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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
To be fair, It's not just you. I don't even think there is an easy way for you under CCbill to say add a unique ID to mailers automatically in order to easily credit affiliates when someone they sent originally buys after clicking the mailer. Is there? The same is true for cross sales on CCBill. As far as I know they don't even offer the option to compensate an affiliate for a cross sale generated from traffic they sent. That is just how this industry (de)evolved in relation to treatment of affiliates.
But say you worked for someone for 12 hours and they used to pay you for 12 hours. Then one day they suddenly demanded you work the same 12 hours but they will only pay you for 8 hours. Would you do it? Probably not if you had other options. Besides the money it's also the whole principle of it. You're not some damn slave and they are being a scumbag for even trying to do that to you.
I think the above is how many affiliates who left viewed this industry and the entire situation. It was just one thing after another where affiliates were constantly being shit on by the industry. A total lack of respect for them, their traffic and their efforts. This was on top of the whole tube/piracy thing. Combine the two and well it's probably fair to say that 90% are gone as we see. It's pretty much done and over.
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Again, being an empathetic fellow and having lots of pre-Adult life experience, I basically agree with you. But you are assuming all affiliates are/were like you. LOL In other words, intelligent and savvy. I am sad to see such affiliates go by the wayside but, as you pointed out, it's understandable. If people in this Industry will steal content, fuck over honest webmasters with virtual money schemes, close shop unannounced, on and on, why would it surprise anyone that affiliates would also be a target?
Now not all affiliates are like you. Some are into fraud, some are illiterate assmunchs, some are clueless newbs (which is okay), some are arrogant fucktards who think their shit don't stink, some are lazy, some are part-timers (also totally okay), etc. So how does a Program deal with ALL these types of affiliates?
With me, as I've stated many times, I try to be always available and always willing to work with affiliates - those who
want to work with
me. Many do not simply because I am (currently) a CCBill Program. Some won't because they haven't met me in person and do not consider me a Bro. Some will not because I only offer Revshare. And so on.
So back to the topic of this thread: would weekly emails help affiliates promote my Program more? Or less?
