{"id":9870,"date":"2023-04-04T20:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2023-06-12T18:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:48:06","slug":"what-is-affiliate-shaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-affiliate-shaving\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Affiliate Shaving? We Explain Scrubbing In Simple Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quick Answer:<\/strong> Affiliate shaving, or scrubbing, is when advertisers sneakily remove leads or sales from your payouts. On this page, we explain why advertisers do it &amp; how you can avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At some point throughout your <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/can-affiliate-marketing-be-a-career\/\">affiliate marketing career<\/a>, affiliate shaving or scrubbing, as it is otherwise known, will be a phrase you encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But what exactly is affiliate shaving or scrubbing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And more importantly, how can you spot it &amp; protect yourself from it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If those are some of the things you&#8217;ve been wondering, you can rest assured that you&#8217;ve landed in the right place as on this page, we&#8217;ll be uncovering everything you need to know about affiliate shaving &amp; explaining how it works in simple terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, and don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t involve a razor. You can still <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-to-be-successful-with-affiliate-marketing\/\">be successful at affiliate marketing<\/a> even with a beard (&amp; if you ever watch any of our hangouts, you&#8217;ll see that I&#8217;m certainly proof of that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is Shaving In Affiliate Marketing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaving, also known as scrubbing, is when advertisers remove leads or <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/is-affiliate-marketing-commission-based\/\">commissions<\/a> from your affiliate payouts, resulting in your earning less money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes they&#8217;ll make you aware that they&#8217;re scrubbing leads or shaving commissions as you&#8217;ll see them removed from your reports, whilst other times, they&#8217;ll do it sneakily &amp; hope you don&#8217;t notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, it&#8217;s generally the latter&#8230; But the good news is that it&#8217;s typically only unscrupulous <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/affiliate-programs\/\">affiliate programs<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/affiliate-network-vs-affiliate-program\/\">networks<\/a> that scrub from affiliates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And these days, with more reviews available about networks &amp; programs, it&#8217;s a lot rarer than it used to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it does still happen, so we can&#8217;t discredit it &amp; it is important that you understand it &amp; how to avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, now to the next question that&#8217;s likely on your mind&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Do Advertisers Scrub Leads &amp; Shave Commissions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There can be many reasons why advertisers scrub from affiliates, but generally, it&#8217;s because of greed &amp; the desire to earn more money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the unscrupulous affiliate networks will hope that you don&#8217;t notice them scrubbing leads or commissions from your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then you have other networks that scrub from affiliates who make them aware they&#8217;re doing it &amp; generally, these networks will claim that they are scrubbing the leads for lack of quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, if you&#8217;re promoting a <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-does-cpa-stand-for-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">CPA<\/a> (cost-per-action) offer that pays out <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/best-100-commission-affiliate-programs\/\">$100 upfront<\/a> on a $5\/mo web-hosting plan, you may get payouts scrubbed if a lot of your traffic is cancelling their hosting plans after 2 or 3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is because the company will only be earning ~$15 per customer, yet is paying out $100 for each sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether this is wrong or right is difficult &#8211; but if the affiliate program is reputable, they would likely just switch you to a rev-share deal rather than scrub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This way, you will earn less (because <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/is-affiliate-marketing-commission-based\/\">you get a percentage from the sales<\/a>), but as least you will still earn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you manage to get traffic that retains longer, <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-much-money-can-you-earn-as-an-affiliate\/\">you could potentially find yourself earning more<\/a> from a rev-share deal in the long run anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall though, you&#8217;re typically safer from scrubbing if you&#8217;re promoting rev-share deals because it&#8217;s a win-win for both you and the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scrubbing or affiliate shaving typically affects <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-does-cpa-stand-for-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">CPA<\/a> (cost-per-action) offers instead of rev-share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But anyway, next question then&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Spot (And Avoid) Scrubbing In Affiliate Marketing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotting affiliate scrubbing can be difficult &amp; the only real way to do it is to split-test your offers between different affiliate networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That way, if you notice a similar offer performing a lot better on one network than the other, you can suspect that your earnings may be being scrubbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no way to &#8220;prove&#8221; it, but at least you can replace the promotion with the one that is <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-does-conversion-rate-mean-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">converting<\/a> higher &amp; rule out any chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easiest thing to do, however, is to simply avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid affiliate shaving, all you need to do is pick a reliable &amp; trustworthy affiliate network &amp; do your due diligence before you sign up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you stick with reputable &amp; well-known networks, it will be very unlikely that you will find yourself in a situation where your earnings get scrubbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is because it&#8217;s actually very difficult for companies to find affiliates &amp; so good companies want to look after them &amp; protect their brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They know fine well that if they start shaving, they&#8217;ll eventually get caught and exposed &amp; then they&#8217;ll struggle to get any new affiliates signing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bottom Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an affiliate, you definitely want to steer clear of any networks that scrub or shave your commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, if you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/is-affiliate-marketing-commission-based\/\">promoting products or services in return for commissions<\/a>, then those commissions should be rightfully yours for your hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s acceptable for companies to give you low ROI warnings (in the event of your earnings being lower than their CPAs), but for them to just go ahead &amp; scrub your earnings, well, that&#8217;s certainly not cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as mentioned, scrubbing is generally rare &amp; providing you stick with legitimate affiliate networks, you shouldn&#8217;t face any scrubbing or shaving <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-to-become-an-affiliate-marketer\/\">as an affiliate marketer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So anyway, that&#8217;s affiliate shaving explained! 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