AffiliateBOT.com SCAM

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 19, 2008.

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  1. #1
    You're welcome to read about them on our website.
    I feel absolutely no regret for publishing this information, they totally deserve it, and I'm happy to provide this information to as many people as possible.

    AffiliateBOT = Scam
    AffiliateBOT is a scam

    (I'm just putting those 2 lines for google to index those keywords so more people would be aware of their illegal operation)

    Have a great weekend! :)

    --> Link to read about it is here: <--

    http://gptreasure.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5797&forum=1
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 19, 2008 IP
  2. Thyspaz

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    Thanks for informing us :)
     
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    Yep, thanks for the warning.
     
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  4. admin@gptreasure.com

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    No problem at all, I'm happy to provide this information.
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 20, 2008 IP
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    Thanks for information.
     
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  7. admin@gptreasure.com

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    #7
    I'm going to reply to that link, you will be sorry for messing up with us, you can try to mess up with me personally but don't try to mess up with our entire website because we're not a bunch of newbies!!!

    I think that's the only tone scammers understand, so no, I'm not going to cold-down this issue, you have absolutely no right to do what you did, and besides that:

    [​IMG]

    You already banned me from the forum, what happened that you changed your mind? Is that the way to make business with people?

    :mad:
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  8. wog

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    #8
    I have no relation or opinion about affiliatebot.
    But I will tell you that incentivised affiliate marketing is wrong, and should be avoided or handled carefully & with responsibility.
    Many people see incentive "OK" campaigns as a source for quick dirty revenue, and thats too bad. Affiliate marketing should be mutual. (Nothing personal)

    Thanks for the comment.
     
    wog, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  9. admin@gptreasure.com

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    #9
    I totally understand and aware of the fall of the incentive-market. A few years ago this market was more popular and welcome among affiliate networks, however it looks like it's going to end pretty soon or be very limited.

    I have all the respect towards the requirements however if we can please address it towards AffiliateBOT, when you do 87 leads not on a single day (but spread it almost over a week) and mainly those leads have good information and also geo-targeted by countries (as you can see we did redirect for instance Mexicans towards the Mexican website etc.) - I say there is mainly no reason to ban the affiliate without a cause.

    They also banned me as I said from their forum and now lifted the ban. You're not suppose to help the affiliate just because he's publishing the information over a forum, you suppose to act by code of conduct with people.
    It's a big inconvenience to take off links or get surprisingly "termination" without an email or cause.

    As mentioned in our website, we've been operating since 2006, if we had issues we got emails, if we had compliments as well - we got emails as well. It's the first time that I'm having a case like this, where suspension comes without any notice.

    Forget about which market is being used now, incentives, SEO, PPC etc, this is simply not a way to act with people - unfortunately those guys over there don't get it.
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  10. admin@gptreasure.com

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    I got a PM from the admin, the account is now restored, but the thread that I've placed in their forum was moved again to the feedback forum (I assume because less users read it). In total the thread I've started was moved twice.

    They basically do whatever they want just to clear their name without taking care of the affiliate, as long as he doesn't complain.

    I'm so upset and I've wasted so much of my time today because of them. :mad:
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  11. bizzer

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    #11
    It's in the Feedback Area forum because it's the right place to post a complain / feedbacks.
     
    bizzer, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  12. admin@gptreasure.com

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    #12
    I posted it in the Chat section.
    You moved it to the College forum.
    Now you moved it again to the Feedback forum.

    [​IMG]

    I really don't have time for those games, and to be honest I don't feel like working with your network if that's the way things are being handled.

    You're being not fair with affiliates, not only with us, I guess crooks or scammers always find their ways to say they're right, and I don't want to sound cocky or something but I'm working more than you and I'm putting many more efforts than you and you should not have the right to tell me that I'm wrong!

    You're a scammer, and I hope you'll realize that, one way or another, because you caused me to lost a lot of my precious time, that I wasn't even planning to dedicate for you.

    You make me upset and I don't want anymore answers! You can compensate us and it could be the end of story, just as I requested from you via PM.

    I'm really sick and tired of people like you and it's the first time since 2 years that I had to deal with someone over public forum.:mad:
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  13. bizzer

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    Upon further investigation, we were notified my our merchants that all of your transactions were fraudulant comprising fake profiles created by your members. In fact, some of your members even created multiple fake profiles.

    In anycase, AffiliateBOT will be paying GPTreasure for the transactions generated so far out of our own pockets.
     
    bizzer, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  14. admin@gptreasure.com

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    #14
    1) I will not accept this compensation/apology and I will ask you to not send us any payout. If you send us PayPal funds we will refund them immediately back to your account.

    2) I have to disagree with the advertiser, I did go over our leads and it's quite ridiculous to call them fake because fake they're not, but probably the quality of 'leads but no sales' is the problem, you didn't even let us run the campaign for more than a few days so how are we expected to deliver results? Nevertheless as a network you can reverse the leads, let us know about it and drop us from the program, the way you've been acting is not appropriate and I don't need a compensation for the leads.

    3) Just for the record, the type of incentives we offered for FriendSearch weren't even cash or points, but quality ones that worked pretty well with ringtones campaigns and more - I'm just adding this little details for the record. We did deliver sales with dating websites in the past, even sales that cost $100 or more to the user and I have many proofs of that, not only several but many.

    3) You closed the thread in your own forum, yet you say you believe in "open communication".

    4) I will remove all out links from your network, I feel like for some reason we're not the only ones who had issues but just I wasn't afraid to come and talk about it in public.

    I will ask you to please not contact us again, I was enough upset for 1 day, and the $9 isn't what's bothering me here.
    The person who thinks he can close accounts just like a domino needs to realize that affiliate accounts aren't a game where you can choose to terminate anybody just in 1 second without any notification.
     
    admin@gptreasure.com, Jul 21, 2008 IP
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    thanks for the heads up.
     
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  16. Syfonic

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    #16
    Almost everything with the word bot in it is a scam.
     
    Syfonic, Jul 21, 2008 IP
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