Don’t Waste Time on Non Ownership Affiliate Programs : One of our members received an important email from one of their affiliate program vendor. The message was about termination of their affiliate program. Reason for its termination – Company got acquired. In most cases, a company acquisition is good news. – For the investors, partners, company directors and CEO among others; but – not the affiliates.
We have been reminding our visitors and members about this scenario, all the time. At some point, either you will give up on a specific affiliate program or the vendor will abandon the business or the business itself will get acquired. We’ve always maintained, when this happens – the affiliates get a big fat zero other than a termination letter of thanks.
This company was likely sold for many a million dollars; yet, the affiliates who worked so hard to build this company got nothing. Yes, the affiliates earned their due commissions, BUT – those commissions does not alter lives. Read up on the affiliate termination message the company sent to its hard working affiliates. The company name has been changed/removed for its privacy.
Hi
Since WE first began not too long ago, affiliates just like you have been a critical part of our business, growth and success.
Last year alone, we paid out over half a million dollars in affiliate commissions and we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support. You have supported us and our families and without you, we would simply not be where we are today. (((The irony is this – the support was one way, from the affiliates to the vendor.)))
At OUR COMPANY, we consider affiliates like you to be our business partners, and we have always tried to keep you informed as our business has evolved and grown. (((This is ironic indeed. Business partners simply do not just get a termination letter of thanks. Business partners should get company shares and profits.)))
I’m writing to you today to let you know about the next stage of OUR COMPANY’s evolution. You see, a few weeks ago OUR COMPANY was acquired by the US tech company GoDaddy. To understand what this acquisition means for you as our affiliate, please read, here’s a quick summary.
GoDaddy has acquired OUR COMPANY and over the next few months we will be integrating our video capabilities into GoDaddy Studio on the web and on iOS and Android. Ideally we would keep the current version of OUR COMPANY up and running while we integrate into GoDaddy’s global platform.
Unfortunately, as a small team of 7 people we simply do not have the capacity to maintain OUR COMPANY AND integrate with GoDaddy. What this means is that we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close down OUR COMPANY by August 2021.
This also means that we will be sunsetting OUR COMPANY’S affiliate program over the next few weeks.
We know that you will have a lot of questions, so we have created a Frequently Asked Questions page here that will answer all your questions about your commission payments, your traffic and your links. We realize, this is a big change and we are genuinely sorry for any inconvenience that it may cause to you and your business.
Thank you again for all your support and I wish you all the very best with your future online endeavors.
Kind regards,
Our Company
As an affiliate, what now? – Make sure you have at least one company in your portfolio (like ours) which will pay you your company share when the company is acquired or sold. Else, you will wasting valuable time, which will never ever come back – again. It is imperative, at some point, affiliates will get caught up in the glitz and name brand of the company and its products. But, always remember – they are simply paying you wage commissions. Nothing more.
If you’re smart, you won’t let this advice pass you by – Make your loyalty count.
We have been reminding our visitors and members about this scenario, all the time. At some point, either you will give up on a specific affiliate program or the vendor will abandon the business or the business itself will get acquired. We’ve always maintained, when this happens – the affiliates get a big fat zero other than a termination letter of thanks.
This company was likely sold for many a million dollars; yet, the affiliates who worked so hard to build this company got nothing. Yes, the affiliates earned their due commissions, BUT – those commissions does not alter lives. Read up on the affiliate termination message the company sent to its hard working affiliates. The company name has been changed/removed for its privacy.
Hi
Since WE first began not too long ago, affiliates just like you have been a critical part of our business, growth and success.
Last year alone, we paid out over half a million dollars in affiliate commissions and we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support. You have supported us and our families and without you, we would simply not be where we are today. (((The irony is this – the support was one way, from the affiliates to the vendor.)))
At OUR COMPANY, we consider affiliates like you to be our business partners, and we have always tried to keep you informed as our business has evolved and grown. (((This is ironic indeed. Business partners simply do not just get a termination letter of thanks. Business partners should get company shares and profits.)))
I’m writing to you today to let you know about the next stage of OUR COMPANY’s evolution. You see, a few weeks ago OUR COMPANY was acquired by the US tech company GoDaddy. To understand what this acquisition means for you as our affiliate, please read, here’s a quick summary.
GoDaddy has acquired OUR COMPANY and over the next few months we will be integrating our video capabilities into GoDaddy Studio on the web and on iOS and Android. Ideally we would keep the current version of OUR COMPANY up and running while we integrate into GoDaddy’s global platform.
Unfortunately, as a small team of 7 people we simply do not have the capacity to maintain OUR COMPANY AND integrate with GoDaddy. What this means is that we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close down OUR COMPANY by August 2021.
This also means that we will be sunsetting OUR COMPANY’S affiliate program over the next few weeks.
We know that you will have a lot of questions, so we have created a Frequently Asked Questions page here that will answer all your questions about your commission payments, your traffic and your links. We realize, this is a big change and we are genuinely sorry for any inconvenience that it may cause to you and your business.
Thank you again for all your support and I wish you all the very best with your future online endeavors.
Kind regards,
Our Company
As an affiliate, what now? – Make sure you have at least one company in your portfolio (like ours) which will pay you your company share when the company is acquired or sold. Else, you will wasting valuable time, which will never ever come back – again. It is imperative, at some point, affiliates will get caught up in the glitz and name brand of the company and its products. But, always remember – they are simply paying you wage commissions. Nothing more.
If you’re smart, you won’t let this advice pass you by – Make your loyalty count.
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