Originally Posted by RawAlex

jayeff, I agree with you, but businesses like AFF are "mature" in that they have already set up who their 20% is. It truly isn't worth it for them to both fishing around the 80% looking for 1 more good one... the return on Zango I am sure far outweighed the effort to actually deal with affiliates.

It is also important to remember that they have also reached the point where at least a good part of the clicks every day come from surfers who are already members. They don't pay out on these people.

AFF / Cams could stop paying for new customers tomorrow altogether and still cruise out for the next 2 - 3 years without a blink. In the short term, medium term, well... affiliates aren't important.

Your points are well taken, but that would be for a business model that hasn't matured.

Alex