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Originally Posted by jayeff
Because I use hosted galleries, RSS feeds etc., I work with dozens of sponsors and in order to get to see what they offer, I have had to sign up with hundreds over the years. The number I actively promote, except via the use of their content is very small..........................
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Sure jayeff - can see the reasoning behind both spreading the risk and populating via RSS and galleries without even knowing the sponsor
Agree, there is nothing wrong with a sponsor mailing $500 - $1000/month to an affiliate - they add up. The downside is when that affiliate, for whatever reasons (newbie etc) takes up more than his share of support resources. (Can be *anything* - but often stupid stuff, like "I'm .25 cents short on my check!" and having a 30 min explanation and an international phone call over it
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Seems you are much like me - only deal with a limited number of sponsors and have known em since they started, but hardly ever contact them other than the odd "social call". We used to use a fair number of sponsors, but it was not worth the hassle and bad debts - they are all now a "fallback" source of revenue after traffic is passed thru our paysite options.
Hehe.. you been around 11 years now?? Good to see some old-timers are still active - and hell - even appear on GFY! Kinda nice those days and some very serious money earned
I remember treating these "small" checks (which could be anything from $250 to $18000) as "dross" and concentrating on the six figure wire transfers
You are correct in that we are our own worst enemies - there is a tendency to screw up the market that feeds us. Can think of one excellent area where we earned serious money, but scammers thought they could rip off surfers big time for millions and that was eventually hit on the head - there is always someone who wants to push the boat out, get greedy, and, in the process, screw things up for all others in the market. But... plough on regardless
