a single source, nothing corroborates it
Ban affiliates from bidding on your own name
Write into the affiliate terms that partners may not buy search ads on your brand, register domains containing your name, or present themselves as you. Without it you end up paying commission on traffic that was already yours and bidding against your own partners for your own name. One company spells out the forbidden terms and domains explicitly.
The method
- 01
Write into your affiliate terms that partners may not bid on your brand in paid search or register domains containing your name.
What it returned
Fathom's terms forbid buying search terms or domains that include the words Fathom or Fathom Analytics, and forbid impersonating the company.
Sources
- Best practices for promoting your affiliate links - Fathom AnalyticsPaul Jarvis · usefathom.com · What not to do in affiliate marketing · 2022-08-09
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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