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Old 06-24-2014, 11:25 AM  
Socks
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Originally Posted by Relentless View Post
I am stating that when I sign up to an affiliate program I do not even read the payout promises. They are 100% meaningless. It is a never-ending and VERY subjective game of would, could should.

Is charging $2 to send a check shaving? don't care...
Is requiring a $100 min payout shaving? don't care...
Is a leaky tour shaving? don't care...
Did they pay me for every sale? don't care...
Other nonsense I can not know because I dont have access to their stats? dont care...


What I DO care about:
1 - Is this business all legally done? If It isn't I won't send a single click.
2 - How many clicks did I actually send them? I know that number exactly every time.
3 - How much money did they actually pay me? I know that number exactly every time.
4 - Do the payments always come on time? Late once maybe, late twice bye bye.
5 - Is anything being done that negatively affects my bookmarkers? That affects long term revenue.

While you chase your tail hoping to catch someone in whatever drama nonsense that may, should, would, could, might cause you to "feel" a certain way. I look at MATH and KNOW for a fact exactly who ACTUALLY paid me the most for my work legally.



Yes. Exactly.

I send 100 sales through processor A and get exactly 92.00 in my bank
I send 100 sales through processor B and get exactly 83.00 in my bank

I dont give a fuck why I got 92 or 83. In this case I do know the exact number of sales and I know the exact amount of money. Why one paid me less is their problem, not mine. What does complicate this scenario a bit more is that as an affiliate I only care if things negatively affect my bookmarkers, are legal and how much I am paid. As a program owner I now have to also track many other factors to arrive at the total value per sale.

All of the principles are EXACTLY the same. You did X work and got paid Y value. That is your actual $/work. The rest is nonsense.
Relentless, you know damned well as the owner of review sites that not all business models support this strategy.

And why argue for it? In the end, maybe processor B has better sites that convert better and retain members for longer, but they have this little trick where you lose a bunch of your potential sales through... y'know... blatant stealing... So A paid you more in the short term, but you wrote off B too early and due to their stealing you can't use B's sites to make as much money as you could.

Also you have to throw away all the work you did for B just to do this test, it's all lost time and potential revenue.

Wouldn't it be better if B just didn't steal, and you could make money from both programs and diversify where you send your traffic to?
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