Initial fake sale. has this happened to you?

[Edwin]

I've had this experience about half a dozen times over the years: I join a new (not necessarily "new" but new to me) affiliate program and within hours I make a sale. Then nothing for literally weeks or months (or however long it is before I give up). There is never more than that one sale in these cases, and the first sale comes within perhaps 6-12 hours of joining the program.

Could it be the affiliate manager has a discretionary budget to try and "encourage" new affiliates, and (perhaps based on certain criteria, perhaps not) hits the "record a sale for this guy" button in his administrative panel. After all, a program that closes a sale within hours must be worth featuring more prominently and sending more traffic to, right?

Am I alone in this? Once is a coincidence, twice is perhaps a coincidence but this is now literally about the 6th or 7th time it's happened to me...

[edited by: Edwin at 11:07 pm (utc) on April 25, 2007]

[simey]

I've had it happen a few times over the years. More the exception than the rule though.

[leadegroot]

Perhaps its also their way of testing that your site has the code installed properly and is doing everything right?

I can imagine setting that up, myself :)

[QualityNonsense]

Always had a hunch it goes on, but never been able to prove it.

[matrix_neo]

Yes few times with information related products.