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Originally Posted by Head Boy
That's true if the sponsor has paid me for introducing a new member. My beef is with the sponsors who try to milk my traffic, and divert the surfer to other sites BEFORE they pay me anything.
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Its not that they try to divert the surfer, they just built that into their profit maximization model. A percentage of surfers will click on those email boxes, but they were probably never going to join anyway, so the sponsor is able to pay out a little extra for the ones who do join.
Eg a sponsor makes 100 from your traffic and you make 2 sales with 30pps each. Sponsor makes $40 you make $60. Tour is designed to totally maximise profit and the members area too .. plus there are healthy cross sales on the join page.
OR ... the sponsor is clean, only makes $60 from your traffic, you make 2 sales and only get $20 per sale. No tour leaks, no email boxes, no xsales or popups. You make $40 the sponsor makes $20.
I know which one i would choose.
The sponsor makes more, the affiliate makes more. The only issue is the affiliates who still believe that surfer is theirs and they are being ripped off. Its not the case. The surfer is the sponsors to use and make money from as soon as they hit the tour, and you agree to be paid if x, or y, or z happens.