| Address: Bangalore, Karnataka, 560068 |
| Website: www.flipkart.com |
Flipkart has an Affiliate Marketing model where you can promote their products and they will give 10-12% commission. It's just like any other affiliate marketing. I do affiliate marketing for some other e-commerce as well, so I registered for Flipkart too. But from my experience I came to know that their Affiliate service is as pathetic as their general service.
In their affiliate marketing apart from selling products, they also have an option of "App Installation" where they pay 40 rupees for every app installed through my affiliate link. I did 13 installations and was still promoting for more installs. I did that by finding people by my own ways. The commission also got added to my Affiliate account. But after few days they sent my already earned commission to disapproved section. I was surprised and I enquired with the customer care through mail. You know what they replied?? They said that their team has checked the authenticity of the installs and found to be FRAUD.. Really?? Those installs were fraud? And also said that due to industry standards they cannot disclose the reason for this. How can this be not authentic can you please tell me?
As per terms and conditions, it has to be a fresh customer download and the person has to register his/her number. Yes, both the requirements were met. And there were no other terms and conditions written. And now they are telling they can't pay me due to confidential reasons?????
Look at their clever way of making people download the app.I realized, it's not just their shopping service which is pathetic, it's the whole company itself which is not trustworthy. Shouldn't have trusted them and wasted my time bringing customers to their website. I did a mistake.
Apart from app downloads I also got some commission by marketing other products for which I have accumulated Rs.524/-. But as per their terms and conditions, they will release the money ONLY IF my payment details are approved. And my payment details will be taken into consideration ONLY WHEN I accumulate minimum Rs.1000/-...
I think this is their another kind of scam. After you make Rs.1000/- they would tell you "Your payments are not approved due to BS reasons which we cannot reveal"
Well, I am NOT going to trust this company and it's owners anymore. Thank God I realized this before it was too late. Please spread this message with others and tell them to stop using Flipkart whether it's shopping or affiliate marketing. You may think "I never had any complains till now, I got satisfactory services till now". Well, let me tell you you will understand only when you get cheated once. And once you fall trap to them, all you can do is write complains here and there and stop using Flipkart anymore. So what if you stop using Flipkart? They already got good business from you till now and they will get more new customers everyday. So better avoid from now and use other Ecommerce.
Use Amazon. They are very very trustworthy. Because they are not Indian origin. They are present worldwide and they have satisfied customers in almost all the countries in the world. If they had given bad service they would be been able to spread worldwide. (Attached are screen shots)
Flipkart customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
I have spoken to many customer care executives of flipkart.com for the below concern on 6th september16 but every day they are posponing my complaint kindly help me regarding the same.
Issue- Gift coupons worth Rs 19000 are not working.
regards,
Tabish