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Originally Posted by Twig
What can I do here?
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Actually, this is quite an interesting thread. A short time ago some friends of mine also started a little blog site they've been working on as a hobby. They were actually using information from industry resource sites and starting from scratch, so I monitored their progress having produced Klixxx Magazine until November and interested in how someone starting from scratch today could actually do.
I watched them monitor banners and links and learn to analyze their stats as they started joining affiliate programs and adding sponsors. What surprised me most was how many sponsors were not counting clicks, did not respond to support inquiries, and how they handled payment once the joins started.
Especially on a site where you are building a community, your sponsors should be chosen with care -- and perform some due diligence - it's hard enough to understand your traffic and choose the sponsors who best match your users' interests. There are so many choices now, as soon as you identify a sponsor who is not accurately recording your referrals, not responding to your support requests and user interaction, and not paying according to their TOS - move on immediately.