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Originally Posted by Gerco
BUT if you factor in affiliate script rentals etc... the cost more than doubles. Add that to the fact that I'm small, I don't have a merchant account and have never been able to get one, so I'm still getting nailed for the 13% on each transaction. .
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Originally Posted by Gerco
Anyones free to mail me if they want to push my stuff. But no longer is it going to be a free for all where just any joe surfer can signup for an affiliate account and pull all my promo stuff for free. I have right now about 1.5 gigs of promo content. .
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Just going by these two statements, wouldn't it be better to eliminate those costs before you took the percentage out of the affiliate?.....Why are you renting an affiliate script? Just use the one ccbill has that's free.....Why allow 1.5 gigs of content to be downloaded?.....I've ALWAYS made it so that an affiliate has to email me before I make his galleries....
It's always more diplomatic to cut unnecessary costs before you start taking profit and running affiliates off....I want EVERY SALE that an affiliate can give me...I don't care if it's once a month...It all adds up for ME.
Another thing you could do is raise your price by $5...That is if you're not charging more than 30 bucks now....Also you can add geo pricing....That's put a nice extra chunk of change in my pocket since day one...
Let's be honest....you were pissed off when you wrote that email and were basically saying in a professional way, "Shit is bad so fuck you affiliate...I gotta take it out of your end"....