Originally Posted by TumblrPRO (Post 19871354)

One moment...

You live in ARUBA, you are 15 mins from Curacao and you are not going to this gathering???? :disgust

And even more... You tell people who travel from far far away to Curacao, you are telling them to go to Aruba???? dude, move your lazy ass and go to that gathering, you have no excuses here. You are 15 mins away from it. The funny thing is that you tell people that come from Holland, to move their asses and go from Curacao to Aruba, because you can't travel only 100 KM to go to the island just in front of your home. That's fucked up. And if you are really involved in the Mainstream Tourism industry, you should know this very well.

This is exactly what I was talking about in my post above. Nothing personal, but I had to comment on this, because nobody else would. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by JFK (Post 19872354)

The Gathering is SOLD OUT has been for a while:2 cents::thumbsup

Originally Posted by Rand (Post 19870700)

Originally Posted by JFK (Post 19871333)

should of come Mitch :thumbsup

Originally Posted by Rand (Post 19870700)

Originally Posted by TumblrPRO (Post 19871097)

I always wondered what was the real sense of these kind of gatherings.

Yes, I can understand a big sponsor or a payment system going there, it's probably not an expense for them. You see always the same faces in those places. Just take a look at this thread, always the same people going there. You can also see affiliate managers who don't lose anything, because they get all expenses covered for going there.

But for the regular affiliate? Nothing will change for them. They won't make a difference going to that place. Wasting 5K on the trip and getting nothing in return? At max, they could talk to some Affiliate Manager and get what? A special deal? A 60% revshare instead of 55%? A discount in hosting? Not really worth it. Specially in a shrinking business.

This said, if 90% of people going there are either sponsor owners, photographers, content sellers, affiliate managers, payment systems, traffic brokers, etc... It really makes no sense. You barely have some affiliates to talk to. It makes no sense, seriously. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Seth Manson (Post 19872544)

This event is not an affiliate gathering.

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris (Post 19872721)

Neither any other show.

Originally Posted by Seth Manson (Post 19873899)

50

Sorry JFK :)