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cordoba · 05-11-2019, 12:52 AM

Do most of the pay sites and studios consider us affiliates to be little more than a protection money racket that they have no choice to put up with, or do they think we actually bring value to the table and increase their profits?

I mean, if there were no affiliate programs, would most pay sites that currently offer affiliate programs (and agree to give away as much as 50% of their profits), actually be worse off?

Pay Site A has to offer an affiliate program because Pay Site B does, and if Pay Site A doesn't, then the affiliates will promote Pay Site B only. But in most cases, wouldn't both Pay Sites be better off if neither offered affiliate programs?

I was in discussion with somebody in a 'domainer' forum and some guy said he had bought (I'm just using this as a fake example) TitsVR.com domain name and was looking to set up a site and promote the pay site VRTits.com and I told him that sometimes sponsors don't like affiliates using such similar names. He replied that if they rejected his application, he'd tell them that he'd simply be promoting the pay site VRBoobs and they would lose sales.

Is this why most of them appear to hate us? It seems like much of affiliate marketing is syphoning off the prized search engine optimized traffic and then telling pay sites who do all the hard work and deliver the real product that they will lose sales unless they pay us to 'protect' their positions in the search engines.

I can only think the main value we bring is that we position links to the pay sites in the search engines above all the free tubes, but then again, most of the affiliates are running free tubes and somehow hoping that the occasional visitor will for some reason want to buy porn.

I also wonder if it explains GFY. When you look at this place, it seems like it's almost been designed to stymie discussion between affiliates, and prevent any real discussion about making money. Obviously the studios and pay sites meet each other in real life or at least are in contact over Skype etc, so this is a place designed by the 'industry' for 'affiliates', and it's about as a complete joke as it gets. Maybe the 'industry' really hopes that affiliates would just go away?

05-11-2019, 12:52 AM
cordoba Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,191	Do most pay sites/sponsors see affiliates as protection racketeers? Do most of the pay sites and studios consider us affiliates to be little more than a protection money racket that they have no choice to put up with, or do they think we actually bring value to the table and increase their profits? I mean, if there were no affiliate programs, would most pay sites that currently offer affiliate programs (and agree to give away as much as 50% of their profits), actually be worse off? Pay Site A has to offer an affiliate program because Pay Site B does, and if Pay Site A doesn't, then the affiliates will promote Pay Site B only. But in most cases, wouldn't both Pay Sites be better off if neither offered affiliate programs? I was in discussion with somebody in a 'domainer' forum and some guy said he had bought (I'm just using this as a fake example) TitsVR.com domain name and was looking to set up a site and promote the pay site VRTits.com and I told him that sometimes sponsors don't like affiliates using such similar names. He replied that if they rejected his application, he'd tell them that he'd simply be promoting the pay site VRBoobs and they would lose sales. Is this why most of them appear to hate us? It seems like much of affiliate marketing is syphoning off the prized search engine optimized traffic and then telling pay sites who do all the hard work and deliver the real product that they will lose sales unless they pay us to 'protect' their positions in the search engines. I can only think the main value we bring is that we position links to the pay sites in the search engines above all the free tubes, but then again, most of the affiliates are running free tubes and somehow hoping that the occasional visitor will for some reason want to buy porn. I also wonder if it explains GFY. When you look at this place, it seems like it's almost been designed to stymie discussion between affiliates, and prevent any real discussion about making money. Obviously the studios and pay sites meet each other in real life or at least are in contact over Skype etc, so this is a place designed by the 'industry' for 'affiliates', and it's about as a complete joke as it gets. Maybe the 'industry' really hopes that affiliates would just go away?