The biggest difference between the business now

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Some might like revshare.

Personally I don't.

It means trusting the sites processor. ( not a risk I want to take)

It also means trusting the ability of the site operator to retain , update his sites etc etc. ( not a risk I want to take)

Instead of sending to Revshare programs basically back in the day I thought fuck it.

I'll build my own paysites.

That worked pretty well too.

I mean from a whales point of view...

so what does it take to build your own paysite with great content and a half decent design...4k? hmmm hire your own designer and build 15 different front ends all drawing from the same content pool....

Alright, I see what you're saying.


TheEnforcer, it's understandable in the example to take the 1 time payment of 10,000 vs. annual payments of 2k over a 5 year period, just an example. But it doesn't quite work like that with revshare. With revshare, as long as the site converts and you can build up and maintain 10k a month, that's 10k per month for as long as the site rebills.

[MorganGrayson]

I appreciated this thread. I already knew several ways of looking at a sponsor program, with regards to the TOS, contact information, availability and quality of marketing tools, etc., but I appreciated the glimpse into "undercapitilization," which was something that frankly, I hadn't considered.

The all important "yes, but will I get paid?" question.

Sending your traffic, especially if it's precious and you can't afford to make a mistake, to a sponsor who can't afford to set up a professional office does indeed sound a little iffy. Everyone has to start somewhere, true, but not with my traffic.

I liked the enumeration of the strikes against RevShare, Nick. Thank you.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by Osiris

Alright, I see what you're saying.


TheEnforcer, it's understandable in the example to take the 1 time payment of 10,000 vs. annual payments of 2k over a 5 year period, just an example. But it doesn't quite work like that with revshare. With revshare, as long as the site converts and you can build up and maintain 10k a month, that's 10k per month for as long as the site rebills.

Ok, lets take a look at that then. How many signups would it take to get to that 10K/month rebill status? I don't feel like doing the math but it would be a shitload of them to be sure and it would take quite a bit of time. While building that money up someone could be sending the same signups to a PPS and getting much more up front money with which they can put back into their business to grow it faster than they could than using a rev share. Don't gte me wrong, as I think it's a good idea to have at least one or two in the mix just in case, but PPS allows you to grow up your business at a much quicker pace than a rev share does.