Life on OLD has been quiet for a few weeks as work wise things have been hectic. I’m sure many years ago the “old school” guys anticipated an easier affiliate existence but that’s not the case.

In fact AM is moving at the speed of Twitter and I swear that one day in the future there will be ex-siteowners, affiliates and online entrepreneurs reduced to something resembling Father Jack from Father Ted…. and here are just a handful of reasons why!

Drink! Why can’t merchants stick to using one tracking platform or at least make sure that the old links still work indefinately on their new one? I’ve changed so many links this week it feels like I’ve written a whole new site. Yes I know our links should be databased but hey…

Drink! And if a merchant changes tracking platforms which results in commission and sign ups being significantly different on the new system versus the old system isn’t that actually a good indicator that something is perhaps wrong and may need investigating? Surely that’s obvious?

Drink! And why do merchants keep messing about with landing pages? It’s all well and good that they look pretty and convey an important message but if our visitors can’t actually get to your website from the landing page it’s kinda pointless isn’t it? It’s like turning up the O.K. Coral and not being able to have a gunfight.

Drink! Talking of changing links, why do some merchants open on one network then on another then on another etc? Surely it makes sense to get the program working properly on one network first before just opening up willy nilly all over the place. Makes no sense to me!

Drink! And what’s worse than the above is when a merchant who runs their own network totally ignores their affiliate emails but next thing you know they are launching their “standalone” products on a network. All I want is a bit of chit chat from the affiliate manager!!

Surely life should be easier than this?

Anyway the sun is shining so perhaps it’s time to put the old feet up, enjoy a nice glass of red wine and forget about the trials and tribulations of AM for an afternoon!

What’s that? We have no Rioja and who wants their links changing?

Ah f…….!

Footnote: Some of you may have never heard of Father Ted. It was a Channel 4 comedy programme that featured three priests (Ted, Jack and Dougal) and a housekeeper. Well worth watching if you’ve never seen it!

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