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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
I own more than 100 sites.Its not about earning, alone. Its about our traffic. Our traffic represents buyers and people who are passionate about niches we are passionate about. We care about our traffic and have heard from them directly and via consumer boards they do not have the same appreciation that you and damian have for some of the activities of websites you defend. We are about our traffic, maintaining and developing it. Not raping it for every nickle we can because we can. I have customers going back to 2007. Think about that.
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Here is the disconnect.
I care about my traffic VERY much. In fact that is the reason I got into review sites and websitesecure.org in the first place. They are real ways for consumers to find good sites and have a great time (which also means they will come back again). I would never advocate sending traffic to a site that does anything illegal OR to any site that negatively affects your bookmarkers. I have said that twenty times or more in this thread.
Now... We are not talking about any of that. The truth is From A Customer point of view, JTs sites are fantastic. That's a fact. The content is among the most popular in the world, they update constantly and the customers are treated like kings. I know this for a fact because I have test joined the sites, spoken with my own traffic after they have joined, etc... Nobody disputes the customers are treated great. Nobody alleges anything illegal. I know (and have certified the sites do not overcharge or have any hidden charges, they don't spam users, the user experience is 100% clean).
What we are talking about is ONLY an issue on the B2B side regarding affiliate payouts. I don't certify anything to do with affiliate payouts. I don't test or check any part of affiliate programs. Why? Because your own stats already do that for you better than anything else ever could. If a site is 100% legal AND the traffic is treated well, the only remaining stat that matters is $/click. If they aren't legal or harm the traffic in some way, that is a very big deal (because it damages your long term $/click).
1 Card banging = illegal
2 Spamming or hidden charges etc = hurts traffic and long term $/click
3 Shaving, leaks, payout fees, payment thresholds, lack of updates, bad promo materials, etc etc etc = b2b affiliate problems all included in your $/click stat.
If 1 or 2 are true, don't send a single click ever.
If 1 and 2 are not happening only 3 matters.
When it comes to 3, someone pays you the most... Send them your traffic.
How you feel about this is nonsense. The math matters.