08-30-2003, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 2,543
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Originally posted by Choker
Thanks, but the tests I ran are enough to convince me of shaving on some affiliates and none on others. You make some really great points, but to be honest, if nobody wants to consider my results, it's no skin off my back. I just posted them as "heads up" to everyone. A lot of people touch on the fact that sponsors are starting to not rely so much on affiliates and get their own traffic. I am seeing this more and more every week. And in totally honesty, this is better for my model anyway. Of course I would rather deal with 1 sponsor buying a million hits a week, than 20 affiliates buying the same traffic. Big sponsors are coming to me and other brokers more and more to buy traffic directly. I have said it for over a year now that the days of affiliates are numbered, and I stand by that statement. If every sponsor I send traffic to decides to shutdown tomorrow, I will still survive as the model I created does not depend on anyone type of income stream. HOWEVER..........most guys are not like this, they are TOTALLY dependent on their sponsors. If I were in thier shoes, I would start my own paysite TODAY. Depending on one source of income in this business is not a smart thing to do. How many guys went out of business when these processors recently went bye bye?? I know most of you will flame me for this, but what if those same sponsors had big TGPs when thier processors went to the beach with thier money? Well at least they would have had a backup to get thierselves back on their feet.
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I know sponsors who are building their own TGP's. Not to mention the fact that stopping affiliate programs will greatly reduce the amount of free porn and make free loaders to join a pay-site.
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