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Originally Posted by Tempest
My comment about the program owner was to show that the programs are well aware that their watermark takes sales away from affiliates.
What was this thread about? It was about programs saying that their watermarks were about "protecting" content which it is not what they're doing when they put the watermark on there.
I'm pissed at programs for blatently trying to steal sales from me.. I'm pissed at cry baby affiliates whining about it and then not actually doing anything about it.. My first post was addressed to programs, but I also told affiliates to "get their head out of their ass". I'm an equal opportunity whiner.
Out of the hundred or so programs I promote, there's not one that gives a shit if I host the FHGs myself regardless of what their TOS might say... Many of them even offer that as an option and many more offer the same content for affiliates to build their own galleries.
Once more... This thread is about the purpose of the watermark the programs put on their content.
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The sponsors have every right on earth to put this on THEIR content, you have every right on earth to promote something else with YOUR traffic.
Most affiliates don't care, that's your advantage, that's more sales for you to pocket. The worse your "link trades" is doing at marketing the more sales you will pocket.
I would change the sentense "Out of the hundred or so programs I promote" to be "Out of the hundred or so programs I use and the selected I promote"
I'm pretty sure the majority of the sponsors put watermarks on the content since most of their affiliates is using 100s of various affiliate programs but they don't get regular sales, in return for their free content at least they get some branding that help also the active affiliates in bringing in more sales since it gives a higher consumer confidence
I didn't run websites for years though, so my idea of what you need to do to make a successful website that generate good revenues might be completely wrong, I just know how it used to be
