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Originally Posted by Robbie
That's not true Paul. Only a handful of us ever made any really big money as affiliates. Yes, there were thousands of affiliates making a living and doing okay. But that can be said about ANY business. Including photography, musicians, etc.
You did really well in photography. Does that mean the "myth" about if being "mystical and difficult is bullshit" because BILLIONS of people own cameras and take pictures?
Of course not!
There are millions of kids who can do hammer-ons on a guitar. That don't make them Eddie Van Halen.
You are generalizing too much and painting everyone with the same brush.
You have some good points but your negating yourself from the discussion by trying to make absolute statements that just are not true when applied to the REAL people in this business.
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Where did I say lots of people made lots of money being affiliates?
In fact if you read more of what I've said I actually said why affiliates found it tough. Too many of them.
Yes you made a lot of money giving away free legal content and now suffering from the free content available. You keep your fire aimed at piracy, as you know that directing it the whole problem would make you look silly.
Problem with getting conversions = Far too much free content online that has cost sponsors far too much money.
Results = Some people like Robbie made a lot of money promoting something that didn't need promoting. His and others like him big and small were so high, their needs were so well catered for the product suffered.
Outcome = In the early days only 1-100 of people consuming porn, were buying porn. Today that number is likely to be as low as 1-2,000 and the number of surfers it takes to get a sign up is probably growing.
Damian I knew that would be your response. If you met the David and he told you to your face you still wouldn't believe him. You're an irrelevance.