Originally Posted by CoolMikey

It's a pretty lame strategy, but if affiliate isn't sending traffic what do they have to lose? 1 in 100 will buy the horseshit and will start sending some traffic, and the 99 other affiliates haven't promoted the site in question and likely never will anyway? I mean, what are the odds that someone one day will say "Sponsor X hasn't updated their tours/tools/anything in 5 years, I haven't been promoting them in years, but I think I'll give them a try again"? So really, little harm done if the 99 other affiliates get a bit irritated.