It is extremely risky to do a traditional shave these days. I don't doubt that it's still going on, but certainly not at the rate it once was.

Sponsors have found better ways of stealing signups from affiliate traffic.

- Over branding of content.
- Traffic leaks.
- Early expiring cookies.
- If the surfer comes back via typein, the in-house affiliate code is in the Enter button.
- Webmaster links without ref ID coded in.
- A 30 day access option without credit for immediate rejoins, thus getting around paying affiliates revshare.
- Ref ID removed from URL so that it's not saved to favorites.
- Listing bonus site access in the tour, and going to those sites by typein to check them out overwrites affiliate cookie.
- Once a member is referred, no affiliate can ever refer that member ever again.
- No credit for email boxes.