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yes it's possible. work hard and many long days but if you work on it eventually the profits are all yours. you get out what you put in. better to get it out there and fail than to wait for the perfect time. it can be hard to compete with some of the big guys because they give out ridiculous pay per signups payouts or those $100/signup on this day promos (*special rules apply) - hmm those are funny since we all know how traffic works on those - sales come in the following days, a nice way for you to focus on them and take away attention from competition.
But let's face it most sponsors (not me) are cross selling. Not just movie sites, but dating, cam, adult stores as well. they say they have to do it because it covers the cost of the PPS BUT if you have a good site you should be giving out a PPS based on the average period a member stays on. let's face it most of these sites people download all the content they want in a month and they dont sign up for a couple months later. thats why sponsors give 2 shits about webmasters because most never were webmasters making a hard sale. It's good to see some webmasters are starting to stop promoting some programs that are cross selling, but i understand it's tough resisting their tempting tricks. the worst part is they wont reply to you unless you're a big player and afraid of your influence on other webmaters.
As soon as i made my site last year i had sponsors (reality sites, movie sites, dating sites, cam sites) trying to get to cross sell their site or get their links up in my members area. Most are arrogant and just want their links in your members area but wouldnt do the same unless you give them ridiculous payouts. And whats worse is most sponsors will give reduced price plans to screw over other webmasters. you wonder why your ratios drop well because let's say Bangzzers in their member area has a special $15/month for their competitor while other webmasters are pushing the same site at $25/month. you dont think a member will remember that especially if it's a member who likes to sign up for sites?
my best advice is checkout the members area of the sponsor you want to promote. check what their restrictions are, some limit # of downloads or Gigs / day, check their outgoing links - what are they selling in their members area. would you join and how long would you stay. Personally as a webmaster i think my site should be a dead end. It's an experience why would i fuck over my affiliates one by one by linking to other sponsors? I guess i can do it the hard way because we do a lot of work ourselves, it's usually fun and leads to new projects and it's even better when you can keep your overhead low. Other big programs employ their buddies (or they say amis) to say how great their program is.
so yes it's possible but get ready for the ulcers. ulcers are fun
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