Are there any affiliate Whales left?
 

Back before tubes the Whales ruled the game, have any of them lasted the past decade?

There are a few, they just don't talk about it.

Sounds about like what I figured.

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I'd say the biggest affiliates have either:

- started their own paysite/offers/programs
- started a CPA network
- have private/custom whitelabels
- all of the above, started CPA networks with their own private whitelabels inside

Even mailers are selling traffic per click now, or have long standing relationships with a 1-2 companies.

If you're asking if individual free site operators are sending a ton of sales to a single program anymore... probably not.

Yeah, your last sentence is pretty much what I was asking about.

Yup still a good number of them, but yes they are quieter these days.

I keep saying affiliates are overrated, most do not pay and many have "crashed". :thumbsup

You don't even know what an affiliate is.

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If there's any whales who want something new to promote...yea. lol

enjoy your music :1orglaugh

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I am the size of a small whale, yet alas not an affiliate... :(

What kind of monthly volume qualifies you as a whale in 2020? Specifically in the cams niche?

I remember when I started, MikeFold or Rich from Maxcash or someone used to preach that your first goal as a newbie was to get to 50K clicks per day to sponsors, and then worry about conversions... That was in the days when paysites would convert 1:500.

how much $$$ are we talking to be considered a whale?

That's always the question. GFYers will tell you sending 30 sales a month to a program is a "whale" nowadays, and will believe that no one can send 10 sales a day, let alone 20-50-100.

If you have to ask, you are not one.

To me, a whale is an affiliate who generates enough business to be able to successfully negotiate private deals that pay more than what is generally offered.

I mean, it's a matter of opinion. I see people on here say stuff like what fuzebox suggested, and many here don't think 10+ sales per day is possible. Those of us who actually do that realize those people are just projecting, but different topic. :winkwink:

That's not super rare, or maybe all of my industry friends aren't broke dicks, I guess.

Perhaps not rare, but it certainly disqualifies the vast majority of affiliates.

Probably yes.

Super affiliates are around and always will be around. Matter of who you know these days :)

are you pointing fingers at anyone!?

Were your ears burning!

Yes that's what happened for most.

In the 90s/2000s there's been a generation of smart young entrepreneurs that managed to generate 10-20K$ monthly profits in our industry... and while some drowned themselves in an ocean of escorts, mojitos and cocaine, others thought "Mmmmh... I have some cash... how could I invest this cash wisely to make more? Oh right, I can invest in my own business, grow a team and make my own products/services".

Also 10-20years ago I think our industry was easier, it was requiring less skills and competition was less organised.
So you could be a solo organisation and still make a lot of money.
Today, you can still do good business, but for that you need more skills, more work, and more cooperation :).

I'm not even a guppie