AFter a 2 year break i am thinking about getting back into affiliate marketing. My concerns are that cashback sites will "pinch" any commission available. Yes people may use your site for detail but surely they will go to Quidco and alike and gain the commission themselves? Look forward to any thoughts you all may have.
I've run a cashback site for nearly 2 years, what I find mostly is that free offers and get paid too offers work better than the actual % cashback side. It depends though, my site offers 50% of affiliates earnings, if it was 100% then it would be a different matter but you would have to find other ways of making money through the site like quidco does.
I guess it depends really on how big your site is, how reputable it is, the way you do your site and optimize it for affiliate marketing, etc.