Everyone do know how successfull the hosting affiliate programs are running these days. Anyone can make some decent bucks through these affiliate programmes by referring customers to hosting companies by promoting their services through their blogs or websites. But to your knowledge there are some flaws in these programmes too. Especially we want to talk about hostgator affiliate program which is totally flawed.
The reason to take up this discussion is to bring an awareness about the scam of Hostgator affiliate program. It might also help beginners. Read this complete review on Hostgator affiliate program. However It is clear, this has nothing do with Hostgator Hosting plan, or tech support given by them. I believe they are are doing fine with with their hosting business.
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HostGator Affiliate Program - How It works
If you are reading this I understand you know, what is an affiliate program and how It works. From past 3 years Updated reviews has been a affiliate to many hosting companies, even Hostgator is one among them. We sometimes regret the decision that we selected Hostgator as an affiliate. At some point, I feel hostgator doesn't have proper tracking system or It is cheating In Its own way.
A picture of Hostgator affiliate revenue.
According to this you will be paid more If you refer more customers, However we were able to refer many customers, If you read further you can see attached picture which says how many we referred.
The revenue structure is so lucrative, hence Most of us get attracted by seeing It. However this just looks good on paper, In reality after referring the customers, they make active sales to Inactive by their own method of rules.
Read why I feel HostGator is cheating
Since our site is live, we are a part of Hostgator affiliate progrmme. From then I have referred so many customers. Attached below Image tells you how many customers are referred. Here is the attached screenshot of what emails I get whenever I send an referral and the customer buys it.
Note: I have referred more than 500 customers to Hostgator since March 2016 and Never got commission. They have deleted around 10 sales from my account without any reason.
The email which you receives makes you happy for that moment. But when you are about to get the actual the revenue from the referral sales, they deny it either saying duplicate or make it Inactive stating the customer has cancelled the account, hence it is Invalid.
With growing demand of their hosting plans and popularity of the brand, they seem to be less concerned about their affiliates who promote their business. As far as I feel other hosting companies has some relationship manager, But HostGator lacks in it. Even their system of tracking the sales also needs some revamp.
The reason to rant this much is, they never even bother to respond you properly. I have tweeted them, Sent many mails, but till now they are not able to respond me with a proper solution. Many might say you can join their affiliate program through CJ or Impact Radius, But what is the outcome of the referral sales done till now is the question.
I believe many might have undergone this scenario, Please do share your experiences which helps beginners know the truth. I would appreciate for any of the solution for this. Hope this Hostgator affiliate review will be helpful for others.
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