You're not being a dick at all. There are always exceptions to the "rule" and I've agreed to build pay sites for a couple newbies over the years. What you say at the end of your post about doing research and having a plan is in line with my way of thinking and people can certainly succeed as newbies but it's a lot tougher than if you understand the business. Also you make the very wise statement that it comes down to being willing to spend some money just on trial and error.
I think the main thing for the vast majority of succesful programs out there is that they know what their affiliates need. If you've never been an affiliate, picking up on that can make for much more costly trial and error.
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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Understand where you are coming from and not trying to be a dick. I heard that same talk back in the late nineties and I ignored it and started my own site. In no way did I ever think it would be the biggest paysite ever or even close. I just wanted it to make me a modest amount, pay me enough to do this all full time, and give me the experience so that the next site would be that much easier.
It would of not helped in the least to spend time submitting to TGP's or MGP's for a year promoting someone else while I "learned". The only learning that would accomplish would be how to submit. Sure you would learn how to get your click through up and so forth but alas this is just as well applied to your own site. This can be said in regards to every aspect you stated to spend time doing.
This business is just like many others. Without proper research and a solid plan you more than likely will fail. At the same time though considering the costs involved going the trial and error route with your own site is not as risky as some make it out to believe.
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