Comments on: How to piss off Affiliates: Example #167 - Which? Program http://www.3wdl.co.uk/2007/01/01/how-to-piss-off-affiliates-example-167-which-program/ James Little writes about Affiliate Marketing, SEO, PPC, Blogging, Internet Revenue, and other random thoughts Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.3wdl.co.uk/2007/01/01/how-to-piss-off-affiliates-example-167-which-program/#comment-1322 Lee Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:23:46 +0000 http://www.exwebjunkie.com/2007/01/01/how-to-piss-off-affiliates-example-167-which-program/#comment-1322 I can only see agencies adding value when they actually do that and not simply spot what successful affiliates are doing, copy them and then ban affiliates from doing what they were doing. I see this so many times and, to be honest, I'm fed up to the back teeth of it. There are a few affiliates that work for their retainers. You get some that find out what the affiliates are doing and then work out how to help them do more. You get some agencies that will find out more information about products for you, they let you know when products are going out of stock, try and get you discount codes, let you know of other products that a merchant is selling loads of etc etc. But the one's that simply take over the running of the programme and then limit what affiliates can do so they can do it themselves should be restrained. If an affiliate spots an agency from doing this then we should all boycott their programmes - otherwise we're all going to be marginalised by those agencies. Lee I can only see agencies adding value when they actually do that and not simply spot what successful affiliates are doing, copy them and then ban affiliates from doing what they were doing.

I see this so many times and, to be honest, I’m fed up to the back teeth of it.

There are a few affiliates that work for their retainers. You get some that find out what the affiliates are doing and then work out how to help them do more.

You get some agencies that will find out more information about products for you, they let you know when products are going out of stock, try and get you discount codes, let you know of other products that a merchant is selling loads of etc etc.

But the one’s that simply take over the running of the programme and then limit what affiliates can do so they can do it themselves should be restrained.

If an affiliate spots an agency from doing this then we should all boycott their programmes - otherwise we’re all going to be marginalised by those agencies.

Lee

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