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signupdamnit · 06-25-2014, 06:58 PM

Maybe a example would help.

Mr. Bungle has a choice of two sponsors to send to. Both sponsors are rev share 50/50 and offer no other options.

Sponsor A-

Earns 10 cents per click currently. Has been around for 10 years. In that time the owner has never done anything which has seemed unethical in the industry and seems to treat affiliates with respect including on the boards. The sponsor also has a history of condemning unethical people in the industry. This sponsor is completely free of cross sales on affiliate traffic. There are no popups to other offers or leaks.

Sponsor B-

Earns 20 cents per click currently. Has been around for about 3 months. The owner likes to run around calling any affiliates who complain about his program "broke losers" and "burger flippers". Has all sorts of uncredited cross sales, even already checked. Has popups to programs the affiliate gets nothing for. Even redirects mobile traffic to another of his sites affiliates cannot promote.

Mr. Bungle sees that Sponsor B pays more per click so he sends all his traffic there and laughs at sponsor A. Mr. Bungle makes thousands of posts on GFY about how only $ / click matters and how people who do business with Sponsor A are stupid losers. He builds up thousands of rebills. Three months later sponsor B turns up the shave and he starts making 14 cents per click. Mr. Bungle still thinks this is better than Sponsor A so he keeps sending his traffic there. At this point he has 10,000 rebills per month with sponsor B.

Another three months later Sponsor B folds up shop and leaves ripping off every single affiliate and not paying a dime thereafter. Mr. Bungle loses all his income for the last month as well as all future income from the 10,000 rebills he built up on the revshare program. Should Mr. Bungle have went with sponsor A instead?

06-25-2014, 06:58 PM
signupdamnit Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,697	Maybe a example would help. Mr. Bungle has a choice of two sponsors to send to. Both sponsors are rev share 50/50 and offer no other options. Sponsor A- Earns 10 cents per click currently. Has been around for 10 years. In that time the owner has never done anything which has seemed unethical in the industry and seems to treat affiliates with respect including on the boards. The sponsor also has a history of condemning unethical people in the industry. This sponsor is completely free of cross sales on affiliate traffic. There are no popups to other offers or leaks. Sponsor B- Earns 20 cents per click currently. Has been around for about 3 months. The owner likes to run around calling any affiliates who complain about his program "broke losers" and "burger flippers". Has all sorts of uncredited cross sales, even already checked. Has popups to programs the affiliate gets nothing for. Even redirects mobile traffic to another of his sites affiliates cannot promote. Mr. Bungle sees that Sponsor B pays more per click so he sends all his traffic there and laughs at sponsor A. Mr. Bungle makes thousands of posts on GFY about how only $ / click matters and how people who do business with Sponsor A are stupid losers. He builds up thousands of rebills. Three months later sponsor B turns up the shave and he starts making 14 cents per click. Mr. Bungle still thinks this is better than Sponsor A so he keeps sending his traffic there. At this point he has 10,000 rebills per month with sponsor B. Another three months later Sponsor B folds up shop and leaves ripping off every single affiliate and not paying a dime thereafter. Mr. Bungle loses all his income for the last month as well as all future income from the 10,000 rebills he built up on the revshare program. Should Mr. Bungle have went with sponsor A instead? __________________ You don't like my posts? Put me on ignore or fuck right off. I'll say what I want. Last edited by signupdamnit; 06-25-2014 at 07:01 PM..