Originally Posted by Tempest

My experience has always been that I do better with programs not using NATs. That's the reality that myself and MANY affiliates including some of the biggest ones out there have said, and nothing NATs says can change that. Instead, they should be taking it more seriously since most of us have had enough of bitching about it, have given up and just send less traffic to NATs programs or don't even bother signing up to them.

As for switching from not NATs to NATs, can't really say for sure. I can say this though. One of my major sponsors that switched, the sales numbers stayed about the same. You would think that would be a form of "proof" that NATs didn't cause a decrease in sales. But the thing is, at the same time, the program switched to their own merchant account and everyone knows that increases sales. Yet they stayed the same.

When you keep seeing things like this occur time and time again, it doesn't take long to realize there's something going on even if some people are not willing to see it or admit it.

At the end of the day, move your traffic where it makes the most money and everything else will take care of itself.

And if you're a small program using NATs and you're not attracting the affiliates or they're not seeing the sort of traffic from them you know they could send. Then maybe you should consider changing sofware. Your only loyalty should be to your bottom line and if affiliates are avoiding promoting you because of NATs, then wake up and do what you have to do for YOUR business.