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Title: Voucher Codes VS Affiliate Sites.

Description: Identifying the problems faced by Affiliate sites when their users go off to look for voucher codes and void the commission earn't. Steps to rectify this (such as adding your own voucher code options) and How and why merchants may attempt to combat this in the future.

[saxon68]

Title: Creating a mechanism to ensure protection of affiliate earnings.

With many larger networks merging in recent years. Are the smaller networks a risky option?

A topic suggestion modified from an article by: John Gilbert -Jupp

DGM UK was entering into administration without notice to affiliates again proved that affiliates seem to be at the bottom of the pile when it comes to payment protection.

Networks generally have no mechanism in place to ensure protection of affiliate earnings.

No network to date separates the revenue allocated for affiliate commissions into escrow, separating these monies from their general expenditure. This means that there is no underlying guarantee of payment protection directly for affiliates. Reputable networks like Affiliate Window spend huge sums of money on credit insurance each year. This ensures that the network gets paid for all merchants in the event of merchant defaults and this goes some significant way to ensuring affiliates get paid.

Yet what precise level of protection does ANY network provide to protect affiliates from network over exposure beyond the laudable activities of voluntarily provided information on merchant credit protection and an alert system on merchants behind with payments? There is no mechanism in place which states that affiliate earnings are ringfenced and will be paid even if the network folds.

Ringfenced earnings is surely a must-do to create confidence moving forward?

Grant

[hpops]

Title: Creating a mechanism to ensure protection of affiliate earnings.

With many larger networks merging in recent years. Are the smaller networks a risky option?

A topic suggestion modified from an article by: John Gilbert -Jupp

DGM UK was entering into administration without notice to affiliates again proved that affiliates seem to be at the bottom of the pile when it comes to payment protection.

Networks generally have no mechanism in place to ensure protection of affiliate earnings.

No network to date separates the revenue allocated for affiliate commissions into escrow, separating these monies from their general expenditure. This means that there is no underlying guarantee of payment protection directly for affiliates. Reputable networks like Affiliate Window spend huge sums of money on credit insurance each year. This ensures that the network gets paid for all merchants in the event of merchant defaults and this goes some significant way to ensuring affiliates get paid.

Yet what precise level of protection does ANY network provide to protect affiliates from network over exposure beyond the laudable activities of voluntarily provided information on merchant credit protection and an alert system on merchants behind with payments? There is no mechanism in place which states that affiliate earnings are ringfenced and will be paid even if the network folds.

Ringfenced earnings is surely a must-do to create confidence moving forward?

Grant

Will definitely be covering this in one of the sessions I'm doing (not going to spoil Matt's big reveal by saying which one)

[nick_idbrokers]

Which topics where selected, if any, from the suggestions ?

[dagaul101]

Any particular speakers in the affiliate industry that was asked for that is booked?

[nick_idbrokers]

Still no news on who won the pass ?

[Matthew Wood]

Apologies!

It's fair to say that we directly used one suggestion and one influenced another...

Thanks for all your suggestions... by my quick analysis the two winners are:


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Nick_idbrokers

Please email me matthew then at existem.com and I can arrange everything for your pass.

Congratulations and Thanks.
Matt

[nick_idbrokers]

Blimey, thought I might have as good a chance as anyone else.....but this is a nice surprise. Email sent.