This is an idea I’ve played with for a while. Suppose you were an affiliate for some kind of product that costs money, but isn’t something that is often sold at a discount or sold used. Like a magazine subscription, for example, or herbal hangover pills.And suppose you put auctions for that product up on eBay. And the person who buys it sends you the money through Paypal, then you log in through your affiliate link, make the purchase on the customer’s behalf, have it shipped to the customer, then make your money on the backend commission.
Interesting question. Has anyone done this or something similar?
Chuck on March 1st, 2006 at 4:32 pm
I looked into this as well. One problem with this is that most affiliate programs forbid third parties from clicking on affiliate links to purchase for someone else. Read your affiliate agreement closely to see if this is OK. Otherwise, you’ll end up loosing your commission after all the work.
Another snag is that many companies also don’t allow you to ship to an address that isn’t the same as the billing address of the card holder.