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Originally Posted by fmltube
No they don't but compensation is agreed upon at the start so there is no discrepancy when it comes time to get paid for the work you do. Let's be honest. Why do companies pay out 50%? Because without that option, they would not make as much money as affiliates would go elsewhere. Its a fucking business that is hardly run anything resembling a legit business. If your biz is so hard up you have to nickle and dime those that make you money for them to get paid, your biz is worse than you thought.
Do these same companies charge talent a service fee for getting paid? NO. Why? Talent would tell them to go fuck themselves. But don't forget, "real world" companies also pay into social security and medicaid taxes as well as pay my federal taxes for me.
Without affiliates, programs would simply drop as many of those owners could not survive, much less drum up the traffic needed for their sales. Affiliates are gold. Treat them as such.
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If the entire industry said tomorrow that rates are dropped to 30% and no more PPS, most affiliates would keep sending traffic. Mainstream does it and adult was foolish for ever offering so much. Who ever in this business thought of paying that much needs to have their nuts cut off. That was where it all went wrong.
Affiliates know when they sign up to a program what the fees are. If they don't like them, they can pass and send their traffic somewhere else, the same as you can pass on the credit card offer your bank gives you if you do not like the current rate they give you. It's ALL up to you, the affiliate. However, if you choose to promote company X, then don't complain about the rates they charge you.
I agree, if you RELY on these little fees to make a living, you're fucked. Though I understand why it's done and it makes sense so long as it is a fair fee.
"Only in adult" applies to every aspect of our fucked up business. Adult does everything wrong and backwards. It is what it is and it always will be that way.
Every affiliate here has a choice. Fuck or walk. Play by the rules or go flip burgers. But if they choose to play the game, they need to play by the rules set by the very programs they send their traffic to. If they don't like it, try mainstream or hit Burger King.
I could care less about a $2 fee when getting paid by a program. That's the cost of doing business with them, regardless if it's the "right" or "smart" thing to do.