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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Greedy? Hmm... it occurs to me that without the affiliate sending the initial signup there would be no cross-sales.
I see no reason why 50% revshare can't mean 50% of ALL revenue earned from one's referred sales. I would even take 40% if it meant getting a piece of the upsells, the lesser % going towards offsetting the program's overhead.
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Many well set programs have their own traffic sources and really don't need other webmasters. It's just extra money, and to be honest they are more hassle then they are worth sometimes. NOT ALL OF THEM, but the majority. Maybe 10% of them rock out, the rest... ehh.
There will come a day SOON when programs stop taking any old webmaster, or any at all.
Here is the other problem. Webmasters are greedy. Not the smart ones, but lets be honest, most of you are not. A small % are, and those are the ones worth working with on a topic such as this. If we pay 50% of EVERYTHING, it is only a matter of time before someone wants 60%, or Silver Cash starts paying 80% of everything. It would happen sure as the sun is gonna rise. Meaning less profits for the programs who still have to pay for content, hosting, staff, design, legal and marketing. That amounts to WAAAAAY more than any of your traffic sources could bring us.
We are all in this to profit. We can profit with or without 90% of you and some programs can do it without you at all. To keep giving away more and more and more is just shooting program owners in the foot.
THE SOLUTION
For all of you who want this to happen. Man up and start your own program.
Until then, promote a program or don't. There are 100000 webmasters behind you who will gladly do so in your place, even if that company is a known thief, crook or scammer.
You ever see customer service in China?
There is none. That is because there are a million Chinese standing behind you waiting to buy what it is you have. The same applies to this industry. Not that I'm proud of that, but that is the way it is. We all collectively built it that way and now we all have to deal with it.