Originally Posted by
gregorygrady
There must be a way to cut them out of the affiliate referral kickback loop, and keep this money for ourselves. Maybe somebody could start a business that is a shell blog that people sign up for CC's thru. They could kick back maybe 50-75% of the referral proceeds (after taxes & expenses of course). If direct cash kickbacks aren't allowed, maybe that person could kickback some type of cash equivalent like Amex pts or Chase UR pts or miles, etc. Any thoughts?
FWIW, I have been doing exactly this for several years. Whenever someone signs up through an offer on my site, they can opt to receive half of the commission back as an Amazon GC (as much as $150 on the Amex Plat for Business card). Right now, I'm only able to offer it on Amex, though I'd certainly be inclined to look into doing it with Chase, Citi, etc if it was popular enough.