My Referral Went to Another Person's Network

Hello, Wealthy Affiliates!

I just had a confusing situation when I referred a person to WA and this person went to another's person network, not mine.

I have used my affiliate link which I took from my dashboard and shortened it through Bit.ly.

So I have no idea why this happened as it seems that I have done everything correctly.

How is this possible?

I feel very confused about this. Is this a system that sometimes doesn't work properly?

Here is a screenshot of the person's profile that I have reffereed to WA.

The person to whose network he went, is not even active here on WA. So I am confused even more.

Is there anybody here who eventually have faced the same issue?

Natalie

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UPDATED on February 17th, 2020

Hello, Wealthy Affiliates!

So this is not the first time happenning to me. I have had another referal whom I was talking too, gave him my link and he went to another person network.

That second time I said, alright, this is because probably somebody else already given him his link, he didn't cleared his cookies and cashes and that is why he went to that person network, not mine.

In the last couple of days, I have been talking to a lady, about Wealthy Affiliate learning platform and all the possibilities to build an online business.

It turned to be that she already had an account here. But she got back to me to ask for quidance and one-on-one-coaching.

I have checked her profile, and found that the person to whose network she went, is not active on the platform, he doesn't even have a bio information filled in his profile, he doesn't have any blogs written here, any questions asked.

I said to her that I can help her to get started, but if she wants to get an one-on-one coaching with me, she will need to sign up again, with my link, and before, clear all the cookies and cashes.

She did all I have said to her, but still, this lady is not on my network, she went to Kyle and Carson's network.

I really want to know how is this possible? Isn't this a way of loosing referals?

If yes, this is really discouraging and embarasing. I hope someone has an answer for me!

Natalie