Originally Posted by Far-L

This makes close to the most business sense to me - but it also is pretty much a sophist argument.

Here's why I say that...

Webmasters/affiliates that try every new ccbill site that comes along and give it a little bit of traffic, diluted because they send traffic to (x) number of other sites are pretty much taking a "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach. In that case, the small rate of signups to that site is going to be inevitable. Instead of focusing on what converts and directing more traffic to that, which would in most cases negate concerns about minimum payouts, those webmasters take chances on programs/sites that 95% of the time are going to be gone within a few months and will require more energy and effort to replace.