Originally Posted by Relentless

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.