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When Do Merchants have to Pay Out?



avalanche
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I haven't found anything on the site about requirements of when merchants must pay affiliates. Is there a specified length of time? Please say we do and show me url if you don't mind.

If not, we need one fast. That's crazy if I could put out advertising $ for a merchant and get paid next year.


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POSTED ON: February 15, 2008 @ 13:35 GMT -7




inoweb
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I don't think there are requirements posted for vendors to pay affiliates.

I found this:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.affiliates.php

Which outlines when e-junkie will distribute the mass-payment file, but I highly doubt that e-junkie has anything (whatsoever) to do with when or how vendors pay their affiliates. e-Junkie is a tricked out shopping cart & product / affiliate / sales management system - I'm pretty sure that they don't take on any liability when it comes to what product owners promise or fail to deliver.


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POSTED ON: February 16, 2008 @ 07:54 GMT -7




avalanche
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Posts: 14


They may be legally covered but they would literally shoot their whole network in the foot from PR standpoint if merchants have no code of conduct or a standard Terms of service. Handling affiliate signups in bulk gives the implication of some type of affiliate network even with their disclaimer on the site and (somewhat irritating) re-mention of that in any affiliate-related questions (even though my question regarded their software, not the merchant).

Maybe it's just my opinion but a strong base of affiliates should be one of the biggest selling points to merchants and could even take them out of competing purely on price - which is usually a losing business model. If I was a merchant and my shopping cart provider said, oh and by the way... we have a slew of top affiliates waiting to promote products like yours - you'll most likely make back whatever you pay us on from them alone, I'd buy in for sure.

At least require merchants to post a terms of service for cryin' out loud. It just looks sloppy and may get you in some legal hot water - even w/ that legal disclaimer, you know how the courts are these days. Plus the PR black eye would be disastrous.


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POSTED ON: February 16, 2008 @ 13:19 GMT -7


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