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12/10/2004: "The Affiliate Business Bites the Dust."

Perhaps it's a bit premature to proclaim the death of the affiliate business. But let me share a bit of my own experience with you and leave you to judge for yourself.

I have earned a lot of money in the affiliate business and it was pretty much on autopilot. Then Clickbank started giving refunds fast and furious and those of us who communicate to each other about these things, complained among ourselves. All of us were losing money.

Some programs such as Silver Vegas don't even pay affiliates the commissions they owe them nor will they answer e-mail. A real ripoff.

And Google has pretty much stopped indexing affiliate links.

So I for one have stopped actively participating in the affiliate business and will soon leave it altogether. It's been my experience that when something no longer works, it's time to get out. And the affiliate business is moribund.