dansbanners wrote on 10
th Mar, 2022 at 2:04pm:
Besides we also know from experience that most referrals don't even do the above. So I don't even think you have much to worry about. And even if they do, it's still on them. And you never know, it could still make the program get better again?
Reading between the lines, perhaps maybe you're a little
that you did spend a lot of money, etc... But even if that's the case I'd think the better logic would be "I still hope I get some or more of it back...". Rather than just risk blowing it all away. You could also always just learn from experience and just not do it as much in the future.
You sound like you are rationalizing. You say the admin hasn't stopped paying and this is true. That is always the way until things just end. He has already pulled back on contest payouts which is a sign things are not going forward. I believe he is a person of integrity but we have dealt with those types before. Integrity usually leaves the minute the cash flow stops.
I'm not mad about what I've spent on advertising. I earned the money online and I spent it online. It wasn't money I needed and I was more than prepared to lose anything I spent. That is the attitude we need to take in this industry with a 90%+ failure rate. If we haven't learned that yet, then there is little hope for us.
This is just one more example of why I won't spend offline money on this industry and am coming to the point where I won't spend online money. Thanks to the bitcoin boom, I have made a profit overall but instead of becoming a viable online business, it remains a hobby. You may say I'm negative but most people would have quit a long time ago. I'm a team player in that I will quit when the buzzer goes at the end of the game even if we are down twelve goals. Many would say that makes me a fool.
That doesn't mean I won't yell at the coach or teammates when they refuse to do things that will help us win "because they know better than a lowly affiliate". And if someone is doing something that will get them hurt or discouraged, I'm going to warn them. If that makes me negative, then so be it. I've put a lot more in that I took out for these sites. I'm not responsible for their failure. And if a site is doing something that is taking us down the fail path, then I want it to fail hard and fast. That way it will be out of the way sooner and we can move on to the next potential contestant