Why the sudden change of heart on cross sales?

[becky]

Since you don't have the time or inclination to test them out, you should just stay away from programs with xsells then. Affiliates who turn a blind eye for the large payouts only perpetuate the problem. And I'm not saying you are doing so, but there are a lot of affiliates that do.

Oh and thanks for the correction on my use of the term XSELLS. I wish this was the biggest problem we have with them

[Toby]

Originally Posted by becky

Since you don't have the time or inclination to test them out...

As I noted above, a little online research on wm boards and via Google will usually shine a light on the shady players. Test joins are just a bit excessive, with too many additional consequences.

FWIW, I don't promote any sponsors that have pre-checked cross sales. This has been my personal policy long before it became a hot topic on the boards.

[becky]

Originally Posted by Toby

As I noted above, a little online research on wm boards and via Google will usually shine a light on the shady players. Test joins are just a bit excessive, with too many additional consequences.

That's not always the case. Someone mentioned a program in this thread that I have been doing business with myself. I decided to test their methods and was blindly billed myself. And I know all the tricks. It just shows you can't always trust what you are reading.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by becky

Since you don't have the time or inclination to test them out, you should just stay away from programs with xsells then.

I typically do.

Originally Posted by becky

Affiliates who turn a blind eye for the large payouts only perpetuate the problem. And I'm not saying you are doing so, but there are a lot of affiliates that do.

Well, being that the majority of the sponsors I tend to promote are CCBill-only revshare programs and not major PPS sponsors, I don't usually feel the need to worry about such nonsense. I don't like promoting sponsors whose sites are so poor that they need to make $100 worth of cross-sales on the join page because they know that the customer will not rebill.

Originally Posted by becky

Oh and thanks for the correction on my use of the term XSELLS. I wish this was the biggest problem we have with them

Thank you for learning from your mistakes and not reacting like an impudent child who doesn't care how ignorant she looks.