actually pretty easy, I just had a typo in my template preventing me from paginating and getting to that affiliate.
I've had that on my site from day 1, you should know what your owed just by looking at your stats anyways.
Threshholds are 100% necessary IMO because personally I don't want a full time staff dedicate to the processing and mailing of 10 bazillion $13 checks. I will be happy to pay anyone that asks for it if they are under the minimum, but for those of use without dedicated mail rooms, I think $50 to $100 min is fair.
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I completely understand that the paperwork on this sort of thing can quickly spiral into something which is way more trouble than it is worth.
You have popular sites, which at least appear to be regularly updated, and which have a lot of content. If someone is not making break, you are fine with taking care of them, but I'm guessing that, with your current products, a $50 to $100 minimum doesn't leave the majority of your affiliates not ever getting a check, unless they request a favor. Am I at all correct on that guess?
There are many sponsors which were going gangbusters a number of years ago, but who haven't updated their sites in years. I'm not particularly embarrassed by the fact that I have trouble selling my surfers something they have already seen, which has nothing new on it. It seems to me that, if it used to be the norm, for whatever reason, for active affiliates to hit $100 with a particular sponsor, then that threshold made sense at the time. But, if it is now unusual for active affiliates to hit $100 with a particular sponsor, then that seems like something which needs tweaking under current market conditions.
On another aspect of the balance between inefficiency and nonpayment, in your opinion, would it be easier to pay monthly, instead of every two weeks like you currently do, or would too many affiliates dislike that system?