Stealing For Charity Is Still Stealing - Linkshare?

Is stealing Okay if it’s for a charity? I don’t believe so and if someone was stealing from you for charity, I think you’d feel the same…

There is an interesting thread about linkshare over on ABestweb about a possible Linkshare subsidary using absolutely dispicable tactics to steal money from affiliates and give a “share” of it to charity.

I have no problem with affiliate toolbars as most of them don’t plant a cookie if another affiliate cookie is already present or an affiliate link is detected. However, in this case, the guys at linkshare have created a particularly slimey parasite. Some of their 211 Million heist could be yours!

The fine folks over on the forum have created some videos to show how it operates. I’m not a “guilty until proven innocent” kind of guy, but the Linkshare silence says a lot.

Is nothing sacred anymore?

Some more coverage over here, here and here.

November 18, 2008 | Filed Under General Ramblings 

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4 Responses to “Stealing For Charity Is Still Stealing - Linkshare?”

  1. Murali on November 18th, 2008 11:20 am

    That really sucks! That is absolutely not right. If they want to do charity they should take the money out of their own profit margins and not from their affiliate sales. I have never been a member with Linkshare and now I don’t think I ever will.

  2. Mango on January 23rd, 2009 7:45 pm

    I agree totally!Before all this came out, I had great plans, like most affiliates.Now I have ceased to build websites, as this war of survival has started…so to speak.There will be no great future for any affiliate, if these organizations are left to continue their plunder.Charitable donation….I don’t remember offering money?

    Perhaps this is the plan…to totally get rid of the little man….you see it in all sectors of society today!What your left with is a super conglomerate that all people have to go through, and whom control the market totally!It just makes you wonder with all the big players starting to head that way and develope their own variations of ways to steal commissions!Seems like a race to see who gets the biggest slice of the pie.

  3. Murali on February 8th, 2009 11:13 am

    Is this blog dead ?

  4. Murali on March 27th, 2009 4:22 am

    wazzup PunX. How’s it going ?

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