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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Apparently I'm not the only one who "doesn't get it" because most pay site affiliates left long ago. I wonder why, Jel? I mean they have more tools than ever and all the content they could ever want. Who cares about actually being paid fairly for referring the traffic and revenue they actually send anyway? That's for lesser minds without any business sense.
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Originally Posted by Jel
don't tell me - it's because those affiliates got fucked over by not getting paid for emails surfers submitted, when the surfers didn't buy a membership? It also has nothing to do with dwindling traffic (in which group I'm well and truly included), right?
you're fucking clueless 
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Not to moderate but I can see both points here. Obviously I am a Program Owner so feel I should be able to email anyone I damn well like. However, if I were a pure affiliate then I would be upset over ANY monetization that did not include me or my original referral.
So here's how I deal with it, being a clever and perceptive fellow: if we're talking about an affiliate who puts almost zero effort into promotion - throw up a link, throw up a gal, and that's it, never anything else - then the affiliate is not really doing his part. Sure, they threw up a banner but these days it takes much more promotion than that to succeed.
But if we have an affiliate who is really trying, involved and communicating with me, then I will go out of my way to help that individual. This could mean special mailings for traffic he sends, or a better percentage, or something custom to help with his promotions. But if an affiliate is just throwing me in along with ten thousand other Programs, well how much extra effort can he expect? It SHOULD be a relationship.
Now guess how many affiliates actually take the time to contact ME? LOL Yup, maybe like 2. Thus, this thread and let's see if weekly emails may motivate some affs.
