> A lot of affiliate marketers start out very consumer-focused in order to build a strong brand that consumers trust. They later find it very hard to resist the temptation to maximize revenue by making bad but profitable recommendations later on.
spot on! this is one of the reasons why we want to entirely avoid any sort of lead-gen or affiliate business models that depend on revenues from sellers of software or services. we're planning to make money from buyers with higher value tools that help them after the discovery phase -- for example, providing insights into pricing, helping automate the RFP process and potentially helping them manage billing etc. early days though!
spot on! this is one of the reasons why we want to entirely avoid any sort of lead-gen or affiliate business models that depend on revenues from sellers of software or services. we're planning to make money from buyers with higher value tools that help them after the discovery phase -- for example, providing insights into pricing, helping automate the RFP process and potentially helping them manage billing etc. early days though!