Originally Posted by MisterPeabody

I am not an affiliate but I had to make "the decision" when I started: affiliate or program owner? I can tell you it's a LOT more work (and cost) to run a paysite, an affiliate program, have employees, etc etc. But I'm glad I made that choice because being an affiliate is rough these days.

Having said that, and understanding most of what's been laid out in this thread, I would say being an affiliate today is still a good game IF you have skills, work hard (and consistently) and are always testing new approaches to traffic generation and conversions.

Other than that a person has many options, many of which are more profitable than being a paysite affiliate.

Hope that clears everything up. LOL