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I'm curious how to deal with fraud in these types of systems. Especially systems that give credits / money. What measures can you put in place to prevent people

• davidcuddeback 16y ago
  Make sure you profit off of the referrals. Edit to elaborate: Since you specifically mentioned referral models that give credits, read what I just wrote about Linode's referral model above (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2048246 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2048246)
• asdf333 16y ago
  A really good way is to make sure you are using a system where you are only paying for new sales. For example, you can do something like: "Get $10 back if your friend makes a purchase using this $10 coupon." That way you aren't paying out until it results in a new customer.--much less risky than other forms of marketing where you are paying before seeing the results.