Re: Ouch! - From 60% to 40%
MARK BARNETT <mark_at_fishlinkcentral.com> WROTE:
> A LETTER FROM ENGAGE TODAY:
> This notice is to inform you that the commission on the
> ad sales for your site will be changing - you will
> receive 40% effective February 1, 2001. Again, charging
> this commission is necessary for us to maintain the
> breadth and caliber of the products available to our
> sites, and will enhance our product offerings as well
> as provide Publishers with the technology needed to
> secure greater market share with advertisers.
Perhaps taking a harder look at your own infrastructure
costs and bloated salaries would or should be your
first step. Instead, as greed would have it, you
decide to slash the amount paid to your traffic
resource.
I for one hope you find yourself going the way of other
dot.coms. We as publishers, I speak for myself, do far
better outside the net you aggressively tried to cast
back just a few months ago, and will continue to do so
with small infrastructure and a bottom line that is in
the black:-)
You do realize of course that if every publisher pulled
their support you would be just a webpage:-). Power to
the individual! That's what it was really all about
anyhow:-)
Does anyone know how to say "cold call"! Publishes get
your own sponsors and advertisers and leave this outfit
on their own, the result would be that we'll be willing
to pay more. If you stay aboard you only hurt yourself
in the longer term.
These were my "gut" reactions to this notice from
Engage, am I that far off base??
David Johnston
Received on Wed Jan 03 2001 - 11:37:44 CST
