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How is there no better way to track conversions in a standard way by a third party? This whole win relies on the fact that the affiliate manager let out the real policy. She could have just said that there were no conversions, and the author would basically have no recourse?
> If they failed to pay, my plan was to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and reach out to other affiliates suggesting they do the same. Where do people get their info from to just go with a "time to contact the FTC"? If feels like the equivalent of people threatening they will contact the BBB. Depending on the amount (that was $88 per the screenshot?), that is something you take to small claims cour…
> Where do people get their info from to just go with a "time to contact the FTC"? If feels like the equivalent of people threatening they will contact the BBB. I'm well aware of how toothless and irrelevant BBB is these days. ("Yelp for old people"). Almost nobody visits BBB before making a decision, only after a bad experience. Given that, a business with a bad grade there probably doesn't feel much of a sting. But…
The consumer protection reporters for the new channel hanging around the headquarters also tend to grab a lot of attention in my experience. Happened once or twice that I remember where it was drop everything and solve the problem before the report goes out.
(1) Why was all of this work worth $88 in the first place? As a talented writer who is at least presumably familiar with software engineering, he surely could have earned that money faster by other means.
(2) Why does he continue to work with merchants he himself describes as unscrupulous, in _affiliate marketing_?
My hunch is that he wrote this article specifically to appeal to the HN crowd (see patio11 quotes) in an attempt to get additional commissions from driving more sales to a vendor _he himself_ describes as unscrupulous.
Do better, HN.
Added (small) side-effect from this post, as a keto person who loves Patrick’s advice: now I know never to give the Kiss My Keto assholes a dime, via your site or anyone else’s.
This piece has so many red flags. I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed it landed at #1 on HN. (1) Why was all of this work worth $88 in the first place? As a talented writer who is at least presumably familiar with software engineering, he surely could have earned that money faster by other means. (2) Why does he continue to work with merchants he himself describes as unscrupulous, in _affiliate marketing_? My hun…
He probably also wanted to burn the vendor/warn others.
Re #2: He didn’t. He states he ceased working with them after he recovered the $88.
This piece has so many red flags. I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed it landed at #1 on HN. (1) Why was all of this work worth $88 in the first place? As a talented writer who is at least presumably familiar with software engineering, he surely could have earned that money faster by other means. (2) Why does he continue to work with merchants he himself describes as unscrupulous, in _affiliate marketing_? My hun…
This piece has so many red flags. I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed it landed at #1 on HN. (1) Why was all of this work worth $88 in the first place? As a talented writer who is at least presumably familiar with software engineering, he surely could have earned that money faster by other means. (2) Why does he continue to work with merchants he himself describes as unscrupulous, in _affiliate marketing_? My hun…