Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
Agreed it is the affiliates money, but why shouldnt the program owner get that money until the affiliate has met the minimum payout, rather than the processor keeping those funds, for potentially years earning thousands of dollar sin interest, that the program could be earning and using to improve their program?
Because it's not your money to have. If the program gives you the money and the affiliate starts selling you again, then what happens?

As others have said, the only fair thing to do is after a year, cut the webmaster a cheque and inform him that you've closed his account. I don't care what the TOS says. TOS is just a bunch of BS people hide behind to make sure things go their way. The ethical thing is to pay the webmaster out.

And as far as giving the site owner the money so they can improve their site, give me break. Give the site owner the money so they can pay their rent, buy more cars, go on more vacations, buy more coke, buy iPhones, is more like it.

Michael