The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam

Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by rwhitman on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:13AM (#6204727)

I take it you've never taken a customer service call with an irate customer who couldn't figure out how to use their discount code correctly. If anything, they need to be the most usable part of the checkout experience, believe me

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:18AM (#6204740)

So don't have a field. Problem solved.

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @06:24AM (#6204915)

What entitlement does the customer have to the discount - surely as long as it's possible to redeem it simply no one customer has a privilege to acquire it?

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by bitJericho on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:18AM (#6205067)

Customers will call after the sale asking to proactively apply discount codes.

Affiliates will call after the sale asking to proactively apply discount codes (so they get credit).

Customers will complain if a discount code has expired.

Customers will cancel, return and re-buy just to apply discount codes.

Discount codes suck.

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by DougBTX on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:25AM (#6205087)

(I think you mean retroactively not proactively)

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by bitJericho on Sunday August 25, 2013 @04:20PM (#6273539)

haha yep!

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Re:The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam by robryan on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @06:48AM (#6204978)

You can take that view, often though that will mean the customer will just find a competitor that will work with them.

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