Quote Originally Posted by tigermom View Post
Well, we agree then And it's the sheer availablility of too many programs at this point that makes for such a hard competition between program owners. It makes them offer the moon on a stick, like you said, including increasinly high payouts too. And it's the wrong way to go, IMHO, because it attracts the wrong kind of affiliates to your program to begin with.
Agreed.

However, as Becky, Brian and myself mentioned earlier in this thread, without having all of those things, raised payouts, hosted whatevers, etc (including the moon on a stick) potential affiliates arent even going to look at a program because that is the mindset that we [the industry] have bred in to affiliates these days, they want high payouts, they want hosted whatevers, they want instant payouts, they want, want, want...

Unfortunately for many (affiliates and program owners) until this bar is lowered dramatically, its always going to be the same way and every month we'll see 20 more sponsors, offering all those hosted whatevers, trying to outdo the other 19 sponsors that launched the same week.

Something HAS to give, and as much as i hate to say it, its going to be the programs consolidating before the affiliates start getting lower payouts, and thats going to hurt us all.

I remember when all you were given by a sponsor was a paysite to promote, a linking code, and a banner. Guess what? Back then, sales ratios were through the roof, you could submit a free site and a tgp gallery and have made $1000+ in a weekend. Of course, we didnt have the proliferation of affiliates back then either like we do now and im positive that had a lot to do with the changes over the years.

Regards,

Lee