Originally Posted by Pierre

This is ridiculous. I've been in this biz for more than 10 years and made tons of cash promoting other people's sites. Meanwhile, I've seen so many sponsors come and go. There is so much more risk, capital investment and headaches involved in running your own sites. I don't need to worry about renting an office, hiring employees, credit card processing, customer service, 2257 record keeping requirements, policing content theft, recruiting affiliates, paying affiliates, etc., etc., etc. If you run your own sites, you need to be available 24/7 to stay on top of things. As an affiliate promoting other sites, I can put my sites on auto-pilot and take off to the Caribbean, Thailand or some other tropical paradise for weeks at a time with no worries. I'll bet you any amount that in 10 years I am still in this biz and your not.