I just discovered a new way sponsors can siphon off affiliate traffic and cut you out of your commissions. Englishlads is offering two RSS feeds on every page of his affiliate site tour.

Go ahead and subscribe to them and see for yourself just how damaging these feeds can be to your potential sales at Englishlads. I have to believe he’s not the only one doing this, so you definitely want to keep an eye out for it when reviewing other sponsors’ site tours.

These are not the only traffic leaks at Englishlads. In his top menu there is a newsletter option, and a links option that promotes his Englishlads.TV pay-per-view web site. Clicking on this advertisement opens a new window, and after the warning page you get a page with this prominent, in your face, “special offer” that links back to Englishlads.com.

In essence, this looks like a clever way to filter out your referring URL and capture 100% of the sale.

And while it probably doesn’t have a huge impact on your sales, he also offers a mail in check option for UK subscribers.

The bottom line here is Englishlads is doing everything, he can get away with, to avoid paying his affiliates for their traffic.

As far as my traffic is concerned, I have to give priority to the leak free Blake Mason. He has identical taste in British models, including some of the same ones found on Englishlads. His price points are comparable, and his CCBill payouts are identical.

It’s a no brainer really. Blake Mason has a comparable product and respects the fact he has agreed to buy my traffic. Sponsor programs need to recognize we affiliates do have a choice.