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Originally Posted by celandina
Here is my affiliate story ( this also answers the other questions) :
The guy signs up, the admin lady approves him, next my other person who is chasing pirates submits a list for approval of DMCA notices. I note a familiar link and guess what ? This affiliate has a blog/tube linked to a bunch of file sharing sites with my whole library stolen and linked to these sites. Then he has the audacity to demand his 2K payment. He gets paid twice one time from me and many times over by the file shares.I found another 3 similar offenders.
Then, I look at about another 20 or so of so called affiliates. Only 3 were legit content owners, the rest were just tube/blog schmucks, and even if they did NOT have my library ripped off they ALL had other pirated content . We have killed them all.
Now, I am NOT saying that all are bad actors BUT many are.
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That part of the process needs to be looked at or improved. We manually review each affiliate application and approve after looking at submitted sites among other protocols, usually within hours of application. I would say we have less than a 1% rejection rate due to suspected frauds etc. We find most affiliates, not vouching for anyone here necessarily, but most are hard working and trying to earn a living. The affiliates involved with piracy are out there. You can avoid them if you wish by utilizing better pre-approval review. Also, try emailing applicants to discuss their plans and proposed methods for promotion.
Review your review process.