Why open affilate programs will close soon... - GoFuckYourself.com

TheFLY · 07-29-2003, 06:50 PM

As a business you are responsible for the actions of your independent contractors *if* you do not show discretion in selecting them... Didn't some program recently lose $4mill because a renegade affiliate spammed some newsgroups?

To me this says -- "Goodbye open affiliate programs..." if it means being responsible for one anonymous prick that will take you down bigtime.

I'd like to hear the opinion of a lawyer on this with regards specifically to affiliate programs...

Juicy D. Links · 07-29-2003, 06:51 PM

TheViper · 07-29-2003, 06:52 PM

Yep, scammers and spammers will always excist

TheFLY · 07-29-2003, 06:53 PM

I'm not trying to be greedy... but that's the law.

wimpy · 07-29-2003, 06:55 PM

My affil proggies have never been open. My only affiliates are a trusted few who I trained myself.

NetRodent · 07-29-2003, 06:56 PM

Interestingly, we had better results finding good affiliates when we our program was by invitation/application as opposed to open enrollment.

TheFLY · 07-29-2003, 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by NetRodent
Interestingly, we had better results finding good affiliates when we our program was by invitation/application as opposed to open enrollment.

More loyalty with less saturation... personal attention too...

pine · 07-29-2003, 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by NetRodent
Interestingly, we had better results finding good affiliates when we our program was by invitation/application as opposed to open enrollment.

Frankly, I've been surprised at how easy it is to become a "reseller" for most...if not all...major programs.

MAGNET · 07-29-2003, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by TheFLY
As a business you are responsible for the actions of your independent contractors *if* you do not show discretion in selecting them... Didn't some program recently lose $4mill because a renegade affiliate spammed some newsgroups?

To me this says -- "Goodbye open affiliate programs..." if it means being responsible for one anonymous prick that will take you down bigtime.

I'd like to hear the opinion of a lawyer on this with regards specifically to affiliate programs...

This should be a lesson for all the affiliate programs out there..

BRISK · 07-29-2003, 09:42 PM

thefreakybeaver · 07-29-2003, 09:46 PM

Most non adult affiliate programs are MUCH harder to join and I was surprised when I started in adult that I could join any I applied for and instantly too.

07-29-2003, 06:50 PM	#1
TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	Why open affilate programs will close soon... As a business you are responsible for the actions of your independent contractors if you do not show discretion in selecting them... Didn't some program recently lose $4mill because a renegade affiliate spammed some newsgroups? To me this says -- "Goodbye open affiliate programs..." if it means being responsible for one anonymous prick that will take you down bigtime. I'd like to hear the opinion of a lawyer on this with regards specifically to affiliate programs...

07-29-2003, 06:55 PM	#5
wimpy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 607	My affil proggies have never been open. My only affiliates are a trusted few who I trained myself. __________________ Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote: "Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone but only his friends. He has other matters in his mind which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But there are other things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind." icq 8243657

07-29-2003, 06:56 PM	#6
NetRodent Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: In the walls of your house. Posts: 3,985	Interestingly, we had better results finding good affiliates when we our program was by invitation/application as opposed to open enrollment. __________________ "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." --H.L. Mencken

07-29-2003, 09:42 PM	#10
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	__________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

07-29-2003, 06:51 PM	#2
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992

07-29-2003, 06:52 PM	#3
TheViper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: the streets. Posts: 2,560	Yep, scammers and spammers will always excist

07-29-2003, 06:53 PM	#4
TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	I'm not trying to be greedy... but that's the law.

07-29-2003, 09:46 PM	#11
thefreakybeaver Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 296	Most non adult affiliate programs are MUCH harder to join and I was surprised when I started in adult that I could join any I applied for and instantly too.