Originally Posted by Kevsh

If you undestand the business model of cam sites you'd probably understand better. This isn't a pay site where if you're really-superhuman-good your average customer lifetime is 4 months (x say $30/month) = $120 lifetime value.

I doubt any of the reps or site owners would open reveal their avg. lifetime value of a customer but I can guarantee it, it's significantly higher.

Anyhow, Will stirred this pot (I believe it was him!) a few months ago, if you can find the thread it's a good read.