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Old 09-25-2009, 08:03 AM  
Stardust_
So Fucking Banned
 
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Originally Posted by Evil Ryan View Post
so there is something i am not understanding with all this affiliate stuff why is it that it seems to be the standard that affiliate programs offer there webmasters a standard 50% payout on the revshare business modell even when, the program is offering up free affiliate content, hosted fhgs, hosted blogs, rss, free sites, promo tools, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.....

if a program is offering up as many things to affiliates as possible to make the sales for them, including text and scene descriptions and stuff, why are we still offering 50% on signups that are generated using these types of promotional tool?

like wouldnt it make more sense to have a sliding scale payout starting lower than 50% and actually make that payout get higher once the affiliate has prooven that they are able to make sales and market websites not just send traffic to a bunch of galleries?

i mean really, anyone can send traffic to a gallery but it takes a good sales person to sell a site, doesnt it?
Imagine if affiliates (and tubes) didn't even exist, then there'd be no need for them. There'd be no abundance of free porn and even if you were horrible at SEO you'd still make awesome conversion rates/money. But it's just not like that. The amount paid out to affiliates does seem ridiculous (from the webmaster side).

However, at the same time most affiliate programs are based on cookies, and with an increasing number of surfers not accepting cookies you can expect to be sending paysites tons of free sales which you will never be credited for. Then of course there are cases where you send a surfer and he doesn't decide to signup until after your cookie has expired, or from a different browser/etc. And don't forget everyone's favourite conspiracy - shaving.

The bottom line is the adult industry is in shambles anyway and there's no money to be made, especially if you're a newb! So run.... run far far away and never look back!
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