<b>Hot reminder: promoting a lifetime deal can poison your recurring forever</b>

<b>Hot reminder: promoting a lifetime deal can poison your recurring forever</b>

Lifetime deals (one payment, use it forever) look like easy commission. They quietly euthanize your future.

Why this is a trap:

— You earn once on a one-time fee. There is no recurring, by definition. The "recurring SaaS" pitch evaporates.
— Every LTD buyer you send is a customer who will <i>never</i> pay monthly, so you've converted a potential recurring stream into a single small check.
— LTDs attract the cheapest, most refund-happy buyers. Clawback rates on these promos are brutal.
— Vendors run LTDs when they need cash <i>now</i>, often a yellow flag on the product's health.

The affiliate who skipped the LTD and sent ten monthly buyers instead is still getting paid next year. You're not.

Verdict: lifetime deals give the customer forever and give you one paycheck.