The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam

Post by epoxyhockey » Tue, Aug 13, 2013, 11:35 PM UTC

bigiain wrote: post #120

epoxyhockey wrote: post #115

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If someone chooses to learn the affiliate marketing business through trial and error, more power to them, and I hope they have a lot of cash to burn. There is a lot more to affiliate marketing than giving X% commission for referrals. As I eluded to in my first comment, it is common to pay near 0% commission for return customers and a hefty % for first-time customers. This is a basic scheme that wasn't even attempted…

Thanks for the good reply. A question though, from someone who's inexperienced but very cynical about affiliate marketing – it that sort of option/complexity; to offer very low commissions for return visitors but large commissions for first-timers, actually available through the sort of "affiliate networks" you'd find by searching online?

Post by bitJericho » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 8:20 PM UTC

DougBTX wrote: post #66

bitJericho wrote: post #65

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Customers will call after the sale asking to proactively apply discount codes. Affiliates will call after the sale asking to proactively apply discount codes (so they get credit). Customers will complain if a discount code has expired. Customers will cancel, return and re-buy just to apply discount codes. Discount codes suck.

(I think you mean retroactively not proactively)