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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Well to be honest the whole affiliate paysite thing is pretty dead now in comparison to then but one thing to understand is that the long term full time affiliate eventually learned to start being very picky about who they pushed after being fucked over a few times. At least most did. It only took being screwed once or twice to learn.
For the site thing believe it or not but not everyone kept their site listings updated. Also it was often a lack of promo material/tours which matched the site and niche combination we were trying to promote. For instance maybe it was a handjob site but we were looking for something with more of a CFNM angle and there were no banners which did the trick. Sure we could make our own banners but that takes time and there are other sites out there to toss up right now with less hassle. "Maybe I'll get to it next month." See how that works?
I liked to be very picky about things. If I saw that it looked like a secondary processor was in there but that affiliates weren't getting credit I usually passed. You wouldn't believe how many programs this took out. Then there were the ones with banners with huge urls. That meant a pass then unless I felt it would convert well enough that it was worth my time to edit the banners. It also told me that the owner didn't respect me to have those urls on the banner. You might not like it but this really is how a lot of affiliates thought and still do. But most of those guys are long gone from the industry now. Better options.
One thing about pimproll. They didn't convert worth shit for me since about 2008 but they did the promo thing right. It was easy to get tools by niche or site from them and they had a ton of banners. You probably wouldn't believe how much making it EASY increased the chances of affiliates promoting you back then. It made a huge difference! So bottomline - if you are serious still about getting affiliates and them actually promoting you then "make it as easy as possible to do so." Common sense sometimes isn't very common though!
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I hear what you are saying. It's just a shame so many signup and do nothing. Why bother?
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Originally Posted by TeenCat
i hope not everyone will go private and invite only in the future. it will mean small affiliates will have no chance to grow, and become whale, then affiliate model will be totally dead and it will not help adult business as the serps will be overtaken by pirates, and doesnt matter what someone thinks, search traffic is and always will be the king  |
Yes but other than YOU please name an affiliate who started out a guppy and became a whale in the past 3 years. That's the problem there, too. I am in agreement with you, in principle, but the reality is most affiliates now stay at whatever level they are at and rarely grow to 'whale' status anymore.
It's a vicious cycle: affs don't grow, programs don't help affs grow.