Be careful of Affiliate Fraud !

I really do not trust in Affiliates, I prefer to sell advertise like this: You want, you buy, you receive, and that's all

its a shame you are losing money !!!!

I think some elements of affiliate marketing have a bad name, which is a real shame. This is a sales channel that can certainly generate plenty of income for retailers and affiliates.

this is why you need to do homework before you sign up, check the company, write to them emails and be suspisus at first.

There are many affiliate systems with different levels of anti-cheating system. If you promote some start up business and the affiliate program owner has no experience with running such program you may lose some sales. However, you still can make a lot of money but you simply lose some percentage of the sales.

If you sign up for some established affiliate program there is a big chance they understand how the affiliate commission stealing works and they know how to fight against this.

Stick to an established and trusted affiliate network, and you should have no problems. However these can be saturated with affiliates and smaller, less established sites / networks become more attractive. Build a relationship though email before you sign up, and if you choose to carry on, keep good stats

Like in any other field... There are honest good ones and the scam bad ones!