I Need Advice! Is It Ethical To Trade A Reoccuring Affiliate Commission For Publicity?
I'm running http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...nt-2011-a.html where I'm buying different services and pointing them at a bunch of very similar but unique sites to see which comes out on top of the search engines for the same keywords.
I have all the sites setup and was about to go start buying the services, most of them $50-$70 a month. I plan to use them for at least 6 months, and if they work as advertised will likely use the top couple of services for years to come, continuing to pay the monthly fee.
And since most of them offer a 50% reoccurring commission, I thought why not offer to buy them through a fellow Warrior's affiliate link in return for some publicity, maybe blog posts or links or tweeting my updates of something. Heck, this could be $300+ for in affiliate commissions this year for multiple people and that should buy some good links or publicity.
Most affiliate programs don't let you buy through your own link, but don't say anything against trading the affiliate commissions to someone else. I'm not worried about getting caught, but am I using the letter of the affiliate programs rules to break the spirit of the rules? If the service provider is willing to pay the commission, should they care who gets it as long as it's not me? Should I care? Maybe I'm just too honest.
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David Bryant -
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