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I have several networks of cyber-squatted domains. NA is the second network to have a problem with it. The other was Lightspeed.
Think of it this way...
And we will use Lightspeed as an example...
For just about every site he had I was #1. I made about $1,300 a month. Not a huge figure. Quite shocking actually. I was somewhere in his top 10 list of affiliates. I think #7. My sites were built similar in natural to a free site and converted very well. For shits and giggles lets look at it like this:
My site: 1:30 to my site go to his site and then convert there at 1:70. I made a sweet ass sales pitch and most people stays for months and upgraded to the add $5 and get 10 sites or add $10 and get them all pass.
He wanted his domain back. Said I couldn't do this in the TOS. Other affiliates complained. Basically because I was #1... for all of the sites in Google!
So I give them back and remove all links. They instantly drop to page 20. Sites that overtake me look like complete crap or are TGP's or something of that nature.
Now the top spot sends him traffic about 1:120 surfers and those convert with no sales pitch at 1:100 and buy the minimum pass more often.
Math time... if 7,000 people a day looked for Jordan Capri I gave him 3 sales @ $39.95 per day.
The guy that inherited the spot got 58 people to the site a day and converted them about 1 sales every 3 days for $29.95.
With me as #1 - $119.85
With him @ #1 - $22.46
I am sure Steve made a lot more money. What he could have done is asked me to share in revenue via SEO. I could have pointed the domain 301 style to his and kept the links. Then he could have said, "Hey, how about I pay you $1000 a month to get me to #1 and keep me there for a 2 year period. Then we renegotiate the contract." That would have made him much more cash...
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