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You make a good point Meatpounder. You want the person to buy immediately, but what about those people who find your link, like what they see and want to buy, but can't for the following reasons;
They are at work
They have to wait for pay day
Their partner is around and they don't want to join while they are there
They are at home but friends are visiting and they don't have time to buy
Their kids are still up and they won't join until they are in bed
They are away from home and want to sign up later
A whole bunch of other reasons.
Basically if the buyer is not in a position to buy pretty much straight away, a short term or 0 day cookie is a waste of time, so why bother using the sponsor?
Yes there are instances where your going to get the sale but how many times do you lose that sale because your cookie expires due to any of the reasons above?
I agree you are going to lose sales when the person remembers only the main .com but at least you have a chance of retaining the sale if the cookie is in place. If a cookie expires straight away or within a couple of days, the chances are your going to loose out even though you may have the perfect site with a perfect ad for the site your selling.
Sorry but good traffic being wasted because of a short cookie is a waste of that traffic in my mind and I for one will not be promoting sites with cookies I consider a waste of time. I just hate the thought of all the work involved with pulling the links.
My first step in any case would be to email the sponsor and see if the cookie can be changed. If you don't ask, you don't know and that is something everybody should do before pulling a link.
I know this topic is going to come up on OTB this week. Unfortunately Emmy and I cannot be there because we will be down in the city until late that night. Can I ask someone to put together the main points of the discussion because I would like to know what other people think about this or keep a copy of the chat and fill in the blanks on what is said by any callers to the show?
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