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willow2178's Review of Trade Doubler www.tradedoubler.com

5th May 2004

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Content
    3.5 stars
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Hi,
I would be very interested to know your opinions on affiliate programs on the internet.
This year I have tried several different programs only to have problems with every one of them when it comes to being paid the commissions owed.
Tradedoubler (www.tradedoubler.co.uk) have several loan companies that pay per lead for a secured loan application, I thought this was a good idea for a business so obtained my consumer credit licence and signed up to the Life Loans 180 affiliate program on the Trade Doubler site. I receive £30 commission for every applicant I generate even if the applicant gets turned down for a loan, Trade Doubler's terms and conditions state that you get paid 2 months in arrears - business done in March you get paid in May on the 17th of the month. In March of this year, I put 5 leads through my lifeloans affiliate program expecting to receive my £30 commission for each lead on the 17th of May 2004, on March 31st Lifeloans 180 cancelled all my leads as they thought I was making them up. After a lengthy discussion over the telephone with them they agreed that the leads were genuine and said the commission would be reinstated to my Trade Doubler account and they informed Trade Doubler the same day. On the 1st of April the commission was reinstated and I thought everything was ok, however, because Trade Doubler didn't reinstate my commission until the next day and this carried over to the following month, I have been told today that 'it is very unfortunate but you will not be paid until the 17th June.' This is not the first time I have had problems with affiliate programs that don't pay when they are supposed to or even worse, don't pay at all.
Afiliate programs are a very good idea if they are ran properly by the companies concerned, but I would be very interested to know how many of your readers have had similiar experiences with such programs, as in my experiance they are a long way short of being a viable business option and surely need scrutinizing.
Please let me know your thoughts and the experiences of others.
Many Regards
Jason Byrnes
Proprietor
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General Comments

Trade Doubler is full of excuses for not paying me as an affiliate - still waiting for my commission after 2 months.

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  • welbee on 9th Jan 2006

    It's horrible, but this is business as usual for Trade Doubler. As much as they charge to get advertisers set up, I really don't understand why it would be a problem to create accounts for each of their advertisers so affiliates could be paid on time. Almost all of the larger US networks like CJ require this to even get set up. You have to have a certain amount in your acocunt so that they don't have 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 month delays in paying people who are working to help build their brand. It's disgusting that they're so affiliate unfriendly and continue to grow.