Great post Shiloh. Well other swill see it different.
1. So very true, if a sponsor treated an affiliate like some treat surfers he would go broke.
2. One of the best things for this industry would be CC processors saying sites have to state exactly what the customer is getting for his money. And no small print.
3. Why do people use them? They piss off more than they convert and if the original tour did not convert them fix it. Offering an alternative site in the tour or on exit is polite and accepted. Beating pop up blockers is downright insulting and rude. The surfer installed or enabled the blocker and you think you can convert more than you piss off, please where did you learn that? Affiliates should be asking why his original tour does not work and is he the kind of sponsor they should be encouraging.
4. Not everyone wants to spend $30 to jerk off, what does the industry offer him, free porn and PPV. The problem with free porn is the industry does not compete with it. I will not start on the number of sites simply not worth $30.
5. Agreed 100%. While we are so keen on converting the guy on an old computer, small screen and dial up connection we are losing the people who are prepared to spend money. Again another idiot idea from those grasping for sales. Affiliates think about it, if the guy is trying to convert at the lowest level are you losing out at the highest level?
6. Surfers want to download to their computers, let them. It's the "Buyer is always right" mentality. Or tell them in the tour, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE CONTENT TO YOUR COMPUTER.
Good post.
