Quote Originally Posted by Paco View Post
We kicked around the idea of payouts based on a webmasters worth *ducking*, but the problem is, many seem to think they deserve what the hard working webmasters deserve.
It was something like:
traffic divided / earnings (sign-ups + up-sells) * 'X'
'X' = pre-designated percentage
See you hit on another of my major pet peeves about the industry in its current state, every affiliate thinks they are worth as much as everyone else and, i hate to break it to them that they arent but, that is the truth.

An affiliate that converts at 1:1000 isnt worth as much to me as an affiliate that converts at 1:100 not from a conversion ratio point of view but from the standpoint where that 1:1000 affiliate just cost me 10 times more in bandwidth than the 1:100 affiliate did.

Likewise, AVS/AEN affiliates are worth more to me than TGPers and free site builders are because they traffic has already proven itself to be of the minority these days that whips their credit card out to pay for porn.

Also, an affiliate that uses my FHGs isnt worth as much to me as an affiliate that hosts their own galleries using their own content.. Again, they cost me money in bandwidth and, chances are, if they are using FHGs they dont know much about marketing so are just sending traffic blindly to my program.

In my honest opinion, signups (for affiliates) stopped being worth $30 payouts a long time ago the unfortunate thing is, because we've continued [as an industry] to pay $30 for a $2.95 trial signup for so long, we've pretty much fucked ourselves over in the long run because everyone automatically expects to be paid $30+ for each member they send.

Regards,

Lee