Originally Posted by ctownflyer (Post 32604198)

FWIW, I consider myself a centrist and I'm not afraid to credit people on any side of the aisle for the good they do. This is a huge step forward for peace in the middle east and I can't wait to fly EK/EY to TLV.

Originally Posted by kokonutz (Post 32268241)

Conspiracy theories? No thanks.

Originally Posted by ctownflyer (Post 33319978)

Looking less conspiratorial by the day, eh?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...599_story.html

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 33371203)

Does Dansdeals.com try to mask information about using credit card referrals for the referring party and the referred account applicant to both get points from card sign-up-related activity?

I posted a few times about how the Chase Sapphire Preferred card with the 100k point bonus is available with referring parties getting 20k points for successful applications. All of those posts have ended up buried in a moderation queue — and/or slower than usual moderation queue — somehow.

Originally Posted by josephstern (Post 33371431)

I think so.

There are clearly several plays that are off-limits over there and I think this is one. This directly impacts the revenue generated by the site as otherwise the site could get a big referral commission for the new card sign-up.

The other big no-no seems to be the whole concept of cash-back portals. Dan would obviously prefer that you use his affiliate links rather than your own cash-back portal links when shopping.

Originally Posted by ctownflyer (Post 34897567)

Yes, on the one hand TPG certainly sold out too early. But they also turned TPG into a dominating brand and the first site that comes up on a Google search, which was unlikely to happen on its own.

Randy surely has some data, but extrapolation isn't easy and there's no way he would know anything more than ballpark figures unless bloggers share their numbers with him. Cards can pay anywhere from $10 to hundreds of dollars. Conversions are run hot or cold based on the whims of the bank, the quality of the applicants, etc. Sites that target newbies that don't have their own referral links and aren't hindered by signup bonus restrictions or approval frequency throttling restrictions convert at different rates that for sites that target knowledgeable users. Etc, etc.

Also, anyone can see ballpark traffic figures with sites like SimilarWeb, though affiliate revenue extrapolation from that isn't worth anything due to the reasons above.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 34897627)

How much revenue does bank card applications generate for Dansdeals.com? I am sure you know that better than Randy Petersen.

I know DansDeals was a bit particular about posters referring to using friend and family card referral links for bank card applications instead of the links on Dansdeals. Does OMAAT have the same kind of approach to referring to using friend and family bank card referral links.