I've mentioned this before - last year sometime - but thought it was worth revisiting.

BT Openzone operate internet hotspots at public places and venues around the country. They run an inhouse affiliate program that lets you link to their air time e-vouchers and earn 10% from each sale.

The terms and conditions make plain that payment will be direct into your bank account, once the minimum of £50 has been reached.

I've been linking to BT Openzone from my Wifi Hotspot Directory for sometime, and seen a steady stream of sales over that time. So far so good, right? The problem is, I've never been paid. I called the support number on the website and the staff had never heard of it, and I had to spell a long URL over the phone to direct them to a page on their own website to show them what it was. Emails to the support address either bounce back or are ignored. A question on the A4u forum last year got no replies. It seems I'm in some parallel dimension where I'm the only person that's promoting this thing and the only person that's heard of it.

I keep the links up because they seem to convert well, and are about the best fitting merchant for my site. And also I, perhaps naively, place some faith in the BT brand and believe that ultimately this will get sorted.

So, this is an appeal for information. Does anyone know anything about the BT Openzone program? Have you seen other webmasters promoting them? Have you seen any BT Openzone staff acting suspiciously? Keep 'em peeled.

The other point to be made is that this is basically a good performing program but this division of BT does not seem to have the skills or resources to properly run it, so affiliate networks should be pitching for the business.

Labels: affiliate marketing, bt openzone