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Is your superaffiliate a parasite?

Here's the official definition of parasiteware. From www.parasiteware.com

"ParasiteWare™  - is technology (including, but not restricted to, browser helpers, browser plug-ins, toolbars and pop ups/sliders) that knowingly or unknowingly undermines or removes another affiliate's ability to compete by changing, intercepting or redirecting an affiliate link. Parasiteware™ may be installed knowingly or unknowingly by the end user, altering their normal web browser functions and/or installing a third party application that works through the user's altered browser."

That means when your affiliate sends customers to your site, the parasiteware will

 replace the affiliate's links with their own (morpheus), 
or pop up coupons promising discounts (ebates). 

This way, the commission goes to the parasite and not the affiliate who sent the customer to you.

To you, all you see is a superaffiliate. With time, you see 

more and more smaller affiliates dropping out of your program.
Less and less traffic coming to your site
Sales of your parasitic  superaffiliates fall. (They don't motivate customers to go to your site to buy from you. They just hijack the traffic that would have gone to you in the first place.

And you wonder what hit you.

You try to lure more affiliates to join your program, but by then, your reputation is so badly tarnished, your former affiliates snub you and promote your competition instead.

On top of that, ebates, pop up coupons and such affiliates have the last laugh.

You see, when your regular customers who arrive at your site with such  software, the parasite would remind the customer to click on their code, so they get a commission. By right, they should not be getting any commissions as these are your regular customers who came to your site through your efforts. Think about it.

Here are lists of merchants who participate in these programs.

Pop up coupons list of merchants http://shoppingguru.com/allmerchants.asp

Ebates list of merchants

http://www.ebates.com/all_stores.go

Morpheus list of merchants

http://www.morpheusshop.buyersport.com/

Are you on any of these lists?

A new affiliate network that is strongly against parasiteware is shareasale.com

From there, you'll find forums where merchants and affiliates discuss parasiteware and other issues in affiliate marketing.

You may well have scumware (or spyware) on your computer. 
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