Another Sponsor Bites the Dust?

[becky]

That's the problem with all these new programs flooding the market. How do you know they will even last? Why not build traffic campaigns to companies that have been around for years, are solid, haven't missed a payment, and are willing to work with you on anything you need? How much time and money is wasted moving from program to program? There is more to this business than conversion ratios.

[Emerald]

Originally Posted by becky

Why not build traffic campaigns to companies that have been around for years, are solid, haven't missed a payment, and are willing to work with you on anything you need?

Because sticking all your eggs in one basket isnt the way to do business either... I promote your company already (and I am sure almost everyone on this board does.. which makes your content over saturated IMHO)... If i ONLY promoted your company and the ones that have been around for years (and are stable) I will have nothing new to show my bookmarkers. In business we always have to take chances.. Using new sponsors is just one of those things we have to do to stay ontop of things.. at any rate thats my opinion.

[becky]

Originally Posted by Emerald

Because sticking all your eggs in one basket isnt the way to do business either... I promote your company already (and I am sure almost everyone on this board does.. which makes your content over saturated IMHO)... If i ONLY promoted your company and the ones that have been around for years (and are stable) I will have nothing new to show my bookmarkers. In business we always have to take chances.. Using new sponsors is just one of those things we have to do to stay ontop of things.. at any rate thats my opinion.

I agree that you sould have new things to show your customers, and it's my job as a sponsor to give that to you. I'll admit, this is one of the biggest failures of ARS over the last 2 years, and I certainly plan on changing that.

It just seems to me that with the group of solid, long standing affiliate programs out there, new sites and content should be easy to get. That way, you can show your customers new things without having to take a chance on these often fly-by-night affiliate programs that open up with a NATS or CCBill back end, offering 1 or 2 sites with a little bit of content.

PS - I'm not suggesting by this post that the above mentioned sponsor is a fly-by-night sponsor.