my girlfriend just informed me...
 

That what we're doing as affiliates is "illegal". She said "it just doesn't sound right" after I told her how the whole comission thing works for sending traffic. So everyone, I guess it's time to pack up... it's all illegal. Woops.

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For most ppl what we are doing may seem illegal :2 cents:

Buy a monopoly game, and give her the "Get out of Jail Card FREE" :-)

She came to this conclusion based on...? :uhoh

So how old is your girlfriend?

Ahhh... well I was telling her of a new way I'm going to start promoting some sites. Not anything crazy, but nothing she'd ever heard of. Basically I just confused the hell out of her and her only conclusion was that it must be illegal. Basically the kind of response I'd get from my grandma if I told her about how affiliate programs work online, or how traffic gets sent. I dunno, I think it's just ignorance all around.

haha, poor uninformed girl

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Whenever I talk to my dad about business he stops me before I even start.

"is this on the internet"
Me: "yeah"
Him: First rolls eyes "be careful with that!"

He thinks the net is just one big scam, a business in his head is four walls a roof and a solid product. Talking about traffic, affiliates, or anything else flies right over his head.

everthing is illegal..........so fuck it........go balls deep

My dad was like that at first too, until i started raking in the moolah

Ohh, so you told her your plan to steal milk money from kids to buy 3 day trials? lol j/k

I know what you mean about explaining something to someone that isn't familiar with this industry. My reply to people is always: "Internet marketing" and when they ask what I market, I say "Several different things!" hehe

hehe - probably still doing HS, if we're lucky

lmaooooooooo!

Saying Internet Marketing doesn't work for me anymore. People automatically assume that im doing adult when I say that.

Yeah, when you make 50% recurring or 100% PPS life just sucks. I'm moving to do just mainstream and make 4% from amazon.com. That's where the real money is.

Tell her about our affiliate relationship you got going with me, You know.. the one where I got guys selling weed and paysite passwords at the Bayfair BART station.. LOL...

are u still shooting black gangsters?

This old lady neighbor told me to "be careful of that Internet" when I told her I built websites. From the tone of her voice, it seemed like "the Internet" had killed someone. Maybe she read a news article about a murder that had a reference to the Internet and her 2+2 meant the Internet killed the person. I dunno. Just funny how some old'uns perceive technology when they don't understand it.

But seriously, I shudder at the thought of a future where I might have to call a child / grandchild to come and program my holographic media player. Hopefully, that'll never happen.