Quote Originally Posted by basschick
shaving is a term that was invented to describe the deliberate removing of sales, so some of what people call shaving on this board isn't.
basically anything a program does that removes sales from my account - not paying if the members i refer don't log in, not paying if the members cancel right away, not paying for signups from certain countries without disclosing it - that's shaving. shaving is stealing, and it ain't legal.

shaving hits is another matter, but it's not really one i worry about. i don't get paid for hits. lots of programs don't show raw hits, and that's not shaving - they simply show unique instead of raw.

The removal of anything, such as traffic, sales, commission, web master referrals etc, is shaving (which I do consider stealing)! The importance of what is being 'removed' varies from person to person.

Clicks are extremely important to me, as I want to know what the exact worth of a type of traffic is. How else can I gauge if the traffic I sent to sponsor ‘A’ is as productive as that which I sent to sponsor ‘B’ ? It is impossible if one of the variables is not available.

The following, in my eyes, is correct: lots of programs don't show raw hits, and that's not shaving - they simply show unique instead of raw.
Different companies use different tracking techniques, no biggie ... like many others, I am somewhat use to life little inconsistencies.