Really? So what would he be doing promoting the ringtones as "free" himself?
... convenient mistake? - EduardoM3 promoting "free" ringtones via yixe.com (dada mobile)
you can defend
Copeac all you want, I understand a lot of you make good money from them, but look at their house account site:
http://www.ringtoneevolution.com - middle of the page:
Ringtone Providers: There are many service providers to choose from. Our partners include:
Funmobile: Funmobile seeks to take a comprehensive approach to the cell phone market. Not only do they offer ringtones but they provide some of the hottest screen savers, background images, and games out. Supporting the trendy cell phone market they support CDMA, TDMA, and the fast rising SIM Card GSM phones. With just 3 easy steps to download a ringtone from funmobile.com at
no charge for any carrier.They offer a complimentary ringtone to get you started.
sure most people won't scroll down to the middle of the page, that's old, it's a mistake, my dog ate it, blah blah IF we can't expect a NETWORK's marketing efforts to be compliant what hope is there for affiliate policing?
btw, that is just ONE
Copeac non-compliant example there are others but my intention is NOT to single out
Copeac - as I said before the entire industry is VERY dirty in its current state so its no surprise that lawsuits are flying left and right.
each and every affiliate network is dealing with compliance violations on a daily basis - some delete e-mails because they're top $hoemonkey is bringing in too much to do anything about it - while a few actually withhold earnings to make a point
in any case the next big thing for ringtones is the cingular pin confirmation removal which has been delayed until February of '08 - maybe march. this step was added in the UK years ago and the average PPC conversion there is 4-5% max (granted its a different setup). because cingular is top 1 (or 2 depending who u ask) this is bound to have a negative impact - the real impact will be if verizon et al follow suit