Grand opening, Grand closing. Why don't sponsors last?

[xxxjay]

There is a lot of truth to that. One of the fundamental problems these days is that back a few years ago webmasters were mostly building galleries, opening linklists, or starting tgps. Now NATS has come along, and every webmaster that can afford $600 a month is starting their own program. I have personally told Albright that he should make NATS cost “a bazzilion dollars” so there wouldn’t be some lame program popping up every five seconds.

I would have never, I repeat never, would have gotten into the program business if it hadn’t been for the exclusive deal OCCash has with Evasive Angles. That is our competitive edge. The profit margins are MUCH higher when you are sending traffic to a program than trying to become one (I know because I am on both side of it). As an individual webmaster, you have your bandwidth costs (maybe an employee) and that’s about it. When you are running a program you have to think about REALLY BIG BANDWIDTH COSTS, a larger staff, advertising, content costs, software, and about a bazillion (there’s that word again) other things -- it takes a lot longer to become profitable, if you can become profitable at all.

You should really think carefully before starting a program. Most will fail – it’s like becoming a rockstar or an actor, just less fun.

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by xxxjay

Now NATS has come along, and every webmaster that can afford $600 a month is starting their own program. I have personally told Albright that he should make NATS cost “a bazzilion dollars” so there wouldn’t be some lame program popping up every five seconds.

SO TRUE! That is fabulous program software that is way underpriced

Originally Posted by xxxjay

I would have never, I repeat never, would have gotten into the program business if it hadn’t been for the exclusive deal OCCash has with Evasive Angles. That is our competitive edge. The profit margins are MUCH higher when you are sending traffic to a program than trying to become one.

Brilliant, just brilliant. I was so damned jealous when I saw the moves you were making and was sick that I hadn't gotten into this years before. Because it's sooooo much harder if not downright impossible to repeat the environment you created for yourself to make this happen. Great move!

What I never saw answered over at the "What Makes A Paysite Go Choke" thread that I'm still scratching my head over is why when a program goes under is it not immediately snapped up by somebody else as a bigger partnership or on a distress sale? If content is king then I would think that these are priceless assets gone to waste speak nothing of the affiliate net that's developed.

For all those out there thinking of getting out and if you're paperwork is in order, please holler at me cause I want to get in. I can't write a personal check but am in contact with people who can and were discussing it seriously for 06!

[Tommy]

Originally Posted by xxxjay

he should make NATS cost “a bazzilion dollars” so there wouldn’t be some lame program popping up every five seconds.

that really wouldn't be smart.
if it cost a bazillion dollars and didn't need to. you could just hire a programmer and say copy this or write something that does this and sell it for a reasonable price and Nat's would be out of business

also would nats make more money being sold to a handfull of customers or thousands of customers


I don't wanna sell insulting but it sort of sounds like you just don't want any competition:-)