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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
Ultimately, IF you can generate your own traffic (I'm speaking as a program owner here, not as an affiliate) then that IS the best thing. Not only do you 'cut out the middle man' (sorry beloved affiliates) but you also are no longer dependant UPON your beloved affiliates.
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I think you are VERY wrong here . Even websites that are well known as a reputable brand and generated a lot of their own traffic - and i am talking about amazon, ebay here, with huge status that no porn website will ever reach- still have affiliates and affiliate programs. Although, obviously you would think that they do not need affiliates because everyone knows about them. Why do they still work with small time affiliates? Because affiliates add EXTRA to the business. They do not replace your own traffic or anything. You should have both.
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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
Believe me, as a past 'victim' of a single website deciding to no longer display a single link (eggs in one basket lesson here) and losing my entire business overnight (this was back in 2008) I am justifiably paranoid about losing whatever traffic I've worked so hard to build up.
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What traffic you have worked SO HARD to build if the traffic was actually sent by the big time affiliate? Sorry, i do not follow your logic here. If the affiliate would not have sent you traffic, you probably wouldn't have had a business in the first place. So how can you blame him for losing your entire business overnight and pose as a victim? You should be thankful that he sent you the traffic for whatever long period he sent before pulling the links, because if he didn't, you would not have a business to lose overnight.