As an affiliate you need to learn about affiliate parasites to protect your commissions. You work hard to bring quality visitors to your website. An affiliate parasite will write over the cookies set on your website with their own cookies to steal your hard earned affiliate commissions. Hiding your affiliate links will not necessarily prevent the theft of your affiliate commissions by an affiliate parasite. Hiding your affiliate links may help but to prevent affiliate commission theft you need to ensure you only promote parasite free programs,

So how do these parasites work ? You can watch an example HERE.

Pop ups (adware) and toolbars are the two most common affiliate commission predators.

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As a Merchant, establishing your company as a reputable affiliate merchant to your potential affiliates is critical. The risk you take by using a network that is not parasite free may easily result in the failure of your affiliate program and the tarnishing of yoru company;s reputation. If you plan to generate a reliable consistent revenue stream based on affiliate partner sales you need to know the concerns your affiliate’s have with affiliate parasites and take the steps needed to protect their commissions.

Share a Sale is a parasite free Affiliate Network and if you are considering an affiliate program, its the first network you should be checking out.

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