nerolabs - 6:23 am on Jun 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

Shak,

I run an affiliate program like some of my other competetion does. Take it from my affiliates, we convert nearly three times better than they do, and our average ticket price is 40% higher. We are a very competetive site, as far as our "financial take" goes.

Staffa,

I would assume this is the case. I watch these listings, and I see some people are spending thousands of dollars a month, and even with our numbers, they are losing up to $3,000 to $4,000 a month on this traffic. Month after month after month.

There has to be something I'm missing about this. Even when I compete head on at their prices and track traffic on just those inflated prices, we end up losing $15 to $20 per lead instead of making $20 - $25 per lead.

Is there anybody that actually approaches these other *insane* sites to "collaborate" on bringing the price down?