Affiliates at more than 10% are going to be hard pressed in the future. The economics simply won't stack up.
Ads are easier to buy, better to monitor and more profitable. Whether it's on a blog like a newspaper, free entertainment sites like Pornhub or Youtube or search engine. Why pay 1,000s of people who the sponsor has no control over when it can be done better and cheaper in-house?
Adding to the problem is the will of the people and the content most can offer. Who here can compete with Youtube, Google, or blogs like The Huffington Post?
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...8/mar/09/blogs
The 10 Top Earning Bloggers In The World - TheRichest
No matter how good a person is at SEO. the deciding factor is content. either the people landing stop, stay, bookmark and return ad sales won't mean a damn.
Also, the move towards apps like Tinder and Grinder will decimate the dating model like Tubes decimated the recorded porn business. Live cam will be ruled by companies delivering what clients want. Chaturbate is proving this. It doesn't matter if CB and MFC aren't making the money to reflect the traffic numbers. The traffic is there and not spending money at other sites. Like Pornhub, Tinder and Huffington post who make less per consumer than old ways of getting the same.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?