Sponsor just called me asking for person who doesn't work here

[selena]

Originally Posted by DangerDave

and sponsors need to be a bit more proactive(eg: no fucking free email addresses), or this problem will be a continuing one.

DD

That's one of the reasons auto approve programs are a bad idea, imho.

As an affiliate, I get that when you sign up, you want to do what you want to do right then, and having to wait for approval can be annoying. But as an affiliate manager, I see lots of reasons to take some of the steps that we do...ie, application must either have a domain based email or the whois has to match.

Nothing will stop fraud entirely, but there are measures sponsors can take to help cut down on it.