Quote Originally Posted by marcjacob View Post
No i dont think they have to be. But if you offered a sliding scale like this and others didnt, but had sites that still convert well, why would an affiliate promote you over the other? My point is that programs need to remain competetive.
Marc,

As with Squirt, you are debating a completely different topic to the one that is being discussed.

We know programs must remain competitive but, at what point does offering affiliates $125 per sale become a waste of money?

As a program owner, i can think of a lot more things i could do with $125 than paying it to an affiliate for a $2.95 trial that would probably end up not recurring anyway.

The industries program owners over the last 5+ years have slowly contributed to the problems that are rife in the industry today because they have wanted to remain competitive, they have offered affiliates every type of hosted promo tool under the sun, for free, they have offered affiliates payouts upwards of $150, for a single sale, they have offered affiliates everything they have asked for, because 'competitiveness' has turned in to 'pandering' to the affiliate.

You wouldnt walk in to Currys and ask the salesman to give you a 52" plasma TV for sending him a customer ordering a $30 MP3 player would you? Because that is exactly what many affiliates are asking of their program owners.

Regards,

Lee