Putlocker has been one of the few sites which did not gave up in the epic change in the file sharing sector in the last week till now, but just an hour ago, the company has put the following statement on their site:
Effective February 1st 2012, the affiliate program is shutting down. We will be launching a Partner Program for original content creators in the near future.
But they also made it clear that they will pay their affiliates in full for what they will earn till 31st jan, Which should give some peace of mind to uploaders who were using Putlocker.
In the past few days, Internet has changed for most of us with Megaupload owner getting arrested and website’s shutdown, all file hosts are running scared for e.g. Fileserve closing their sites(videobb, fileserve, videozer, filejungle, uploadstation) and filesonic etc. Some having decency to tell and pay their uploaders, others just closing their affiliate program and some even closing their sites.
I personally respect Putlocker for their brave decision to pay up their uploaders. Following comments were seen on wjunction’s Putlocker’s thread by the uploaders
“Thank you for the heads up. Very Professional. ” – Moddag
“Thank you for everything MrPut, it’s been great fun. I will continue to link with put and sock regardless. Protect yourself and do what you gotta do”. – Thristle
“Thank you verry much Putlocker it was a great time with you ” – Simoestcoool
The above comments clearly state how good uploaders feel when someone do not just run off with their money and pay up what they owe them.
If you are looking for alternatives for putlocker and sockshare, I have complied a list of video hosts who still have affiliate programs along with file sharing hosts with affiliate programs.
Update 02/02/2012: Pulocker also closed affiliate program for its sister site SockShare on Feb 1. As promised they have payed most of the affiliate, though some are still waiting for their final payment.
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