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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
I don't mean to be a dick but what does the affiliate really get from you being able to successfully send out mailers to your customers? In fact it's common these days to use the mailers to cut out and screw the affiliate who first referred the potential customer to you in the first place. In the last decade the pre-join form popularly grabs the email of the potential referred customer first. Then in the next click it asks for credit card info. If the customer does not submit cc info at this point the affiliate typically gets nothing yet the sponsor can still send out a mailer a week later usually without paying the affiliate for the referred traffic. This is now standard in the industry.
So again I ask why should an affiliate care whether your customer mailings get through? It's not really a partner type relationship anymore with how the standard adult affiliate program is operating.
The only reason I don't click "Spam" is because I'm not a dick but really I probably should more often. After all you get what you give. If you treat others like crap and take advantage of them, don't expect them to treat you like a king. Cold hard truth here.
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Well, SPAM is one thing, weekly announcements of newly-added promo tools which can help affiliates (and yes, Program Owners too) make more $$$ should be another thing.
But I hear what you are saying in regards to collecting emails. Right now, my Programs are CCBill-based so there is no pre-join email capture, at least not on my sites.
I am also not a huge fan of email marketing, tho I know it works for some. Having said all that, today's affiliate is in a weakened position, no doubt, but I am the kind of Progam Owner that if an affiliate was really trying, really promoting my stuff, and finding it difficult to compete, I would help that affiliate any way I could, including offering a better percentage and custom promo tools.
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Originally Posted by babeterminal
op add some new vids to your xml feeds
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Being done, yes.