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Originally posted by XXXManager
Possible effects:
1. Less newbies - and the ones that will give it a try - give up faster.
2. Some sponsors will indeed go under.
3. Less money for webmasters (lower payouts)
4. over time, less free porn. Maybe its kust my wishfull thinking but I think much of the free content comes from newbies.
5. Hopefully less shaving - now that the payout are lower and retention of the good webmasters is more crucial.
6. More friction between webmasters and sponsors.
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As for the newbies, I don't think there will be much change in newbie count. Even with lowered payouts this industry will still be viewed as a get rich quick opportunity. However I'm sure that the changes will cause some current webmasters to find other means of earning a living.
As for an increase in traffic to revshare programs, I do believe this will happen, in the beginning at least. Fears of lower earnings will drive webmasters to try revshare programs, but as Toolz mentioned, it's all about what you make at the end of the month. Webmasters won't necessarily stick with revshare programs...if they're not happy with their earnings they're going to start shopping for another sponsor, some will find that $25 joins may earn them more $$ than a 50/50.
As for the industry, I think it will be healthy for it overall.. it will push programs to offer higher quality content as well as customer service and webmaster support. Once all the dust from this settles we'll probably see more dishonest webmasters out of business and more surfers happy, meaning less fearful, to buy memberships.