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Originally Posted by Sarah_Jayne
Yeah but you understand that sponsors often got (and still do) get screwed too, right? Don't worry, I'm not about to go all 12clicks here. It just that this is my job. I have spent a silly number of years helping affiliates and providing them with content. I am also an affiliate myself so I know things from that side too.
Never once have I sat around a table with the rest of an affiliate team and thought 'hmm, how can we rip off an affiliate with the watermark'. The only discussions even vaguely associated with the watermark has been how to attempt to prevent it being removed and our content stolen.
Why shouldn't we brand our content? Think about how much time and resources that go into chasing down content violations from images to unauthorized tube uploads.
My point is that while I am sure there are some bad sponsors out there that are just looking to shake down affiliates, most sponsors really just want to strike a balance where the affiliates earn what they deserve while the program still earn enough money to stay alive.
Anyway, not meaning to really argue just perhaps show another perspective without the snippiness that tends to happen in these threads. Also, yes, I was a PCBBS regular. I am old.
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The way I see it most sponsors have done things because they could. Being truthful all the talk of "just wanting to help affiliates make money" is bullshit. They want to help themselves make money. There are some who partner more with their affiliates than others and some are relatively honest but for the most part that is the game and it always has been.
Collectively, for affiliates, this industry is in the toilet and that is why so many have left. The product is devalued but it's not only that. It's also that the people you are "partnering" with are continually trying to pull one over on you. Who needs that? This is why so many have left. That's just honesty.