Quote Originally Posted by Becky View Post
BD said it perfectly when he referenced that this is an affiliate pressured market and not a customer pressured market. The history of the industry has been to cater to affiliates while fucking over customers. And it will come back to haunt all of us. Falling member values, distrust from potential customers, immediate cancellations before even viewing the members areas, all of these things have and will continue to affect the industry. Surprisingly, payouts only go up when the overall value of traffic continues to decline.
This is why it's important for sites to diversify their traffic portfolio.

Any site who relies only on, dare I say even predominately, affiliates for traffic, should rethink their market strategy.

The big program history of the industry has been to cater to affiliates while shaving them and over promising to the customer :baa: