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It might be harmful if Pinterest was promoting content based on the most valuable affiliate links. As it stands though, accusing Pinterest of anything other tha
by petenixey 15y ago
It might be harmful if Pinterest was promoting content based on the most valuable affiliate links. As it stands though, accusing Pinterest of anything other than unusually high fiduciary responsibility for a social startup is daft.
It does beg the question of what happens when UGC content-discovery engines monetise their links. Google could add a Skimlinks-esque feature to natural search and make a fortune.
Affiliate fees are there to encourage links. If the links are entirely organic I wouldn't be wholly surprised if the affiliates themselves banned UGC fees - what's the point in paying for them if the links are there regardless?
- draggnar 15y agoThis might be a question for Etsy to ask since it seems they are the biggest affiliate (anecdotal, are they?). Should they stop paying if these links to will be created anyway? The users, the ones who post content, are not incentivized to make the posts. Will Pinterest be less likely to promote Etsy links if they are cut off?
- wdewind 15y agoIt's a good question but not for Etsy. We don't have a paid affiliate program.