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**xboxundone** · 09-21-2006, 11:50 AM

Here is an exerpt from a new article up on Cpa Affiliates. thought some of yall might find it usefull

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It’s happened to all online marketers at some point in their careers. You find an excellent merchant with a top notch product and a campaign that converts like wildfire. You happily advertise them for months, but soon their payments start to slow down and eventually stop altogether. You’re not getting paid, and no one is replying to your emails. Sadly, getting ripped off by an unscrupulous merchant is almost a coming of age for affiliates.I worked as a debt collector during my college years before Internet marketing became a career, so I have seen and dealt with this problem more than once. There are good and bad ways of handling non-payment issues. Whether or not you get paid depends heavily on the actions you take. Success is never guaranteed, but here are some suggested DOs and DON’Ts to help lean the odds in your favor…

- DO attempt to establish a communication with the merchant and find out if the problem is cash flow, or something else. Not all payment delays result from lack of revenue. Perhaps the company is being sold and the bills are temporarily in limbo. Some companies only pay out when they receive a proper invoice and never received yours. Maybe they have the wrong payment info for you and your check went to an old address. Your first step is to send polite queries through email and phone calls.

- DO register a complaint with the local Better Business Bureau in their city if your attempts at an amicable resolution fail. If you have proof of your claim, the BBB will try to make an initial contact on your behalf to see what’s up. If the merchant ignores the BBB, or still refuses to pay, the BBB won’t pursue it any farther, but just their attempt at contact with the merchant is often enough to get you paid. The Better Business Bureau can also tell you how many complaints this company has received, and what percentage of complaints became resolved (which is a good indicator of your likelihood of getting paid). If you don’t get paid, at least you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your complaint is registered and will be seen by others who check on this company.

You can read more at What to do when You are Not Getting Paid by an Affiliate Network

I have experience not getting paid and it wasn't a fun ordeal! but if you work with them usually you can get paid. Unless they are just crooks you can get paid without going to court.

**Allen.H** · 09-21-2006, 02:40 PM

A shameless plug, yet very useful...thank you =)

A.H

**xboxundone** · 09-21-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Allen.H

A shameless plug, yet very useful...thank you =)

A.H

*L* yes it is a useful shameless plug atleast i posted some of the info and just didn't post a link like most do for Ebooks etc. I posted part of the article so that way if interests you check it out. If not then don't.

Glad you liked the info.

**Conan Stevens** · 11-01-2006, 01:19 PM

Or you could just go into forums and post about that affiliate program never counted your clicks that your logs showed and when asked about the discrepency they told you to sod off they were right and tehn after ignored your emails - oh then they continued to spam you with offers after you removed yourself from their system.

Thanks Clixgalore.

Andthe other dodgy network I worked with the owner recently died of natural causes so no need to mention him.

But 2 bad experiences out of 2 isn't a good start.

**jchen** · 11-04-2006, 08:06 PM

i havnt got paid yet but i should this month

My affliate program is max bounty and i've heard good revies about it :thumbup:

**smartweb** · 11-05-2006, 10:18 PM

I try to work with reputable affiliate programs, which have good reviews and excellent history of paying their affiliates

**DLGx** · 11-08-2006, 01:46 PM

Good article

Shame I didn't have more of a clue back when I got screwed over by various networks.

**MonkeyBiz** · 11-08-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by xboxundone

Here is an exerpt from a new article up on Cpa Affiliates. thought some of yall might find it usefull

You can read more at What to do when You are Not Getting Paid by an Affiliate Network

I have experience not getting paid and it wasn't a fun ordeal! but if you work with them usually you can get paid. Unless they are just crooks you can get paid without going to court.

You should know better than to post your plug in the monitization forum. There is a separate section for pluging your website and articles.

**Geiger** · 11-08-2006, 03:21 PM

Plug away! It's only spam when it doesn't apply!