Shadowgirls

i've got a large exhibit and sale of antique japanese dolls this weekend.the exhibit is pieces out of my collection, dating back to the 1700's. for pics of them and pics of my work as a scale miniaturist-http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittiesmademedoit/

Post edited 6:16 pm – May 17, 2010 by Valor

Jacobus said:

Valor said:Normally wouldn't post in a thread that's gone this long without a post, but… I recently started an affiliate marketing business online. Anybody who wants to help this become a success can go to http://workman.offershop.us Just click outgoing links to visit another site and there's a possibility I'll get paid for giving the traffic, what could be simpler? Where's the harm? Come on, help a guy out. You know you want to. Please?

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This nearly smells of pyramid scheme.

Hey, not at all. I put together the site, so if anybody takes a fall for being suckered into anything, it's me. It's doing well so far, so… See, the way affiliate marketing works, if people don't already know, is that places like GameStop and Walmart, for example, want people to go to their websites and they're willing to pay people to help them get the traffic by offering exclusive deals that can only be obtained by clicking through to their sites from somebody else's. Others simply want to get their names out there and are willing to pay people just to get others to their sites. And if you can't trust places like Walmart.com and Gamestop.com, then who can you trust online? No, I find it dubious when visitors actually have to take action for affiliates like myself to get paid. All I ask is for people to put a little faith in me and just click through to other sites. Sure, saying that makes me seem even shadier, but I swear, it's legit as far as I know. Maybe I'm out of line shamelessly plugging my site like that, but hey, that's how all businesses get started. And I didn't see any rules saying I couldn't…

Post edited 7:10 pm – May 17, 2010 by Valor

Tink said:

Valor said:Besides which, I'm not so agressive or malicious as to try to destroy something I like to get money, so spamming the site with the link is something I won't do. If I'm in the wrong, I'll do whatever is mandated to correct the error I made, even going so far as never posting in the forum again if that's what I have to do to make amends.

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Well, we'll see what the Daves say- it is their corner of the 'tubes, so they make the rules.  I don't think they'd bust out the banhammer for one infraction, though.

Still, I think we can agree, and even if this doesn't get made into a formal rule I think it's necessary for respect of the Daves and everyone else on these boards, that we should NOT be using these forums to sell stuff.  A "hey, look what I made" is okay, a "hey, come buy my stuff" shouldn't be.

That's just it: it's not my stuff and I'm not selling. I put together the site, and therein is a "look what I made" even if it is me trying to make money. That's why I'm not afraid to be told to delete the post. If it were my stuff, I'd have done actual work and approached the necessary people with ads. And besides which, no matter how I approach people with the site, either through legitimate paid albeit still not professional-looking ads or just making a post whether it broke written or implied rules, it'd still look pretty dubious. I'm taking a risk no matter how I present it.

And if I am showing fear, it's because I'm new to the marketing game and despite my commitments to make it work, I have not so many outlets at the moment to actually make it work.