Comments on: Commission Junction’s $10 Monthly Inactivity Fee for Publishers

By: Max

Max — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:02:47 +0000

It’s a rip off. And I’m considering reporting that to ripoffreports.com!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:27:51 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that, Ms. Clarke. Thanks for sharing.

By: Glenda Clarke

Glenda Clarke — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:38:52 +0000

I just went through the same thing with the $10 jack. I had $17.94 and now it’s down to $7.94 cents. I’ll call on Monday to have it deactivated so I can at least get something. They really should give you notice before taking themoney out. I just hate these massive corporations that peck away at the innocent, small time individual. They must make a fortune from this scheme.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:35:48 +0000

This must be going on everywhere, I had the exact same thing happen at Click Bank. I couldn’t get enough commissions to get past the Customer Distribution Agreement which requires multiple credit card numbers as well as other requirements and no pay pal sales count towards the payout. They eventually cleaned out my account but left it open and I’m left wondering if its worth the hassle. They took roughly 95 bucks from my account :-(

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:58:27 +0000

I think that the most frustrating thing is the Lack of response. That will drive you crazy and it is bad business and it definitely tells everyone, that “We dont give a crap. This is our company and screw you!”.

I mean how hard is it to set up an autoresponder, that says “We will get back to you soon, my name is blah, blah, blah, your account rep., your business is important to us”, and so on.

I will give anyone a shot if they are trying, but screw some one that blatantly ays, “Yes, we have the ability to show concern, but we choose not to.”

Bottom line is, CJ has pissed a lot of people off, and its not a secret anymore, so either they fix it, or someone will just move up and take their place.
Most companies dont care once they have made their money.

By: Ron P.

Ron P. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:59:58 +0000

This is quite funny (m I use the term loosely) I too had the same exact event just occur, even the money is the same. Almost to the penny. I was carrying a balance of $13 and change and just went into the acct to make a link for someone who was going to buy an item that I was signed up for. As soon as I open acct I see a $10 deduction, under the very explict descripotion of FEE. They only way I know what this is is your post.
Since they raised the payout limit to $100 before they cut a check, Im sure penty will have this Fee. So what they will do is just whittle those accts down to ZERO and then either ask for MORE money out of the Publishers pocket to bring the acct to Zero (So they can then close it) and then you have also lost all the money you were accumalating.

CJ has always pulled fine line crap but as you said, they represent some big companies with nice plans.

But as a whole, they are terrible to do business with.

So hopefully I can get my friend to make thius buy, get the commission added and then close my acct and be given the $3 plus the new commission. But I bet that doesnt end up working.

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By: Carole

Carole — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:56:44 +0000

That’s exactly why I don’t use CJ.

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:20:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing that, Martin. I appreciate it.

Patrick