Glossary
Scam network
A network that collects traffic and does not pay: it delays, invents rejections, then closes. The worst outcome for an affiliate and the reason payment reputation is the first thing to check. This site marks such companies with a scam warning and switches their links off.
Also called: exit scam, network shutdown, non-payment.
The pattern is the same every time: payouts slip from weekly to monthly, the manager stops answering, the approval rate collapses, the site goes down. Affiliates who sent traffic on hold lose it all.
Protect yourself with short holds, small first cycles with a new network, and reviews from other affiliates. Companies marked Caution: scam in the catalogs on this site have had their referral and website links disabled.
Related terms: Shaving, Hold, Affiliate network, Fraud.