Comments on: Coupon Affiliates are stealing from you http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: PIGGY http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-95580 PIGGY Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:29:27 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-95580 it's called business ... as an online affiliate marketer myself, there is competition.. maybe the webmaster should have had a coupon code ready for their guest lol why would she leave and think, omg i could save money... who9 would want to spend more seriously? it’s called business … as an online affiliate marketer myself, there is competition.. maybe the webmaster should have had a coupon code ready for their guest lol why would she leave and think, omg i could save money… who9 would want to spend more seriously?

]]> By: David Koh http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-95265 David Koh Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:21:30 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-95265 Wow, it's sneaky indeed. Not all orders have a "coupon" field there, so one way would be to only promote items that do not have a "coupon" field during the buying process. Anyway, what the coupon sites are doing aren't illegal, it's just not very nice. And in the cases where there is no coupon present but where a pretense there is exists, then I would say it is very unkind of them. I agree with Yoki, if most affiliate networks did as his comment suggested, I'm sure a lof of people will be much happier. Wow, it’s sneaky indeed. Not all orders have a “coupon” field there, so one way would be to only promote items that do not have a “coupon” field during the buying process. Anyway, what the coupon sites are doing aren’t illegal, it’s just not very nice. And in the cases where there is no coupon present but where a pretense there is exists, then I would say it is very unkind of them.

I agree with Yoki, if most affiliate networks did as his comment suggested, I’m sure a lof of people will be much happier.

]]> By: The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 12, 2008) http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92554 The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 12, 2008) Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92554 [...] Coupon Affiliates are Stealing from You Apparently now in the UK, one out of every 200 visits to an online retail site comes from a Voucher/Coupon Code website. As this type of traffic is increasing year after year, your hard earned affiliate commissions could be getting flushed down the drain when your cookie is overwritten by these rogue practices. [...] [...] Coupon Affiliates are Stealing from You Apparently now in the UK, one out of every 200 visits to an online retail site comes from a Voucher/Coupon Code website. As this type of traffic is increasing year after year, your hard earned affiliate commissions could be getting flushed down the drain when your cookie is overwritten by these rogue practices. [...]

]]> By: Kyle http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92536 Kyle Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:41:12 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92536 Sucks that they are doing this and since the method is rogue it simply shouldn't be allowed. That being said, the whole premise of a coupon code site is to steal the sale so Im not really surprised. I'd say a large majority of affiliate programs not only take last cookie over first cookie but also take coupon code over cookies too. Sucks that they are doing this and since the method is rogue it simply shouldn’t be allowed. That being said, the whole premise of a coupon code site is to steal the sale so Im not really surprised. I’d say a large majority of affiliate programs not only take last cookie over first cookie but also take coupon code over cookies too.

]]> By: RabbitRoger http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92535 RabbitRoger Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92535 Another solution is to share commision between affiliates, as i know, some advertisers are already doing this. Another solution is to share commision between affiliates, as i know, some advertisers are already doing this.

]]> By: quadszilla http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92526 quadszilla Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:08:54 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92526 Cool post. On some offers, you can include a string in the URL that pre-populates the form field with your coupon code. In general, though, I hate coupon codes and encourage affiliate program managers not to use them. On the black hat side of the equation, it certainly makes sense to try to rank for "[affiliate program product name] coupon code" to snipe these sales. Cool post. On some offers, you can include a string in the URL that pre-populates the form field with your coupon code.

In general, though, I hate coupon codes and encourage affiliate program managers not to use them.

On the black hat side of the equation, it certainly makes sense to try to rank for “[affiliate program product name] coupon code” to snipe these sales.

]]> By: Anon http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92524 Anon Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:50:49 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92524 > What solutions do you see to combat this rising problem? Simple: provide a coupon yourself. (Next to your affiliate-link.) This way the customer won't look for it on other sites. Sure - this requires considerably more work from your part than just dropping that link, but it also adds value to your site. > What solutions do you see to combat this rising problem?

Simple: provide a coupon yourself. (Next to your affiliate-link.)
This way the customer won’t look for it on other sites.
Sure – this requires considerably more work from your part than just dropping that link, but it also adds value to your site.

]]> By: Yoki http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92522 Yoki Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:36:12 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92522 This has come to a head in the US already - one of the companies that I have had dealings with in the past (CSN Stores) has come up with a decent solution to this - this blog post describes it well: http://www.jangro.com/a/2008/01/15/not-the-same-old-status-quo-at-csn-stores/. In a nutshell - the coupon affiliate gets full credit if they're the only referrer. If another affiliate is the first referrer they get only a very small percentage of the affiliate revenue. It's a pretty good solution if you're a merchant wanting to support your legitimate affiliates. This has come to a head in the US already – one of the companies that I have had dealings with in the past (CSN Stores) has come up with a decent solution to this – this blog post describes it well: http://www.jangro.com/a/2008/01/15/not-the-same-old-status-quo-at-csn-stores/.

In a nutshell – the coupon affiliate gets full credit if they’re the only referrer. If another affiliate is the first referrer they get only a very small percentage of the affiliate revenue. It’s a pretty good solution if you’re a merchant wanting to support your legitimate affiliates.

]]> By: PPCblogger http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/comment-page-1/#comment-92517 PPCblogger Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:03:33 +0000 http://www.earnersblog.com/coupon-affiliates-are-stealing-from-you/#comment-92517 The UK IAB have joined with a load of networks to stop this quite recently. http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/iabsaffiliatemarketingcouncillaunchescodeofbestpractice110808.mxs Seen e-mails from 3 of the biggest Aff networks in the UK warning about this over the last week or so. I like the concept by the IAB but realistically it's going to be very hard to police. By having the pages set up around specific vouchers codes these sites dont have, still ultimately makes for a bad user experience for the customer. Plus it's easy to get a cookie on a machine without a click required, so some sites tactics may evolve to more blackhat techniques. The UK IAB have joined with a load of networks to stop this quite recently.

http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/iabsaffiliatemarketingcouncillaunchescodeofbestpractice110808.mxs

Seen e-mails from 3 of the biggest Aff networks in the UK warning about this over the last week or so.

I like the concept by the IAB but realistically it’s going to be very hard to police.

By having the pages set up around specific vouchers codes these sites dont have, still ultimately makes for a bad user experience for the customer. Plus it’s easy to get a cookie on a machine without a click required, so some sites tactics may evolve to more blackhat techniques.

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