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Originally Posted by will76
you actually proved my point, to my comment " people sell traffic because they can typically sell it for more than *THEY* can make from it. "
sure "if" they had the time, "if" they had the skill, "if" they had the employees... lots of "if"s. Time is also money, so if they spend a lot of time to make a little more with their traffic they still NET less. And some of them don't have the time, staff, skill etc. therefore they can sell it for more money then they could make from using it themselves. Whether it was by their choice because they chose to spend the time buying/generating/selling traffic because they were better at that or because they didn't have the skill to convert it. It does take skill to convert traffic. What ever the reason is it doesn't matter, especially as an AFFILIATE, they can usually sell it for more then they can make from it. If for nothing else, a program OWNER has much better profit margins then an AFFILIATE. Can't expect traffic brokers to go start their own sites so they can have the same profit margins as owners so they can make more from their traffic. Everyone can't do everything and be good at everything.
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Let's rephrase things: Given the amount of work (time/effort/money/skill) the traffic seller is able (or willing) to invest to turn the traffic in to money, selling his traffic might be the most profitable option for him. This however tells us nothing about the (potential) value of the traffic to the buyer. It tells us nothing about whether or not it's possible to convert the traffic.
So I'd say we agree for the most part.