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Who would want to promote something for $0.025 commission on a $1 sale? The volume needed for that to be any sort of business model seems extraordinarily high.

by notadoc 10y ago

TheRealDunkirk 10y ago
Even at the original (3x higher) rate, the volume required seems pretty high to make ant real money.
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- lucaspiller 10y ago
  I imagine a lot of these sites are setup by people in developing countries. Spending a few hours a week for an extra $10/month is good money for some people.
devindotcom 10y ago
Sounds like Romain was at least making a few hundred euros per month. The volumes on some of these things can get really, really high.
- notadoc 10y ago
  A few hundred euros a month is not a business model. OK maybe it's different with something high volume, perhaps a large volume popular website that focuses on apps... two seconds on Google reveals "Touch Arcade" is a large volume and popular website with such a focus. Well they are saying the commission schedule puts them in "incredibly scary financial territory." https://toucharcade.com/2017/04/24/apple-slashes-referral-payments/ https://toucharcade.com/2017/04/24/apple-slashes-referral-pa... Maybe there is a larger volume example? I don't know, but that website seems very popular (124,000 twitter followers, high rank on Google) and if they can't make it work, who can?
wklauss 10y ago
> The volume needed for that to be any sort of business model seems extraordinarily high. If it can be easily automated that is not a big deal.
ductionist 10y ago
Like other ecommerce site affiliate programs (e.g. Amazon, eBay), the affiliates earn commissions on everything the user purchases from iTunes, like movies, music, etc. - not just the apps they promote. Still requires a lot of volume to make decent money, but maybe not as much as you imagined.

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Who would want to promote something for $0.025 commission on a $1 sale? The volume needed for that to be any sort of business model seems extraordinarily high.

by notadoc 10y ago

Who would want to promote something for $0.025 commission on a $1 sale? The volume needed for that to be any sort of business model seems extraordinarily high.

TheRealDunkirk 10y ago
Even at the original (3x higher) rate, the volume required seems pretty high to make ant real money.
- deleted 10y ago
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- lucaspiller 10y ago
  I imagine a lot of these sites are setup by people in developing countries. Spending a few hours a week for an extra $10/month is good money for some people.
devindotcom 10y ago
Sounds like Romain was at least making a few hundred euros per month. The volumes on some of these things can get really, really high.
- notadoc 10y ago
  A few hundred euros a month is not a business model. OK maybe it's different with something high volume, perhaps a large volume popular website that focuses on apps... two seconds on Google reveals "Touch Arcade" is a large volume and popular website with such a focus. Well they are saying the commission schedule puts them in "incredibly scary financial territory." https://toucharcade.com/2017/04/24/apple-slashes-referral-payments/ https://toucharcade.com/2017/04/24/apple-slashes-referral-pa... Maybe there is a larger volume example? I don't know, but that website seems very popular (124,000 twitter followers, high rank on Google) and if they can't make it work, who can?
wklauss 10y ago
> The volume needed for that to be any sort of business model seems extraordinarily high. If it can be easily automated that is not a big deal.
ductionist 10y ago
Like other ecommerce site affiliate programs (e.g. Amazon, eBay), the affiliates earn commissions on everything the user purchases from iTunes, like movies, music, etc. - not just the apps they promote. Still requires a lot of volume to make decent money, but maybe not as much as you imagined.