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Old 10-16-2011, 08:03 AM  
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Originally Posted by signupdamnit View Post
Could be wrong but I think what he's saying is that if they pay the 50% to affiliates they are operating at a loss or not making enough money.

Which is kind of hard to believe personally. Let's say the whole program does 12 new joins a day (conservative considering all the other sites they have).

12 * $30 = $360

Then let us say the program has double that in rebills per day which is reasonable considering how popular it once was.

24 * 30 = $720

That adds up to $1080 a day in revenue. Even if every single sale were affiliate sales that would still leave $540 per day after paying affiliates.

$540 * 30 = $16,200 per month.

12 sales a day too high? Let's just say 7 sales a day then.

7 * 30 = $210 new sales / day
14 * 30 = $420 in rebills / day

$630 / day
$315 / day after paying 50% to affiliates.

$315 * 30 = $9,450 per month After paying affiliates.

Doesn't make sense to me unless about $5,000+ a month isn't enough for them to live on or the numbers are radically different (to many people it isn't but then again they probably have many affiliates who live on a lot less too) . It'd be interesting if Biggy would publish the numbers. At least it would give any affiliates who are actually losing money and upset an explanation. Don't get pissed that the numbers are wrong, Biggy. I'm just trying to come up with something here because the real numbers aren't known.
No no, he's definitely talking about himself, the fact that they (melissa &bf) are making more than enough to pay the bill is quite obvious and I don't think he can truly deny that on a board full of other owners that know what these sites make. What he was saying is that he was still operating it and not receiving any money so he closed down the affiliate program because he was in charge of paying for that. And I guess they aren't planning to either

The network is probably only getting 6-9 a day max, it's the rebilling customers that keep it doing as well as it is.

Last edited by Pseudonymous; 10-16-2011 at 08:06 AM..
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