Originally Posted by Vegas Ken (Post 12330464)

This topic has come up recently. I have my opinions, now I want yours.

Can a paysite become really successful without an Affiliate Program?

Originally Posted by grape (Post 12330797)

How much money is successful? For one guy it could be a site that does 100k a year and for someone else it would need to be 3 mill a year.

Originally Posted by Vegas Ken (Post 12332435)

You are right. Successful is a very subjective term.

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 12332964)

It's down to how many people hit your site and get a hard on, for the money you spend getting them there.

It really is that simple.

Originally Posted by venus (Post 12331972)

Some good input from allot of people but here is my take on it.

Can you make a successful site with no affiliate program..yes you can, you also have to define successful, how much money do you feel will make you feel successful? Are you trying to measure it on your wants and needs or what you THINK other people make? There is no use in trying to measure it on others as most people are full of BS.

Also, there are allot of considerations, the more you make, the more you pay in taxes, the more affiliates you have the the higher your bandwidth bill will be and so on. Most affiliates only know how to submit galleries, most dont know any other way. Affiliates need to be creative other wise you have a bunch of tgp submitters eating up your profits.

The end is always about profits, a site with no affiliates can have the same or more profits then an affiliate program.

Originally Posted by Star 69 (Post 12332042)

Better to have a lot of affiliates to promote a paysite but your paysite can be successful if you know the market and buy the right ad spots, making FHG, have a good guru SEO guy, keywords on google, yahoo search etc.

Originally Posted by Angelo22 (Post 12330479)

"Nothing is impossible" ©

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 12332964)

Very true, some people think $1,000 a month is success.