Comment on Ask HN: How do you sell yourself as a new freelancer to clients?parentComments−neya14yCome on, this is a hacker community...The people here aren't that dumb. Atleast, you could have used a URL shrinking service..duh!−ahmedaly14yWell.. its something real.. I am making real money from this.. and putting an affiliate link does not have to be something bad at all.Why do I have to shy about promoting something real?!!−InnocentB14yBasically, the problem is you are creating a conflict of interest by appending the affiliate bit. It's hard to take your advice as being unbiased when you stand to profit from it.
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Come on, this is a hacker community...The people here aren't that dumb. Atleast, you could have used a URL shrinking service..duh!
Well.. its something real.. I am making real money from this.. and putting an affiliate link does not have to be something bad at all.
Why do I have to shy about promoting something real?!!
Basically, the problem is you are creating a conflict of interest by appending the affiliate bit. It's hard to take your advice as being unbiased when you stand to profit from it.