We're All Going To Barbados

Barring being banned from the fantastic island, it looks like many of us will be heading off to Barbados this summer.Last time round was chuffing awesome even depite not being young, free and single then.

We all had a great time and for the second year running I managed to crash a motor vehicle! Will it be third time lucky and I actually get a ticket?

So what do you have to do to get your free ticket? Well, details are still being drawn up, but basically you've got to be "top dog" with a selection of merchants on Affiliate Future. So keep an eye on their communications and get ready for some serious affiliate action.

I've heard that it's going to be significantly bigger this year. Last time round there was only about 20 or so of us and maybe we'll have 60-or-so people this time - damn them bar bills are gonna be huge!

Good luck peeps!

Mechants: Not Thinking Like Customers (Annoyance #3)

So I bought myself a nice new Wii Console last year and signed up with the Swap Game Affiliate Programme on Paid on Results.

I go and order my first two games, GT Pro Series (rubbish) and Red Steel (not bad). I play them for a bit and sent them back just after Christmas. Now I've been waiting nearly a month to get some more games to come back. But they never arrive. So I email them and say that I've sent them back but nothing's come my way. Then they reply with:

Hi Lee,

We have not received these titles back from you, could you please forward your certificate of posting to us so we can remove these games from your list.

Kind regards
[witheld]
Customer Care Support
address: Swapgame.com Ltd, Coventry, UK

Are you kidding me? I'm supposed to get a certificate of posting from the Post Office every time I'm sending back a game??? You've got to be kidding me?!!

I'm still waiting for a reply but if it's not satisfactory, I'll be emailing my Wii Console and PS3 subscribers telling them to avoid SwapGame.

In fact, GameFlirt on Affiliate Future have been great, asking for advice and feedback. So if you're looking to promote a games rental company, go for GameFlirt!

Thanks Advanced MP3 Players

There are a few merchants around, like Josh at AdvancedMP3Players on Affiliate Future who really look after and encourage their affiliates.

Then there are some that run affiliate programmes into the ground by not communicating or incentivising us.

I've won a couple of prizes in my time promoting AdvancedMP3Players and have just won £149 to spend there. It's great timing as the last prize I won there (a great iRiver) was a couple of years ago and is getting slightly out of date.

Now, I've gone for the new iPod video, despite recommending the Creative Zen: M on my mp3 players site - just couldn't resist!

So thanks Josh and it's great to see your company and programme evolve over the past 3 years or so.