This is an IMPORTANT Message to all my affiliates.

Wed, Aug 25, 2010

In the News

you got PAID?

It seems very rare these days that people are
paying their affiliates. Especially on-time.

Well, today I paid my affiliates via paypal
and yesterday people got sent checks.

The way I look at it…

Affiliates are the oxygen to your business.

Since I have been in this game for almost
10 years now, I think I should be setting a
good example how things should be.

That’s why I’ve always made sure that
my affiliates got paid 30 days after they
promoted my offers. Yes, I have made
a few mistakes and missed it by a day
or two in the past. But, I always pay.

I believe it should be common sense that
you pay people you owe money to. (even if
you have to dig into your savings to do it)

I can tell you horror stories believe me.

I’ve always been one to pay my employees,
my speakers and my affiliates before myself.

I strongly feel – that’s the way it should be.

Nothing pisses me off more when I see
people with affiliate programs that owe me
money traveling around the world, buying
expensive bottles of wine, getting new
cars, funding projects with my money.

I would never do that to you!

NEVER!

To set a new industry example…

We have decided to move to a 2 week
payout from here on out so you get money
like clockwork every two weeks. :-)

50% of your commissions paid
in 2 weeks, then the rest of the
commissions paid 2 weeks later.

That started TODAY.

Today, 50% of the commissions have
been paid. The remaining balance
is being paid 2 weeks from now.

There’s only 2 reasons you have not
got got paid from me AND only two!

1. You didn’t promote and/or make a sale! (I pay
my affiliates so you might want to mail next time)

2. If you did promote and made a sale…

We need to get a signed and dated, 2010 W9 (or W8) from
you so we can pay you out for your efforts with our launch.

W-9: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
W-8: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf

If you can please complete the appropriate form and email it
back to Tamara as an attachment, or fax it over to: 678-298-8348
(please send Tamara an email to confirm it’s been faxed).

Tamara Smith: powerfultamara[at]gmail.com

Thanks again for being part of the “Secret Traffic Machine” launch!

BTW: We are now moving to a every 2 week payout!

Just call me the new clickbank :-)

Matt Bacak

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  • Ralph

    Definitely above and beyond. I can't tell you how many “Guru's” out there that are financing there business on my dime. It burns me up to see them talking about the millions they made on a product or launch and my business is sitting 3 months out with no check and not even the courtesy of a return contact.
    You set a high standard Matt.

  • http://www.insurancequoteslady.com/ Penny

    They provided fresh angles on issues that I was already concerned about. The little light bulb over my head was working overtime.It was brilliant.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Lareau/1017360329 Mark Lareau

    That is awesome Matt, thank you for always paying us on time!

    Mark

  • http://twitter.com/OnlineWebIdeas Neil&Lorraine Allen

    Wow – as a newcomer just launching my first products, I had no idea this could be an issue. Good info – as usual – much appreciated.

  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    Ya…. it is a big issue… BIG. And the thing I hate the most it's the people that we all know an trust… God I wish I could name names…
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  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    That's why alot of people are moving to clickbank. But… it SHOULD not be that way… it only started really happening this year…
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  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    No problem.. Thanks for your continued support!
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  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    It's very frustrating I know… I'm owed alot of money from many big names… and it's not like I need the money but it's the principal of it..
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  • http://sitefling.com Justin Brooke

    I've recently moved to an instant pay model and the affiliates money never even touches my hands – Straight to their Paypal

  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    I've always like that idea… but as an affiliate: I've personally hesitated promoting things like that because of all the horror stories with PayPal. What scares me is if I mail (let's say your offer) and sell like 500 units – would they freeze my account… I've always seen paypal as a way to send affiliate payments and a way to receive them plus then another thing that bothers me about it is I have to handle your refunds thought my account. No back to the issue at hand if… there is an ongoing issue with so called internet millionaires paying affiliates then don't you think there will be and issue with affiliates giving back refunds. Although, I do have over 6,000 affiliates and think in terms of points of failure. Am I missing something?
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  • http://www.facebook.com/anthonymccarthy Anthony Mc Carthy

    Hey Matt,
    Its great to be your affiliate, yes lots of guys dont pay on time. not the case with you my friend.
    Anthony
    the irish Marketer

  • http://2kin10days.com/blog Carstarphen

    Thanks for this article. How do I sign up for your affiliate program?

  • http://mattbacak.com Matt Bacak

    Contact me at mattbacak@gmail.com and we can hook you up!
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  • http://2kin10days.com/blog Carstarphen

    Thanks Matt!