Originally Posted by Robbie

fartfly...it isn't easy to build up traffic over the years. And of course tubesites have destroyed my traffic numbers from 5 years ago. There definitely isn't as much traffic for a tgp anymore. And I can't speak for how other programs may or may not have treated you. Not all program owners and damn sure not many affilate reps have ever been on the other side of the coin as a true affiliate.

My personal feeling is that sooner or later the tubes and torrents are going to have a day of legal reckoning. When that happens...the affiliates are going to have a much easier time of it than now.

I mean how the hell can you send a sale to some of these programs that have their entire members area ripped on a thousand tube sites for free?

You can't.

That's why one of the challenges that I have faced over the last 6 months has been stopping that.

I spent a nice little chunk to buy the Adobe Flash Server and I have spend the last two months re-rendering video and converting our entire members area over to encrypted streaming. And I hired removeyourcontent.com to find all the .wmv files that are already out there on tubes and torrents.

Yes, it cost me money. Yes, I did lose maybe 5% of my members who were pissed that they couldn't download anymore (probably the same motherfuckers who were uploading my shit to tubes) And NO, my affiliates didn't "share" in my expense lol

But now I'm seeing more sales. It was inevitable. I have a site with a solo girl and exclusive content that I shoot myself. Her fans can't find the new updates anywhere. So they join, and they stay.

Sites that work to ensure that their content isn't being stolen are the ones you need to be promoting. Look at your stats and you'll see what I mean. There is still plenty of money to be made.