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Originally Posted by Lenny2
I agree 100%, the cheaters ruined it for everyone. Spamming out 10 russian submitter galleries a day behind proxies and then redirecting to a dialer as soon as the traffic started coming in. Those guys can 
So TGP's started the partner account deal so they could only deal with trusted submitters.
Then a couple of the big boys (marks and sublime directory) started demanding a link at the top of your page to one of their paysites in order to get listed.
The thing evolved to a point where paid partner accounts are a staple of a big TGP owner's income.
Which is fine, traffic is a commodity that has value. |
I am a gallery submitter and I really agree with what you have said in this thread. I think you hit the nail on the head. I dont see it as gloom and doom either, the market is correcting itself and spitting out the part-timers.
As per your last post, I would love to know your opinion on the tgp's that charge for a partner account or listing and then still demand a recip link.
I dont agree with that, If I buy that real estate, why do I have to give you a link.
Of course their response will be that I am buying an opportunity to submit. But the fact is that I want the listing, submitting is just the process.
I dont count my ROI on the number of submits I got from a partner account.