Jel , mate,
Quick History Lesson :
90s payouts were low.
I was a whale doing over 200 joins a day so I got special deals.
$45.00 per join from Cybererotica for example. 6 figure prepay each month from Scottpb Serge etc etc.
So...one day ,one of my mentors , Fantasyman , and I were chatting and I ran this idea past him:
"How about you treat my members at netp***.... as one super whale. Collective Bargaining. I will then wrangle them and get them to send you traffic."
Fantasyman went for it.
Every other major program then had to raise their rates to compete with CE.
Didn't go great for the programs actually , lol , but went great for affiliates lol (Fantasyman ripped me a new one in fact LOL )
(no need for all you affils to thank me) ;)
Here's the thing...bottomline...speak to a shot caller and say "If I send you (enter number here) a month can you up the rate?"
All they can say is "No" or "fuck no"...then try their competitors
ok...all of you really should thank me. ;)