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Originally Posted by Robbie
Cool, you have an advantage over thousands of webmasters in attending the show. I thought we were talking about all the webmasters and the costs of the shows versus what is actually at the shows.
I was never speaking of you personally. I was talking about the cost of going to the show for the average webmaster.
And if you just don't like to "party" with anybody in the business...I don't see anything wrong with that either. Sounds like the Miami show suits your needs perfectly to meet people and broker joins.
For the rest of us who are actively in the adult business...hands on if you will...we might require a little something more.
There are too many shows which spreads out the remaining sponsors too thin, which makes for an uneventful show, which makes for a poor turnout.
I do believe that IF there was a show with a bit more "oomph" to it. And things that were fun and exciting to do. And wasn't held at places the deliberately raised their pricing on the "porn people".
I think you would see more real affiliates attending. I could be wrong. But they sure are NOT attending now.
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shows have become obsolete to the affiliate for several reasons and expense is only one of them.
Affiliates are making less and less every month. Programs are going out of business taking the affiliate's hard earned money with them.
the avg affiliate makes less than 40k a year in my estimation. i may be wrong but i doubt it. so even a 2k trip for an affiliate with a family is a lot of money even if it is all inclusive. and where is his ROI for that? why does he need to go to a show? he doesnt. if he is worried about his next check do you really think he would lay out 2k for a show?
there is also a purging of affiliates going on due to economic factors. less affiliates means less roi for sponsors to spend money at shows.
if i were an avg aff my last thought would be to attend any show when i can do what i need to do via email phone or icq.
you are correct there are too many shows. but that wont last for long as the natural progression of things and fewer sponsors willing to spend money will reduce the number of shows.