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“Rebate Processors Wanted” “Make hundreds daily processing rebates online!”

I get really nice professional looking emails like this every day…so I finally checked into it - and here’s what I found:

For $39.95, I received a book about AFFILIATE MARKETING! I know, I know,  I can hear you asking what affiliate marketing has to do with processing rebates……..and in reality…….it’s a very creative concept and in fact is one used by a number of very successful affiliate marketers - BUT the way it’s being marketed is pretty deceptive as far as I am concerned.

Here’s how it works: you sign up for an affiliate program, and advertise the product through the usual methods (pay per click, article marketing, forums etc) and offer the buyer a ‘rebate’ - out of your commission - if they buy the product through your affiliate link. You just tell them to send you their receipt and you will send the ‘rebate’ to their PayPal address.

Now the truth is - this IS a very effective marketing tool, but you also have to be very careful. You want to make sure that if you rebate any money, that you only do so AFTER the refund period has passed - otherwise you could actually wind up losing money.

And of course, you need to know something about affiliate marketing.

So, while this is very deceptive advertising - the actual method is used by many, many successful affiliate marketers - and in fact, COULD make you a decent income - but it does require more knowledge and more effort than the ads would lead you to believe……but then that is pretty much the case with just about any worthwhile business venture!