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Originally Posted by besterman
1. I believe sponsors/site owners form a symbiotic relationship. I don't see it as one side having all the "power". Both need each other in various ways either now or have in the past. It would be just as foolish to blow off affiliates as affiliates to blow off sponsors.
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i suppose that depends on what "site owners" u are talking about. sites like ATK are owned by well established companies that DON'T NEED affiliates. sure, its cool to have them but they are not & will not be going out of their way to keep them. its as simple as that.... what's funny is the cats on this board that can't fathom the existence of a successful paysite without affiliates.
i think the problem lies in webmasters who think in terms of big "programs" rather than big "paysites". before there were affiliate programS, there were only personally run paysites that generated traffic from anything BUT tgps, galleries & the like. that's the era sites like ATK started in.... they have SURVIVED thru the changes & their affiliate program is simply an adaptation, NOT a necessity.
some of u cats that got in this game AFTER the new millennium need to STFU & do some research b4 spewing in threads like this about shit u know NOTHING about.
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