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Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve
wrong. Affiliate traffic is a commodity.
wrong. You are simply a vendor - for example, in many businesses payment is made via a credit card and the vendor pays 1.5 - 3.5% processing, thus "paying" to get paid.
The issue is this: 95% of affiliates are not business people - they are just worker-bees who invest sweat equity in return for a commission. Most add little to no value, and risk little to none of their own capital. They are simply brokers earning money due to the long-tail nature of internet traffic, i.e. asymmetrical information and traffic distribution.
Did I say *all* affiliates? No. did i say most? Yes. Adult affiliates are delusional.
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you sure swung that to the other end of the spectrum. I like to think that most affiliates (that make decent money, not 1 sale a month part timers) are also "business" owners. We operate a business, have people working for us, have over head etc... no different that an affiliate program, just smaller scale. Affiliates sending traffic to a company is a B2B transaction. It should be a win win for both parties. Affiliates aren't brokers, etc..
Idiots can call themselves affiliates and idiots can "go start an affiliate program" and call themselves an owner. It's not even worth mentioning the people who don't make sales, but for the affiliates who do you are off on your assessments.