Originally Posted by dcortez

Sponsors MUST provide RAW and UNIQUE hits in the stats they show their affiliates.

Affiliates should be using a bounce script, which at face value does not reveal their sponsor destination. That script will redirect to their affiliate url but BEFORE doing so will make an entry in the affiliate logs to show that outbound traffic bound for the sponsor.

Then it's simple math to see how much of your traffic is reaching your sponsor. As an affiliate, you can then decide how many excuses you will tolerate from a sponsor before writing them off.

Is there ANY legitimate reason (other than giving conversions ratios a 'boob job') why ALL sponsors cannot provide affiliates raw stats along with their 'qualified' (diluted) numbers?

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