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Originally Posted by SteveHardeman
My affiliate sales are down. Way down. I was killing it the first half of Feb and then it's like someone turned off the spigot.
However, my paysite sales are up. Now, before you call me a liar, understand that my site is only like 7 months old. So, we really have nowhere to go but up. :-) My guess is that we're growing at a solid pace due to a lot of surfers seeing the site for the first time.
If you're considering replacing a sponsor, give our site a look around. If you think it'll convert your traffic, give it a shot. I don't know your traffic so I can't guarantee crazy ratios. I can guarantee that we rebill very well. I'd like to think that just the new-ness of the site alone would provide you quality ratios at first and then only time can tell how we do thereafter.
Thanks.
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Actually what you are experiencing is EXACTLY what I've been seeing as well. As more and more review sites "educate" our surfers and explain to them what an affiliate program is....more and more surfers are skipping links and typing it in.
As an affiliate of over 300 programs out there...I can honestly say that I'm sending plenty of damn good REAL traffic. But can't make a sale to save my soul these days.
And yet...claudia-marie.com is kicking ass.
We did 33 new joins on March 1st for instance. No trials there either as we don't offer trial memberships. Of those 33 only 5 were from affiliates. 28 of them were type ins (my favorite)
Congrats to all the freesites out there who thought that educating the surfer would set them apart and earn them some kind of "trust"
I already had their trust on Grampland.Com from years of giving them the best links with no popups. Too bad they all know what affiliate programs are and how they work now. Kinda took the marketing strategy of "being a nice guy delivering free porn" away from me and handed it to....torrent sites and illegit tube sites.
Nice job guys!
