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Originally Posted by RawAlex
It is an issue because tube style sites are like a hyper-affiliate, and are granted special rights that normal affiliates don't have. If I ran videos for 3 or 4 minutes "borrowed" off the site, or stitched together 20 second clips to make a 2 minute run, I would likely be removed as an affiliate. These sites are rewarded for the same thing.
The affiliate system is getting squeezed, without any guidelines and without any loyalty from the programs that were built on affiliate efforts.
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I accept that, though they aren't the first. The larger review sites are also like hyper affiliates, and I recall a thread by Steve Lightspeed some time ago where it was mentioned that they do special deals with programs for reduced prices essentially undercutting normal affiliates. Different cause, but essentially the same result.... and not just the domain of tube style sites.
Also as a program owner who in the early days spent many many hours with many newbie affiliates working with them and helping them build their sales only to have them up and leave at the mere sniff of a better offer ... there is little loyalty in this industry.