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Originally Posted by Robbie
You have good points pocketkangaroo. But I know the man hours I put in as an affiliate over the last 10 years, and compared to the work on a paysite it isn't even close. Not saying anything bad one way or another...just saying that's the way it is. And the affiliate makes the lions share of a sale.
And just like there area only a handful of affiliates who can really send sales...there are only a handful of sites that really can be sold to the surfer.
You match up a thoughtful, hardworking affiliate who owns their own site and sends golden traffic to a paysite that has a great selling niche and is well thought out and interactive with exclusive and unique content...and it's gold.
It's a lot harder to sell some of the mega-sites with their purchased content these days. It's all over the tubes and torrents and doesn't really offer much of an experience in the members area.
It can still be done. But the real money is that handful of affiliates and that handful of paysites. And really, that's the way it's always been. Even when all the "affiliates" that really aren't in my opinion were making what they thought was good money. It was never even close to what real good money is.
But a lot of guys hopped in and discovered that they might could make a grand a week signing up for affiliate programs and basically throwing stuff against a wall to see if it sticks. The tubes and torrents have changed that. It just doesn't work anymore.
That's why the guys with freesites that have been around for years and run clean and develop trust with surfers still make the sales and always will.
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I agree, although I don't think it's so cut and dry. I'd assume that a site like TheBestPorn.com puts in a lot of money into development and content. I'd wager it's more than many programs. The good affiliates you speak of with solid traffic night in and night out are the ones that invested a lot of time and money into their traffic sources.
Nonetheless, I think it's a great time to be an affiliate and would recommend it to anyone. I honestly don't see why so many people jump into the program game when they have no traffic lined up at all. It's sad to see people putting all their money and time into building an affiliate program, then be relegated to begging affiliates on a message board for a few clicks.
I also think the jump from everyong being an affiliate to everyone being a program owner is the reason you don't have a lot of good affiliates out there anymore.