Originally Posted by sarettah

You have 2 sponsors. You are sending basically the same traffic in the same niche, quantity and quality to each sponsor.

The first sponsor converts well and you are making $x,xxx.xx dollars a month on a consistent basis.

The second sponsor doesn't convert well and you are making $xx.xx dollars a month.

It is revealed that Sponsor 1 is cheating. They are doing a 20% shave on payout.

Sponsor 2 is rock solid and the most honest sponsors in the adult space. They are the type that would go out of business before they would lie to you or shave their affiliates.

So, what are you going to do?

Are you, on principal, going to stop sending to sponsor 1 because they are shaving and start sending all traffic to sponsor 2?

Or are you going to continue to send traffic to where you are making the most for it?

Discuss.

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Originally Posted by LouiseLloyd

If you're looking to invest any serious efforts going forward then it's a no-brainer for me, that is if the variables remain the same in the future, sponsor 2 all day long.

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

If sponsor one was found to be dishonest I wouldn't want to work with them, whether I was being negatively impacted by the unethical actions or not. shady ish has no place in my life

I'd drop option one and start testing new options to replace it. would stick with option 2 during the transition. if I liked and believed in the site I'd prob tweak things to see if there was anything I could do to raise sales on my end of things

Originally Posted by Bladewire

And that is what killed the industry

Nothing against you personally OneHungLo it's a particular capitalist mindset that is akin to slash & burn deforestation or to one eating their feet because they can't wait for dinner.

Originally Posted by Bladewire

100% correct. Unique content producers like me with sites are rare because affiliates build up the scammers for quick profits, even when they know they're being shaved, or will be ripped off by the scammer sponsor in the end.

Affiliates even promote stolen content sites for quick profit, strangling industry growth further.