So One Of My Accounts Got Switched To Revshare...

[Jim]

Originally Posted by deleuze

Then explain to me why these programs don't increase payouts when the webmaster sends above average traffic. You may be right though as it might not be about ripping off their affiliates directly. Maybe they know they can only afford to pay $25/signup but they offer $35 knowing they can break even by dumping below average accounts. In other words it's sort of a revshare program in disguise. If your traffic isn't profitable, you get a "revshare" payout; however, if your traffic is profitable the amount you make is capped. Quite a brilliant idea - design a revshare program that caps payments so no one will be making more than $35/signup and call it a pps program. And you're telling me this isn't a form of cheap changing webmasters???

So what you are saying is, you would rather see a program pay less to all webmasters to make up for what they lose on webmasters traffic that doesn't make money? If your traffic does recur well, you would make more with revshare. And it wouldn't be capped.

Don't get me wrong, I hate when a program does change a webmaster to revshare. And, I really hated telling webmasters and friends that their traffic was not really that good and we had to change their program structure.

[deleuze]

Originally Posted by Jim

So what you are saying is, you would rather see a program pay less to all webmasters to make up for what they lose on webmasters traffic that doesn't make money?

Yes, that's the whole point of PPS. Anyone who has valuable traffic knows this and that is why they prefer revshare.

[ecchi]

I prefer using revshare to pps, so this sort of thing does not affect me. But I would have thought that it is the site's responsibility to keep members. If they have to move people from PPS to revshare then this is a sign that their site is crap and they cannot get rebills. I can see no good reason to send traffic to a sponsor who cannot keep members.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by ecchi

I can see no good reason to send traffic to a sponsor who cannot keep members.

Keep in mind that some WMs way over promise the sites content. If the surfer don't find it there, they will cancel.

[Mishi]

Originally Posted by tickler

Keep in mind that some WMs way over promise the sites content. If the surfer don't find it there, they will cancel.

I have nothing to add, but I feel that's an important enough point that it should be repeated.

Originally Posted by tickler

Keep in mind that some WMs way over promise the sites content. If the surfer don't find it there, they will cancel.

[ecchi]

I would guess I have the same problem (WMs over promising) but I have no problem keeping members. As I said, I am no genius, so if I can do it, everyone else should be able to do so too.