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Originally Posted by adulttrafficexchange_info
I understand when a program close, but do not understand why it is so hard to send a message to announce affiliates.
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Some sent an email, but not everyone received it, for many reasons (old/wrong email in db, faulty mailer, end in spam folder etc.). Really to notify the whole affiliates base, a program should send emails + icq + skype + whatever comunications, plus even go read the whois records and google the guys like a private investigator. I do it at times - for example who specified bouncing payment info - some affiliates are difficult to reach, as a program I can tell it.
About decide NOT to notify at all... It depends if you have to deal with affiliates again after having closed or not. Not all the program closing is the same story.
If you have other programs or plan to open new programs, you definitely better be very popular with affiliates so notify everyone in advance of any closing site, pay everyone, so you're supported in your other existing or new programs. Really, there are examples of current popular programs made by guys with previously (partly) non-paying closed programs, which are doing very well. This is in part because most affiliates are noobs/newbies and basically can not know what happened even a year ago.
But in the case the former owner quits the adult business, so program closes and ends up redirecting elsewhere... why to pay anyone or tell them to pull the links? He have no more to deal with affiliates later. Further, redirection/sale of his domains will have more value if less affiliates pull the links. And about the new domain owner, he can blame the former owner, so it is cool.
On a side note, I learned this in mainstream, long ago, from a telecom carrier: I heard there (accidentally) in a skyscraper building, a top manager talking another like this: M1: "this small mobile game provider asks to be paid, is just $2000". M2: "Mh.. ok they are small so can't really sue us.. and we will need to do business with them again in future?" M1: "No really, their stuff is already replaced". M2: "OK, then we'll not pay them, go with endless excuses route". I mean, it is not only in adult, that people are paid/notified only if have to do business again with them in future - and otherwise, not worth.