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deltav · 07-20-2013, 01:56 PM

This is why I think the "anyone can sign up" standard for affiliate programs the past 10+ years is stupid - your brand gets promoted by idiots with no business or marketing savvy, who then do the throw enough shit at the wall & some will stick approach and spam the world with your content.

It becomes the norm in the industry and then online adult becomes synonymous with crap spam sites, the world becomes saturated with all the porn anyone could want, that's just the nature of the free-for-all affiliate system. Even with mainstream afffiliate marketing it's the same. There should be a vetting process - it may have meant sacrificing a few near future sales from those volume-marketing affiliates who wouldn't end up making the cut, but IMO would have been better for the industry in the long term. Too late now tho.

07-20-2013, 01:56 PM
deltav Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,243	This is why I think the "anyone can sign up" standard for affiliate programs the past 10+ years is stupid - your brand gets promoted by idiots with no business or marketing savvy, who then do the throw enough shit at the wall & some will stick approach and spam the world with your content. It becomes the norm in the industry and then online adult becomes synonymous with crap spam sites, the world becomes saturated with all the porn anyone could want, that's just the nature of the free-for-all affiliate system. Even with mainstream afffiliate marketing it's the same. There should be a vetting process - it may have meant sacrificing a few near future sales from those volume-marketing affiliates who wouldn't end up making the cut, but IMO would have been better for the industry in the long term. Too late now tho. __________________ ********* DeltaofVenus.com - Vintage Erotica from the 1800s through 1979