Is there or will there be an affiliate program that we could use in our Social media or YouTube videos to help send customers your way and fur to get a finders fee?
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I think such a program would negatively affect Framework’s reputation. I don’t think they want to ever be cast in a light as purchasing good reviews or impressions.
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I think that’s a specious concern. Affiliate programs are pretty common these days, and I don’t see negative connotations attached to them. Key is to insist on transparency. Given that I think it could be positive, because I always find myself more comfortable with products that friends and acquaintances have spoken favorably about.
More general question to me is whether Framework has any plans or intentions of growing an ecosystem including channel partners, resellers and distributors, etc.
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Doesn’t seem like it since they stated they weren’t interested in retail sales.
It depends on the nature of the content. And yes, transparency. If the FW laptop is the centerpiece of the content, like in a review, then it shouldn’t compensate creators. Paid “reviews” are nothing of the sort. If the content is related to the FW laptop like expansion cards or something to do with the ecosystem, then yes, an affiliate program could be appropriate. All my opinion of course but that’s how I see it.
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I highly recommend Framework to not do this.
It’s a high risk low reward actions and has the potential to do permanent damange to a young company trying to set foot inside the big technology market.
The request is understandable, but if I had to have any say in it, it’s much to early to even start something like this.
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We do not have an affiliate program available.
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Well, that’s sorrowful to hear. Three friends of mine bought a framework because I showed it to them and let them experience it first hand as well as reviewing it. A fourth will soon be buying one. Sad to hear that there is no way to get something out of it. Maybe just one upgrade part for the current laptop you have or a store voucher. Why not?
Is the any rebate or discount for recommending people to by the laptops?
Nope, atleast not at the moment
what about a program where at the end of the sale it can ask who recommended you to this product. and not an advertisement but more on word of mouth. you could say put ion that persons email and 3-4 months or up to a year after the sale to prevent people from buying and returning you get like 10 buck. not muck but it is like a free mod
Yeah fw doesnt do those. No sales dor.black friday etc like the big players.
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A token gesture could be something like a patch or a pen; the larger issue is distribution cost. Then someone has to manage that program which is another “one more thing” that has to be assigned to someone.
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Personally, the issue I have with “affiliation links” or whatever the referral program is setup to use is the fact that the cost of that program is built into the price of the product you are buying. What I mean is companies could have sold the product for less money but it was artificially inflated to include extra profit so they pay a spiff to others for more business.
I don’t need to pay more for a product because marketing has a great idea to increase prices so they can selectively give money away.
Discounts and coupons tell me it was overpriced to begin with.