[Linda Buquet]

Hi Sarah,

I don't know of a checklist or best practices document that's available for screening and approving affiliates. There is so much affiliate fraud out there and the cons are getting smarter every day.

Qucik example: theres a Chinese fraund rignt thats joining hundreds of affiliate programs pretending to be ME. They use my site and all my whois contact info. Then commit fraud get the sales. Then change their pay to info to themselves once they are ready to earn a check. The only way some networks have dicovered these are fraud apps is when they CALL me to verify that I'm the person to sign up.

Not saying you should call to verify every app, but on lead based programs and high paying programs it's almost a must.

The other thing to screen for is parasites that steal honest affiliate's commissions. Do you know about this and know what to look for?