I think I have been screwed.....

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abercwm,

What was represented as what you were purchasing?

It looks to me like you bought a doorway into an affiliate program where you have no control over the domain, site design, links, hosting, etc. in return for a share of the money. I.e., you get x%, your vendor keeps 100-x% for the costs of running the backend, hosting, design work, etc.

Was the sales pitch structured so that it looked like you would own a piece of a larger enterprise, throw traffic at it and collect money without having to manage/run the backend? If that is the case (and based on the statement above that you couldn't change anything), I think you're probably better off abandoning, learning from the board, and doing it right.

if on the other hand you own the domain, tour, etc, well, it might be more salvageable.

It really boils down to what you were actually sold. Your first task is to figure out what you actually purchased.