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Are Advertisers doing this on purpose to take commissions from Affiliates?

by Jeff Gibson
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I am considering signing up with an Advertiser on CJ and how I would get paid is when someone visits the Advertiser's landing page from my site and clicks on a button to fill out information for a free quote. I noticed another button that tells the visitor to call a phone number for a quote as well but if they call I will not get a commission.

It seems this is happening a lot and I could assume that this is done on purpose to take a certain percentage of commissions from the affiliate?
#advertisers #affiliates #commissions #purpose
  • Profile picture of the author JensSteyaert
    Yes that's probably the reason, unless there's a pay per call commission attached to it (which is doubtful...)

    There's a lot of shady business going on sometimes, it's good you noticed as it might lose you a lot of commissions..(depending on the niche i guess).
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Gibson
      @ JensSteyaert,

      There isn't a pay per call option. I've noticed a lot of Advertisers using pop up email capture forms as well as a way to get the customer that you drove to them without having to pay you a commission.
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      • Profile picture of the author drmani
        'Leaks' on a sales page are the bane of affiliates - and many will refuse to promote an offer which has too many (or even just one) of them.

        There are a ton of other pitfalls in dealing with less-than-fair vendors as an affiliate - and experienced affiliates know that it ain't over until the check cashes and the money's in your bank account!
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  • Profile picture of the author blitz20
    Just skip promoting those offers, but I have promoted a few and have done really well if with a phone number.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    I wouldn't promote any offers that are building an email list or advertising phone numbers, etc on the landing page. They get away with this stuff because 99% of affiliates have no idea what they are doing. Don't be part of that 99%. Go and find a company who actually values their affiliates.

    Stuff like this is the sign of a company you don't want to work with.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Gibson
      @ WillR,

      Interesting that you commented on my thread. Last night I stumbled across information that you are promoting about licensing other people's products and the piggback profits method.

      I sometimes wonder about the mindset of these businesses. If they treat their affiliates right and not try and cheat or deceive them, they will end up with far more profits than they will by using questionable tactics. It seems that online and local businesses are wearing blinders and have only short sided thinking.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      I wouldn't promote any offers that are building an email list or advertising phone numbers, etc on the landing page. They get away with this stuff because 99% of affiliates have no idea what they are doing. Don't be part of that 99%. Go and find a company who actually values their affiliates.

      Stuff like this is the sign of a company you don't want to work with.
      This. Exactly.

      Can't add much to this. It's a classic "leak" and not something I'd be willing to promote. But if I really had a ready-made subscriber-market for it, I might explain that to them and ask them for a different copy of the sales-page without the leak. Which can sometimes work.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Burritt
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    Also, some sellers use a 60 or 90 day cookie, and then do their own retargeting ads after your cookie expires. But could they do retargeting (facebook, youtube, etc) even before your cookie expires? Sure, and probably some do. And I don't know what can be done about it, except to not work with sellers that you know/see are doing this.
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  • Profile picture of the author grandstar
    I, in the past refused to promote such offers that requested emails on clickbank until i realised that cookies may protect me if the buyer eventually buys within the 60days period. I cant say the same for commission junction
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  • Profile picture of the author Mindz
    I always find my affiliates from the forums and I never really had a problem with them. I haven't used anyone else and still I get pretty good results. Sorry I can't elaborate more than this on this thread.
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