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Do companies (that provide affiliate programs) object to detailed breakdowns of their pricing plans?

by Nate Cat
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This is a somewhat broad question but I would be interested in seeing the perspectives of experienced affiliate marketers. My main intention is to avoid having my affiliation terminated with any particular company.

For me to run a good comparison site I would be required to perform a full break down of each company's products. I am interested in knowing if any particular companies ever object to you doing this? Could it possibly be against company policy/ affiliate agreement?

Obviously all that data is available on their site but you normally have to go to specific pages to find those details. This makes it awkward to make real comparisons. Do companies maybe do this intentionally or is this just the way how things are done?

This would also mean that I would be comparing several companies "like for like". Is this standard procedure or do some companies terminate your affiliation if they see that you are doing this? (I was thinking of making this a separate question actually... but it is related).

I understand that it is quite a broad question and I have not actually divulged the type of company in question but I just want to get an overview. I am hoping to see some suggestions and possibly form a more precise question based on what people say.
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  • Profile picture of the author UnkwnUsr
    There are many large sites already doing this so I'm sure the companies in question don't mind. As long as the comparisons are factual and not opinions I think you're good to go. If in doubt shoot an email to your affiliate program manager.
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  • Profile picture of the author 10kaday
    yeah, as long as you dont call products scams and the use negative marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    Many times they do this for a reason such as they want their user to see another page or offer before getting to the price.

    Also in many cases their pricing may change. If you have written it all out in detail then your price may be higher or lower than the real price which may cause customer complaints or give the perception of sneakiness/fraud.

    In short, yes in some cases it may get your agreement terminated. Best option is to ask them and/or read the affiliate agreement.

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    • Profile picture of the author Nate Cat
      Originally Posted by Mark Singletary View Post

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      Also in many cases their pricing may change. If you have written it all out in detail then your price may be higher or lower than the real price which may cause customer complaints or give the perception of sneakiness/fraud.
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      Obviously I would have to keep up to date with the actual prices and this would be a strong concern. I was also wondering about how communicative companies are with regards to price changes. Does anyone know if many companies do email notifications about potential price increases or decreases?

      Worst comes to the worst I suppose I could put a disclaimer (like what skyscanner does) that indicates that the prices may not be 100% accurate and may vary. I was also thinking of having a feature to allow people to inform me if prices have changed.

      I am a bit wary of the idea of making this community editable because it would not be too easy to work out who is reliable or not. I do not think that Wikipedia style editing would be feasible... that would be chaos!

      If I can get this to work then I may be able to bring other people in (locally) and run it as a joint venture. To do all the marketing and maintain the data would be ludicrously difficult for one person. I would be limited to only a few companies.
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