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AirBNB Affiliate Program Cancelled & Why Good Affiliate Programs Change As Companies Grow

3,989 views · Published 17 May 2016 · 16:22 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Rules For Rebels · 2016 · Entertainment

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AirBNB Affiliate program has been cancelled.

It was a fairly small lesser known affiliate program but it was a huge earner for myself and many other affiliates.

In this video I discuss the AirBNB affiliate program, why it was so good and so easy to convert and make money, and why it was cancelled.

This also teaches us a lesson about why we need to be agile and adaptive as affiliates because affiliate programs are always changing their terms.

When companies are new and up and comming, think Netflix, Groupon, AirBNB, Amazon, etc. They offer great affiliate terms. They have long cookie times and high payouts.

As these companies grow in popularity they are no longer as dependent on affiliates and will sometimes either cancel the programs entirely, or at the very least shorten cookie times from 30 days to 24 hour or even session based. They will lower commissions and basically change terms to make the program less favorable to affiliates.

What we learn from this is when something is working we have to strike when the iron is hot and make as much money as possible as quickly as we can because we don't know how long it can last. 

This also teaches us to diversify and not rely solely on one affiliate program for income as they could change the terms and that program could go away or change in a way that dramatically cuts our income as affiliates.

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