Originally Posted by venus

Some good input from allot of people but here is my take on it.

Can you make a successful site with no affiliate program..yes you can, you also have to define successful, how much money do you feel will make you feel successful? Are you trying to measure it on your wants and needs or what you THINK other people make? There is no use in trying to measure it on others as most people are full of BS.

Also, there are allot of considerations, the more you make, the more you pay in taxes, the more affiliates you have the the higher your bandwidth bill will be and so on. Most affiliates only know how to submit galleries, most dont know any other way. Affiliates need to be creative other wise you have a bunch of tgp submitters eating up your profits.

The end is always about profits, a site with no affiliates can have the same or more profits then an affiliate program.