will76
10-27-2011, 07:30 PM
After making claims in the past that it is ok to use the name "fleshlight" in your url when promoting their affiliate program, they recently have been contacting affiliates and threatening to not pay them unless they transferred ownership of that domain to FleshLight.
One such case played out in this thread on GFY: http://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1042415 which is now locked (Fleshlight is an advertiser there, big surprise).
In the past FNCash has said:
There was also some confusion about the use of fleshlight being in your domain name. To clarify, we are NOT stopping the use of fleshlight domain names, and any affiliate who has a site with the fleshlight name in it does NOT need to shut it down.
Source: http://gfy.com/showpost.php?p=12860205&postcount=93
So as recent as a couple years ago they were publicly stating it was ok to go register a domain name with fleshlight in it, spend your time and money promoting and seo that domain and when you get to the point where you making good money from it they suddenly change their minds. Not only do they change their mind that it is not ok to use "Fleshlight" in your domain but they want you to transfer ownership of *your* domain over to them, thus killing your revenue stream and all your hard work. On top of that, they hold your check hostage, and wont pay you monies owed until you complete the transfer of the domain to them and they want you to do immediately!
What do you think, bullshit or ok to pull this?
IMO, since they gave the ok to do this and have been accepting this traffic for years... and now they *claim* they need to protect their trademark all of a sudden, then a good compromise would have been to have the domain ownership transferred to FNCash. However, Fleshlight could have allowed the affiliate to leave his site in place, with his referral links on it so he could still get credit for the sales and not lose all of his hard work and time. After all, if they were only worried about protecting their trademark what I just mentioned would have been a good solution/compromise for everyone involved. Although it is very apparent that their object was more than just trademark protection but to eliminate paying a lot of affiliate sales.
Keep in mind this is the same company with a checkered past of having advertised on several of the biggest tube sites on the net from day one, when most of which will filled with stolen content. They finally addressed that subject a couple years back and claimed their policy would be changed to only advertising on tube sites that respond to dmca notices, ha like that makes much of a difference to the companies who content is stolen and posted to these sites on a daily basis. Their ads also still fly on tube sites that contain bestiality and even worst content, as recent as of today.
Top notch stand up company. :2c:
One such case played out in this thread on GFY: http://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1042415 which is now locked (Fleshlight is an advertiser there, big surprise).
In the past FNCash has said:
There was also some confusion about the use of fleshlight being in your domain name. To clarify, we are NOT stopping the use of fleshlight domain names, and any affiliate who has a site with the fleshlight name in it does NOT need to shut it down.
Source: http://gfy.com/showpost.php?p=12860205&postcount=93
So as recent as a couple years ago they were publicly stating it was ok to go register a domain name with fleshlight in it, spend your time and money promoting and seo that domain and when you get to the point where you making good money from it they suddenly change their minds. Not only do they change their mind that it is not ok to use "Fleshlight" in your domain but they want you to transfer ownership of *your* domain over to them, thus killing your revenue stream and all your hard work. On top of that, they hold your check hostage, and wont pay you monies owed until you complete the transfer of the domain to them and they want you to do immediately!
What do you think, bullshit or ok to pull this?
IMO, since they gave the ok to do this and have been accepting this traffic for years... and now they *claim* they need to protect their trademark all of a sudden, then a good compromise would have been to have the domain ownership transferred to FNCash. However, Fleshlight could have allowed the affiliate to leave his site in place, with his referral links on it so he could still get credit for the sales and not lose all of his hard work and time. After all, if they were only worried about protecting their trademark what I just mentioned would have been a good solution/compromise for everyone involved. Although it is very apparent that their object was more than just trademark protection but to eliminate paying a lot of affiliate sales.
Keep in mind this is the same company with a checkered past of having advertised on several of the biggest tube sites on the net from day one, when most of which will filled with stolen content. They finally addressed that subject a couple years back and claimed their policy would be changed to only advertising on tube sites that respond to dmca notices, ha like that makes much of a difference to the companies who content is stolen and posted to these sites on a daily basis. Their ads also still fly on tube sites that contain bestiality and even worst content, as recent as of today.
Top notch stand up company. :2c: