This is something many affiliates do not know and really ought to know. Keep this to yourself. Do you notice when you visit most sales page, they have an affiliates sign up or make money here link which brings you to their affiliate sign up page?
Imagine this scenario, Mr X visits the site through your affiliate link, he reads the sales copy and is rather swayed but the price $97 is a little steep. He sees the affiliates sign up link and clicks. He then realizes he could get at 50% discount with the commission if he signs up with clickbank and buys through his own link.
The vendors do not want this to happen right? Wrong answer! The fact is they had intended to sell at $48.5(50%) of the price and so set it higher at $97. In addition to that, the affiliate link was prominently displayed so visitors could easily see it and sign up and get the discount. This make the buyer thinks he has got into a winning situation but in fact the vendor got the sale he wanted and an affiliate at the same time.
Now you know why these affiliates sign up or earn money now links does not seem so subtle anymore.
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