Who are the top 20 programs?

[Ramster]

I think what xxxjay means is top in terms of what people think are the top sponsors that generate sales. He is looking for people's perception on this. That is why he questioned a list without Nasty Dollars.

One of my top is Danni.com but I doubt they are in the top 20 compared to the huge programs out there.

ARS and MaxCash 2 years would be in there for sure but not now I doubt.

[Linkster]

Jay - thats the problem - most peoples perception of "large programs" (and when I say most I mean the whole community not just the LL owners here) are based on either the stats they see everyday or the rants about a program on a board and have nothing whatsoever to do with their real "bigness" - a good example would be topbucks that you used - while Greenie doesnt have them I know they would be one of your top sellers and one of mine as well. And where Greenie has ARS towards the top, I know it doesnt take much to be in the top50 WMs in sales for them so I can get a feel for how big they are.
On the other hand - there are some people that do things like one niche extremely well and their stats may show NS as their top program where you might not even have a link to their sites (dont know for sure LOL)

Heck Im sure that there are some people that would say a pill pusher or video reseller is a top program so while youre correct that it is perception - everyones perception will be jaded by their own experiences, as well as what gets posted by people they respect.

[Jan Barnes]

Linkster,

One way to define size would be to look at the number of people employed by one of the sites. The number of individuals working for an organization may imply the true size of the business, though this may not always hold true. For the companies listed above, on average how many people would they employ on a full time basis?

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by Jan Barnes

Linkster,

One way to define size would be to look at the number of people employed by one of the sites. The number of individuals working for an organization may imply the true size of the business, though this may not always hold true. For the companies listed above, on average how many people would they employ on a full time basis?

I'd have to disagree- there are many successful operations that run on skeletal staffs. As we learned from the dot bombs, bloated, overstaffed companies equates neither successful nor profitable.

[stuveltje]

if i have to make a list for top sponsors 2004 yeah then i have an totally different list then the rest posted here if i have to post a top for 2005 i have only 4
1:my paying boss 1
2:topbucks
3:my paying boss 2
4:my paying boss 3
i couldnt resist, gg dont hit me

[tickler]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

I'd have to disagree- there are many successful operations that run on skeletal staffs.

Makes me think of a couple of my clients. The larger(about $3B/year) runs on about 50 employees, but, they have their fingers in about 500 different suppliers.

[Vivaldi]

2-3 years back I'd say MaxCash & ARS were the only one worth mentioning but that was purely on revenue that they made me. Now I tend to look at all those 'little things' as a big plus for a program like support, content, rewards, banner & tour design ... did I say revenue!? :-) So the list got bigger (in no particular order):
PimpRoll
ARS
TrafficCash
SliverCash
AdultFriendFinder
TopBucks
*************
FetishHits
SunnyDollars
PussyCash

I general I'd say Linkster got it right ... the ones that don't work good for me, unfortunately, I really have no idea how big they are.