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Hooper · 2004-01-28, 11:27 AM

Sorry guys, we dont make a habit of disclosing the EXACT details of fraud when it happens.

There are certain indicators that tend to occur that our system watches for that have proven to be valid indicators of reseller fraud.

Yes, believe it or not, low volume resellers are much more likely to perpetrate fraud against affiliate programs because they choose to perpetrate the fraud against many programs in low volume rather than one program in high volume (sort of a dont put your eggs in one basket philosophy).

So the answer is partially yes, if you had been sending significant volume than a single instance of fraud would not be an indicator of reseller fraud, but when 100% of your sales are fraudulent and other metrics also support it, we terminate accounts without question.

Bottom line here is that our numbers are our numbers, we trust them, they have kept us in business for 6 years and we are not going to abandon them today because one reseller out of more than 150 that we have terminated in the past 12 months is unhappy about it.

JMHO, but whining about it in public forums definitely wont help you.

2004-01-28, 11:27 AM	#5
Hooper Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4	Sorry guys, we dont make a habit of disclosing the EXACT details of fraud when it happens. There are certain indicators that tend to occur that our system watches for that have proven to be valid indicators of reseller fraud. Yes, believe it or not, low volume resellers are much more likely to perpetrate fraud against affiliate programs because they choose to perpetrate the fraud against many programs in low volume rather than one program in high volume (sort of a dont put your eggs in one basket philosophy). So the answer is partially yes, if you had been sending significant volume than a single instance of fraud would not be an indicator of reseller fraud, but when 100% of your sales are fraudulent and other metrics also support it, we terminate accounts without question. Bottom line here is that our numbers are our numbers, we trust them, they have kept us in business for 6 years and we are not going to abandon them today because one reseller out of more than 150 that we have terminated in the past 12 months is unhappy about it. JMHO, but whining about it in public forums definitely wont help you.