[morleymouse]

Originally Posted by ian Now that the tiger is in the house, it may well be tricky for the merchants to get him out. Can you see in-house affiliate managers shuting down their bbg and seeing sales drop by 50%? They will be crucified for a - letting sales drop by such a significant volume (if their boss doesn't understand) or b - for paying out on brand name sales for so long (if their boss does understand) I'm sure 90% of sales directors out there would chew a piece off the affiliate manager for dropping volume without looking into the reasons why. As mentione before, sales is all about the "now" as you won't be around long enough to deal with the outcome later.

you are of course, assuming that sales would drop...