GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum - View Single Post - I wonder if a shift in the sponsor - affiliate relationship is going to start happening. Thoughts?

Far-L · 09-10-2010, 10:43 AM

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I am speaking from the standpoint of someone that experienced 20 thousand affiliates-open-to-all-program then went to zero-do-it-ourselves then went for the invite-only situation where we had less than 100... and now have opened up again so seeking new affiliates, both whales and minnows alike. At this point, I definitely feel like I have experienced this issue from many angles.

I don't think that the shift will be for fewer affiliates but I do think the relationship dynamics have shifted and the expectations have altered as aresult. I certainly agree the relationship will be closer and exclusivity will be used to gain an advantage -that is only a natural progression. However, that shift has created something similar to the old "which is king or queen, traffic or content" debate - affiliates were once all kings but then programs chose to lord more closely over their own domains. Now affiliates must be courted like princesses to the ball.

09-10-2010, 10:43 AM
Far-L Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 6,065	Homegrown Video is here to stay... for affiliates too Shap - sent you an email last week but had not heard back - can you please hit me up when you have a chance, timlake a homegrownvideo d com. I am speaking from the standpoint of someone that experienced 20 thousand affiliates-open-to-all-program then went to zero-do-it-ourselves then went for the invite-only situation where we had less than 100... and now have opened up again so seeking new affiliates, both whales and minnows alike. At this point, I definitely feel like I have experienced this issue from many angles. I don't think that the shift will be for fewer affiliates but I do think the relationship dynamics have shifted and the expectations have altered as aresult. I certainly agree the relationship will be closer and exclusivity will be used to gain an advantage -that is only a natural progression. However, that shift has created something similar to the old "which is king or queen, traffic or content" debate - affiliates were once all kings but then programs chose to lord more closely over their own domains. Now affiliates must be courted like princesses to the ball. __________________ HomegrownCash.com, the affiliate program of Homegrown Video - The Largest Collection of Amateur XXX - Est. 1982. Contact - Email: farrell AT homegrownvideo D com Skype: hgfarl Newsweek Magazine - "Homegrown Video, the longest running series in the history of porn."