{"id":15134,"date":"2016-04-30T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=15134"},"modified":"2019-02-13T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:25:22","slug":"affiliate-marketing-mistake-10-not-paying-attention-to-affiliate-program-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/affiliate-marketing-mistake-10-not-paying-attention-to-affiliate-program-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate Marketing Mistake #10: Not Paying Attention to Affiliate Program Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the past almost 20 years, I've used a multitude of different email addresses to sign up for affiliate programs and affiliate networks.<\/p>\n

In 1997, I used the address linked to my first Internet service provider, which became unusable when I left Prince George, B.C. a couple of years later and signed up with a new provider in Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n

I then picked up an online email account with Bigfoot because I was traveling a lot and could access it anywhere at anytime. However, their service went by the wayside pretty darned quickly. Fortunately, I hadn't signed up for many affiliate programs or networks, so changing the email address on those accounts wasn't too tedious.<\/p>\n

Not long afterward I started using CPanel, and got the bright idea to use a different email address for each affiliate program, i.e. clickbank@rosalinds.com, cj@rosalinds.com and so forth.<\/p>\n

That setup worked especially well while I was using Eudora, a computer-based email client. I created separate mailboxes for each program, which would ‘light up' when a new email had arrived. <\/p>\n

Sadly, Eudora went the way of the dodo, and I signed up for my Gmail account which I've now had for over a decade.<\/p>\n

It took awhile to change all those affiliate-program@mydomain.com email addresses to my Gmail account email address.<\/p>\n

Then, during one of my server moves, I decided to ‘clean up' the ‘extraneous stuff' on the server and deleted most of those affiliate-program@mydomain.com forwarding email addresses.<\/p>\n

BIG mistake.
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When you are working with a lot of programs and different networks, you might not notice if you don't receive an email from one of them for awhile — months even. This is especially true if you don't do much business with a particular program and don't check your stats regularly. <\/p>\n

And when you're not receiving the affiliate program emails, you might miss one or more that can affect your affiliate relationship status with that program… to the point of termination.<\/p>\n

Imagine the surprise \/ shock when you finally log in to an affiliate account that you've had for years and read a statement:<\/p>\n

“This account is closed and will not generate referrals. Access to this site is for historical purposes only.”<\/p>\n

Yup, that's what happened to my Amazon account.<\/p>\n

Duh.<\/p>\n

Apparently, back in October 2015, the Amazon Associates Program sent out a number of emails requesting affiliates to confirm that they were in compliance with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which is mandatory for participation in the Amazon Associates Program.<\/p>\n

I didn't get those emails, so my Amazon Associates Program account was closed on November 1, 2015, which I didn't know, because I still wasn't getting any email from the Amazon Associates program. <\/p>\n

Between then and now, I created a number of affiliate links to various products on Amazon, such as books I was reading and products I'd purchased and did NOT see a notice that those referrals wouldn't generate commissions. Their bad.<\/p>\n

It was only when I went into the associates program interface that I say the notification about the account being closed.<\/p>\n

I sent a few queries through the a portal asking why the account had been closed – with no reply. It was only when I phoned that I got some answers and action.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the original account couldn't be re-instated, so I had to re-apply for a new account (and a new ID) in order to participate in the Amazon Associates Program again.<\/p>\n

And THAT is why I spent my weekend changing links…<\/p>\n

TWO Moral to this story:<\/p>\n

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  1. Use ONE email address for your affiliate programs and affiliate network sign ups.<\/li>\n
  2. READ the emails those affiliate programs and affiliate networks send!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Did you find this post informative and useful? If so, please share it with others! If you have a comment, question or suggestion, please leave a comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Cheers,
    \n\"sig-ros\"<\/p>\n

    P.S. Want to make your links easier to track? Use Pretty Link! <\/p>\n

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