To me this is about greed. If a network wants to reduce their override to merchants that is fine, but I don’t think it is right to try and bully (if that is the case) the network into handing over part of their override so they can effectively have higher commissions on their sales.

If an affiliate wants higher commissions then they should ask the merchant!

I’ve also heard a number of things from Quidco’s customers that raise questions about their ethics.

mmm

I’ve heard from all and sundry this last week that Quidco have become the height of arrogance and it’s disappointing to see them to launch a full frontal attack on any affiliate network. They have tried to win over other networks to their ways, to put it politely, and Awin have gone up in my estimation for having been the ones to stand up to Quidco’s strong-arm tactics.