Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Again, the term "rich" is subjective. And when you say 'why bother?' - as sadly many larger APs have done - it's usually because they get annoyed with the one or two affiliates asking for some custom banner size or some special access. Even with full-time "affiliate managers" there's only so much interaction a Program is going to have with an affiliate. Either they get their shit together (so no need to communicate regularly), they DON'T get their shit together (so no need to communicate) or they forget about you so you goose them (maybe they promote, maybe they don't).

Let's remember most porn companies are set to lazy these days, either gone fishin' or have already diversified. So "support" is a minimal thing across the board with many Programs. Those that still exist, shooting content, etc are mostly top notch and run things smoothly so they're a pleasure to work with on projects.

Everything I just said applies to ALL businesses, big or small. It's not about resources. Yes, payouts are set at $100 to both encourage affs and for accounting reasons. But when a payout is RAISED to $200 or above THEN it's a bad sign.