Best thing to do when a sponsor goes belly up or just stops paying?

terry · 2010-08-05, 04:34 PM

As a gallery submitter my action or reaction depends on what happens with the sponsor. If they just close down and I never hear from them, then I just swap out the linking code to another site - I switch it up between my own sites, dating links, a similar site etc. This was the gallery doesnt go down and nobody gets pissed at me.

I have a sponsor that currently owes me over 20k and all I have done is swap out root pages to similar niche sites. All of my galleries are still active and that fucking sponsor is still making sales off me. I have recently come to realize that I will never see this money and I am thinking about just swapping the links and dealing with whatever happens when it happens. If they hit me with a dmca then i'll swap everything back while I work on 404'ing it.

View Poll Results: What do you do when a sponsor goes belly up or just stops paying
Delete and 404 the promo	4	16.67%
Do a search and replace of your sponsor code	18	75.00%
Leave the stuff up and continue sending traffic to the sponsor	0	0%
Something else, please post what it is	2	8.33%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

2010-08-05, 04:34 PM	#15
terry You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,883	As a gallery submitter my action or reaction depends on what happens with the sponsor. If they just close down and I never hear from them, then I just swap out the linking code to another site - I switch it up between my own sites, dating links, a similar site etc. This was the gallery doesnt go down and nobody gets pissed at me. I have a sponsor that currently owes me over 20k and all I have done is swap out root pages to similar niche sites. All of my galleries are still active and that fucking sponsor is still making sales off me. I have recently come to realize that I will never see this money and I am thinking about just swapping the links and dealing with whatever happens when it happens. If they hit me with a dmca then i'll swap everything back while I work on 404'ing it. __________________ Stop That 9 To 5 Go Green Grocery Store