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Originally Posted by vvvvv
I have worked with programs to watermark their content with my own url's and it works wonders. It is amazing how many surfers type them in. Then I thought about it. When I was a surfer I typed in the url to the site I bought from 99% of the time. So yeah, the 1% if the time I actually paid for something I did so via a type in.
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That is one of the the problems with the affiliate model I think. There is no sure way to track things adequately enough to ensure that the affiliate gets credit for the lead. Cookies used to help with this but they are of decreased effectiveness more so every year.
I've always been the same way. I hardly ever did an impulse buy but rather made a calculated decision and usually typed in the url after already visiting the site before many times previously. I don't think your average surfer does an impulse buy to a new site anymore. At the very least they research the site a little to make sure it is legitimate first. There are too many scam sites out there not to do that. Especially in adult.