Kristin, I think what the big drama was on GFY was about x-sells period. Not whether or not they were on revshare. It seems that many of the people on here think they know best how others should run their businesses. Personally...I think a person should run their business the way they want to. And if an affiliate has a problem with x-sells then they take programs offers to run non-xsell links.
But that is never enough for the drama hounds. They STILL keep attacking and say that x-sells are ruining the business.
One kinda cool thing about my fellow affiliates "educating" the surfer (also known as exposing the business amongst smarter folk) is that now the surfer knows EVERYTHING! So they know what affiliate codes are too. And as a result...I'm seeing more and more type in sales to my paysite
The surfers are now scared to click on anything that shows an affiliate code when they mouse over a link. So they are typing in.
The old rule of unintended consequences
On the bad side...along with illegit tubes and torrents...it hurts my tgp's ability to make the kind of sales that I used to.
On the good side I'm making a shit load of money on my paysite through all the type in joins
Sucks for me as an affiliate. Rocks for me as a paysite owner.
By the way, I've been a top bucks affiliate since 2001 Seen the good times and the slow times. Good company. And Kevin is a smart guy.