Comments on: [Mailbag] Using Affiliate Marketing To Pay For Your Expenses http://askbobtheteacher.com/blog/expenses-to-income Bob The Teacher Jenkins reveals the tools and strategies you need to profit while promoting your business online. Get your free lessons now. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:45:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: John Counsel http://askbobtheteacher.com/blog/expenses-to-income#comment-6870 John Counsel Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:04:40 +0000 http://askbobtheteacher.com/blog/?p=215#comment-6870 Good advice, Bob (as usual). Just a clarification regarding "closed" affiliate programs, where you have to buy the product before you're eligible to become an affiliate: They're ILLEGAL in almost all countries, including the USA and Canada. The bottom line here is that requiring a personal purchase in order to be eligible for referral benefits (of any kind, not just commissions) is outlawed under most trade practices legislation. Anyone wanting more information can download a FREE ebook, "Seller Beware!", from http://sellerbeware.info -- it's the most recommended ebook on protecting your PayPal business account against its #1 threat... PayPal's hair-trigger security teams! John Good advice, Bob (as usual).

Just a clarification regarding “closed” affiliate programs, where you have to buy the product before you’re eligible to become an affiliate:

They’re ILLEGAL in almost all countries, including the USA and Canada.

The bottom line here is that requiring a personal purchase in order to be eligible for referral benefits (of any kind, not just commissions) is outlawed under most trade practices legislation.

Anyone wanting more information can download a FREE ebook, “Seller Beware!”, from http://sellerbeware.info — it’s the most recommended ebook on protecting your PayPal business account against its #1 threat… PayPal’s hair-trigger security teams!

John

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