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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
We run our own affiliate program - but also have affiliate accounts with several other programs.
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I think you are way off blaming the affiliates that the traffic don't convert like it used to. Nobody have the same stats as they did a few years ago - or at least very few, with some very unique content.
Ratio is down but traffic is growing, and each day a new surfer gets Internet access. Cutting affiliates that have invested time in promoting your site is downright rude.
I sometime don't send traffic to a affiliate account for years. Some of them I have only tested a few months but still have the account in case I can use it with my traffic one day. I they would close down my account for not sending any sales, I would not recommend anyone to ever use that program
If you want to go back to the old days where programs demanded a ratio of their affiliates, you better prepare yourself for a massive affiliate walkout
As long as the affiliate dont give away all your content for free, or run shady sites, I would NEVER reccomend a program to cut the affiliate. Its traffic. Without it you are broke.
That is my
- other might see it a different way