Do you trust Affiliate sites?

@soleya (1100)
Latvia
July 27, 2010 9:15am CST
Ok, I am new here and I just wonder have you tried and worked as an Affiliate for different sites? Do you trust these sites that they are going to pay you what you have deserved? The reason why I am asking is simply because I just registered for one site and I am not sure that my time won't be wasted on promoting their products. I am not sure that I will get what I deserve.
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@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
28 Jul 10
Hello Soleya I did work with some affiliate sites in the past, and did find that they were paying me. But in order to make money, you have to give them buying customers. They won't pay you for sending 100 customers to their site if no-one buys anything. On top of that, you are working on commission, and your commission is a percentage of what the customer spend. The more he spend, the more you make. Affiliate sites usually give you access to a stat page where you can view how many referrals you have sent them. You still need to trust them, but for any business, time is money. And it is really not worth their while to pay a programmer to fidle the stat numbers in order to rip you off for a few dollars. Your job is to promote their product in the right manner in order to attract the right customers. If you attract customers by deception, you will be wasting your time. You can lead them to the site by deception, but you cannot make them buy anything once they realise you have made a fool of them.
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@soleya (1100)
• Latvia
29 Jul 10
Thank you so much for your reply. You made a good point!
• United States
27 Jul 10
The truth is really that some are better than others. Most of the successful sites are the ones that provide survey opportunities. Let me know if you want any sites that have worked for me.
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@soleya (1100)
• Latvia
27 Jul 10
Thank you for your response. Yes, I would love to hear what kind of sites worked for you. Thank you.
• United States
10 Aug 10
I don't always sign up for affiliate programs unless it was something I'm interested in. I signed up for a program because it was something I was interested in and wanted to make money from, I didn't think it would actually work, but I did reach payout and I'm gonna get my check in a few months, I'm very happy about it. I didn't actually think it would work but it did. I'm just hoping it'll work more and I'll be able to get more money from it.