Sunday, January 20, 2008

Ever heard of an Affiliate program scam?

Ever heard of an Affiliate program scam?
Everyday, A lot of people are learning that the best way to
make money at home online is to start with some of the best
affiliate programs on the web. They go in with big hopes of
making it big online just like many who have done it and
are still doing it.

What's easier then joining a free affiliate program,
throwing some links on your site, promote the site, and
start to make money online at home. Again, many are making
tremendous amounts of money for doing just that.

Every successful internet marketer knows that many work at
home programs that people pay money for are flat out scams.
They are no good. But what many new and older marketers
don't know is that some of the many internet affiliate
programs that are out there don't pay their affiliates for
their owns sales.

Are you shocked? You probably never heard of this before.
Is this something new to you? This has happened to many,
including myself.

This is very true. You go and sign up to a brand new and
free to join affiliate program. It looks and feels good to
you. You feel excited because it tells you that the
conversion rate is 1 sale in every 20 unique visitors. So
you say to yourself "What the heck, this program looks
good. I am going to give it a lot of exposure on my site".
So you do just that.

Sales start to come in on a daily basis. Now, many
affiliate programs pay their affiliates twice a month. When
the pay period comes, you expect to get your money either
through online payment or through a check. Everything seems
to be OK. But one day you start to think about why you have
not gotten your affiliate commission payment from that
particular affiliate program.

So you email the affiliate manager and ask them why they
are not paying you your commissions. Days go by, and the
affiliate manager doesn't reply back to you so you email
again. And again, no response. If you are waiting for a
check or an online affiliate payment then you go into your
account and see if you got all of your info right . Every
thing seems to be OK.

Now, if you are reading this article, you are probably
thinking that this has happened to only 1 or 2 affiliates
for that particular web affiliate program. But what if I
told you that many people who promoted this particular
program also had the same problem.

This is what I like to call "An online affiliate program
scam". You can promote the program and make sales, but
chances are that you will not get paid. This is linked to
your regular web work at home scams. Schemers sell people a
work at home program, they take their money, give them
nothing in return, and run away.

Believe it or not, there are a small number of these free
affiliate programs out there.

The best way to find out if an affiliate program is good or
not is by going to the many good online forums out there
and see if the program that you are looking into right now
is any good.

Not every bad affiliate program will come offline and be
stopped. They will keep going even though they have not
paid 1 single affiliate. Find a good forum where top
affiliates go and see what they are talking about and what
internet affiliate programs they are promoting and are
getting paid on. You will find good affiliate programs to
promote who will actually pay you for your sales.


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Tal Fighel is inviting you to visit his
http://www.work-at-home-income-directory.com/Top-Affiliate-P
rograms.html
Or visit his Work At Home "TOP PICKS":
http://www.work-at-home-income-directory.com

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