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Not going to bother to read the thread as I'm sure it will be the same old arguments. However for those who get this far consider this.
There has to a profit in it for the sponsor. Without it the sponsor goes broke and you COULD lose even more.
Affiliates need to watch what they earn from a sponsor related to the amount of work they put in.
Most sponsors understand that the more their affiliates earn the more likely they are to keep them. Long term it's good business.
The money has to be divided between running the site and paying for traffic, spend too much on traffic and the content suffers, spend too much on content and the traffic suffers. It's about getting the balance right. If you want great converting content that will look and feel different than the other 20,000 paysites out there the money has to come from somewhere. Should a company millions to give affiliates 60% on a site that is totally unique and converts or spend spend $50,000 and is no different?
Or just let the industry stagnate with the top dogs? And a few of the big porn companies.
2008 is going to be the toughest year we've known. The fall out is going to be immense. Let's consider what we need to do and stop moaning about the most important people, sponsors, staying in business. If you disagree with the sponsor being the top dog, consider who brings the $$$ into the business. Never seen a traffic site that charged surfers.
In saying that I will be increasing the cookie expiration and payments to affiliates today. Seems the balance has tipped too far in my favor.
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