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First off interesting thread it seems some real issues have been brought up here.
All of us have seen conversions dropping for years now. The survivors have learnt to market better. Look around how many webmasters that are just affiliates have been around longer than just a few years. Therehahaha8217;s not many thathahaha8217;s for sure.
Being just an affiliate (my choice) and being a very good one Ihahaha8217;m still surprised at the way people do business. All I care about is how much I make. Ithahaha8217;s great if you make lots of money as well.
Why do pay site owners want to have thousands of affiliates? Why donhahaha8217;t you just want a few really good guys that can send as many sales as thousands of sheep?
1) Your after a branded image and having thousands of sheep posting all the free stuff you give away and having your images fruskerd hot linked by choice It is all about branding. Your hope is to get your shit all over the net so people see you everyday and hopefully type in your domain one day. I see this as short term as it makes many problems that will detract from sales as sales it provides.
2) You just keep fishing for new affiliates in hope you may catch a whale?
Maybe what you really need is a good affiliate manager someone who knows who the good guys are. One thing for me is the more free stuff you offer the less chance you have of me sending you traffic.
Whathahaha8217;s the point of having great exclusive content and then handing it out to noobs who cant market and just waste it on TGPhahaha8217;s?
Do I really wish to compete with thousands of stupid webmasters who plaster your free everything everywhere.
I donhahaha8217;t need huge payouts or special tours but when I prove to you that I can send real sales work with me. I have one sponsor that pays me extra if I keep up over 100 sales per week. Ithahaha8217;s a deal we both worked out together and we are both happy with.
Once upond a time you had to prove you where a real webmaster before you could even signup to become an affiliate.
If we would like to see conversion rates go back up again maybe just maybe we need to look at the way affiliates are treated and what you give them.
Ihahaha8217;m sure all processors donhahaha8217;t like to have slow sales times as well. They only make money from the commission they charge and no sales means no commission.
Still it dose seem they lie to us most of the time about problems they do have.
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