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There's a big difference between affiliates not sending you traffic and surfers who just want access to free content. If you can't differentiate a legit affiliate from a freeloader surfer, what kind of sponsor are you?
Thing is not all adult webmasters do adult only, many also do mainstream as well. I've had domains for over 2 years that don't have a site to speak of yet, three of them for porn. There are only 24 hours in a day and too many sites to update, develop, keep up with, at some point something has to be set on the back burner and wait its turn. And that without a doubt also applies to those who do just porn.
One of my adult sites is nearly completed, one is getting there and the other one doesn't have anything at all, never even touched it yet. I never sent a single hit to some sponsors I have on those sites even though one of them I know I joined at least a year ago. If they were to delete me today because of this, I'd say the hell with them. All the links I did put up on a non published site would need to be replaced. Even if I did sign up again, it would be a new ref code so all the links would still need to be updated. I wouldn't trust that sponsor not to delete me again in the future. I would simply replace them with another one. As simple as that.
This subject comes up all the time in mainstream. So many merchants are quick on the delete button because you're not sending traffic and/or sales. Their loss in the end, because you never know who's going to be your next whale. With all the choices of porn sponsors, it's a lot easier to replace porn links than it is to replace mainstream merchants.
When you delete legit affiliates, you could be shooting yourself in the foot.
Missie
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