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Originally Posted by Head Boy
Well I don't agree that the surfer belongs to the sponsor as soon as he hits the tour, but that's probably because I'm out of date. I thought the idea was to send the surfer to try to get joins to a paysite, and the sponsor would try to maximise the income from his members. That seems to have changed, and now the sponsor seems to feel he can make as much as possible from the affiliates traffic, and only pay out enough to ensure a continued flow.
It looks to me as if pps could be entering its period of final decay.  |
Well headboy I hate to say it but you couldn't be more wrong about what sponsors 'think they can get away with'
For example do you realise the sheer number of medium-larger sponsors who are now awarding sales that were never made just to keep their larger affiliates happy. Call it reverse shaving if you will. You simply can't stay in this business anymore if you shave because you become uncompetitive and nobody will promote you. Many sponsors are doing the opposite and stacking sales. Bet you never realised that !
The big bad evil sponsors aren't out to get you. Many are desperate to keep you and will bend over backwards for you.