Hi guys - Im happy I found this forum - im a full time affiliate. Soon I will however launch my own programs - because im tired of webmasters - cheating and Fu... up ...
I wanted to hear if any one have heard of an Affiliate Union, are there such a thing - I think there should be - so that the web merchants cant treath affiliates like the want ..
I just lost 55.000 $ in accumulated commision, because the Merchant decided to change the "Terms of Service" without notice - to contain a section - with some rules one of my sites violated.
First of all this company never had a "TOS" when i was signed up - I never accepted anything - I even worked close with the affiliate manager sharing ideas ect ect - and was planning an import to EU of their products - thats the reason i accumulated my commision - they said I could use my earned commision as payment for an order.
So everything was going good - I have some prequalifier sites with good conversion - so i did around 6-7000$ a month.
But then i received a letter stating my site violated the "TOS" so my commision due was lost.
I wrote the company, and stated that if i had just knew that there was a "TOS" i ofcourse woulkd have read it - and made sure i didnt in no way violate it - because this was the last thing you want to do.
So now i have contact with a Lawyer - that will run the case on a contingency basis - wanting 50% of the claim and $1000 in retainer to get started ...
SO - guys girls ...any one ever experienced anything like this ???
Can it really be legal for a company to treat their affiliates like that - having a TOS - that can change with no notice - and allow them to keep commision earned even earlier.
I mean think if you where working for MCDonalds - and then the day before you where to collect your pay check - they said - oooh sorry - but yeaster day we changed the contract which you never signed, to state that if you did not wear a pink butterfly every day - well you are fired and also the money you have earned - we keep them ...
Well I have been so frustrated about this .. so it felt great getting it out - I hope for some links to legal matters and cases like this ...
Meier
I wanted to hear if any one have heard of an Affiliate Union, are there such a thing - I think there should be - so that the web merchants cant treath affiliates like the want ..
I just lost 55.000 $ in accumulated commision, because the Merchant decided to change the "Terms of Service" without notice - to contain a section - with some rules one of my sites violated.
First of all this company never had a "TOS" when i was signed up - I never accepted anything - I even worked close with the affiliate manager sharing ideas ect ect - and was planning an import to EU of their products - thats the reason i accumulated my commision - they said I could use my earned commision as payment for an order.
So everything was going good - I have some prequalifier sites with good conversion - so i did around 6-7000$ a month.
But then i received a letter stating my site violated the "TOS" so my commision due was lost.
I wrote the company, and stated that if i had just knew that there was a "TOS" i ofcourse woulkd have read it - and made sure i didnt in no way violate it - because this was the last thing you want to do.
So now i have contact with a Lawyer - that will run the case on a contingency basis - wanting 50% of the claim and $1000 in retainer to get started ...
SO - guys girls ...any one ever experienced anything like this ???
Can it really be legal for a company to treat their affiliates like that - having a TOS - that can change with no notice - and allow them to keep commision earned even earlier.
I mean think if you where working for MCDonalds - and then the day before you where to collect your pay check - they said - oooh sorry - but yeaster day we changed the contract which you never signed, to state that if you did not wear a pink butterfly every day - well you are fired and also the money you have earned - we keep them ...
Well I have been so frustrated about this .. so it felt great getting it out - I hope for some links to legal matters and cases like this ...
Meier
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