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Old 02-07-2002, 08:51 PM  
TheFLY
So Fucking Banned
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic.
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Originally posted by neuromute


Simple economic principle: There is value in certainty and cash paid in advance.
Yes, this is true.

Also I know for a fact that Lensman is making a profit on my traffic even at $.06 (otherwise he wouldn't pay $.06) -- so in reality my traffic is worth more than what he is paying me... I'm tired of cc processors fucking up -- tired of dialer lines going down -- surfers w/o cookies not being counted (over 30% of signups don't have cookies on), shaving, etc... Not to mention I don't get credit for type-ins or the exposure that my site gives to a program...

In reality I know my traffic is worth more than what these shitty paysites are paying me -- and I read tons of posts about people wanting to buy traffic... so my logical conslusion is that I should sell the traffic up front by wire -- instead of sitting around waiting IF a processor will pay the paysites -- sitting around wondering IF the paysite will pay on time -- sitting around wondering IF the check will get lost in the mail -- or sitting around wondering IF the check will bounce. Fuck that.

I suppose I need to sell this traffic per/click (maybe through a 3rd party's counter)... which makes more sense because then I have incentive to increase my traffic... Imagine this -- a system where paysites can bid on large volumes of traffic that they are buying... and this traffic could be evaluated (by a third part) on a regular basis... past performance/history could be recorded -- proxy %'s could be screened, etc... you could even do bulk buying and selling -- sortof like a labor union for traffic.

The days of webmasters trusting strangers with traffic and their money is near an end.
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