[Dravyk]

Here's the story as I see it: Joe A is a Brit who's been around a long time and who pretty much "founded" the Indian niche and has had all types of Indian free sites, traffic sites, paysites for years. He got a little miffed back when big sponsors started adding Indian sites to their stables. But it wasn't bad as he still had his stuff and a lot of European traffic. Now that Netpond has a gigantic Euro following and their own Indian paysite (a solo model one), Joe is losing greater market share than before. It's a real threat to him.

Now, on the one hand. I'm sure if any of us were in his position and felt major encroachment, we'd be striking back in some way as well. Not saying he's right, as he's not; just saying one can understand the knee-jerk reaction. However, hey, that's Business; that's how it goes. Live with it.

Also, any sponsor who thinks TGPs don't have trade scripts or won't allow other sponsors of the same niche to be used is freaking nuts!!! The first shows amazing ignorance of how TGPs function for someone who's been in the biz so long; the second shows total desperation and utter stupidity and will only further cause webmasters to not use him and further erode his market base.

He can either, invest more in his business and create more Indian paysites and start using 2005 marketing tactics instead of sitting on his ass with his ancient 1997 affiliate stuff that just hasn't cut it. Or live with the fact that his slice of the pie is going to continue to decrease. Or sell it out and move on. Being an ass isn't do anything except accelerate the downward spiral.