HOW THIS AFFILIATE ECONOMY WORKS

Most people are spectators in somebody else’s advertising economy. This one lets you participate.

Look around the Internet.

A celebrity has 8 million followers.

They put on a pair of sunglasses.

Take a photograph.

Post it.

And somewhere behind the scenes somebody probably paid for that promotion.

You see a creator with millions of views.

A massive social-media account.

A viral video.

And it’s easy to wonder:

“What is all of that attention actually worth?”

How much of the audience is active?

How much of it is relevant?

How many people actually care about the thing being advertised?

And most importantly:

DID ANYBODY BUY ANYTHING?

That’s the part I care about.

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GAME THAT PAYS FLIPS THAT AROUND

On the participating Islands, you can be the advertiser.

You decide what your Parking Spot is about.

You create the page.

You choose the photographs.

You choose the videos.

You decide where the links go.

You decide what the call to action is.

You decide which Traffic Routes you want to use.

You are not waiting for somebody to pick you as the influencer.

You can purchase a standard advertising position for the current price of:

$7.

Then you decide what you want that position to do.

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THE ECONOMY IS NOT BUILT AROUND FOLLOWER COUNTS

This distinction matters.

The Affiliate Program does not pay you because your Parking Spot got 100 views.

It does not pay you because you have 10,000 followers.

It does not pay you because somebody liked your post.

It does not pay you because somebody joined the Affiliate Program.

QUALIFYING PRODUCT PURCHASES CREATE THE COMMISSIONABLE REVENUE.

That’s the economic event.

Somebody purchased advertising.

Or somebody purchased another qualifying promotional product.

Money actually changed hands for a product.

Now the Affiliate Program can determine whether a properly tracked affiliate commission applies.

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YOU CAN GET PAID TWO DIFFERENT WAYS FROM THE SAME POSITION

This is where the Game gets interesting.

Your Parking Spot might advertise something that makes money for you directly.

Maybe you:

• sell the car;
• get a brokerage client;
• book the vacation rental;
• get a customer;
• sell a product;
• generate a lead;
• promote a service;
• or earn through an appropriate outside affiliate offer.

That’s one economic path.

But somebody can also see your Parking Spot and think:

“I want one of these.”

If they purchase a qualifying product through your properly tracked affiliate path:

the Game Board itself may pay you too.

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THE CURRENT AFFILIATE ECONOMY

The current structure on participating Game Boards can pay qualifying product purchases through connected affiliate positions:

These are connected positions.

They are not follower counts.

They are not popularity levels.

They are not titles.

They are not ranks.

The percentage simply depends on where a properly tracked qualifying purchase occurs inside the connected affiliate path under the current program terms.

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START WITH A $7 PRODUCT

Let’s keep the math ridiculously simple.

Somebody purchases one qualifying standard Parking Spot through your direct tracked affiliate path.

One dollar and forty cents.

That isn’t exciting.

Unless you understand scale.

Ten players each making one qualifying $7 purchase a week is different.

Fifty players are different again.

Hundreds of advertisers across multiple Game Boards?

Now we’re talking about a different economy.

The basic product did not change.

The activity did.

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THEN THERE ARE HIGHER-VALUE MOVES

The seven-dollar Parking Spot is the entry product.

It isn’t the only qualifying product in the Game.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT — CURRENTLY $99

STORYDRIVE™ 1000 — CURRENTLY $299

Again, nobody is required to buy either product.

The point is that an advertiser can become worth more than one $7 transaction as their advertising needs grow.

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THIS IS WHY HELPING THE ADVERTISER MATTERS

Here’s where I think this Affiliate Economy gets really interesting.

Suppose somebody you introduced creates a good Parking Spot.

Maybe it’s a 2015 BMW M235i xDrive on Cars Freak.

I wouldn’t think:

“Great. I made $1.40. Next.”

I would help promote the advertiser.

I can take their live Parking Spot and send it through my own Traffic Routes.

Maybe I post:

“Someone just parked this BMW on Cars Freak. Check it out.”

And instead of sharing an ordinary URL, I can use a properly tracked affiliate URL pointing directly to that advertiser’s actual Parking Spot.

Now I’m:

• helping the advertiser get exposure;
• helping move attention to their Parking Spot;
• giving my own audience something real to see;
• demonstrating how the Game Board works;
• and creating another tracked entry point into the Affiliate Economy.

THE ADVERTISER WINS WHEN THEIR ADVERTISING WORKS.

I WIN WHEN QUALIFYING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HAPPENS THROUGH MY PATH.

Those interests can actually line up.

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YOU CAN TRACK YOUR TRAFFIC ROUTES

The Affiliate Software built into participating Islands allows affiliates to create named campaigns.

So instead of putting one identical link everywhere, you can create different tracked Traffic Routes.

Now you’re learning which distribution paths are creating activity.

That’s advertising.

That’s not merely collecting followers and hoping something happens.

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PLAY ALONE OR BUILD A GUILD

You do not need a group to use this Affiliate Economy.

You can simply build your own Parking Spots and use them to grow whatever you’re already doing.

Or you can introduce other players.

• Maybe five.
• Maybe fifty.
• Maybe five thousand.

That’s up to you.

But remember the economic rule:

The people are not the product.

The advertising activity creates the economy.

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AND YES — SOMEONE IN NETWORK MARKETING CAN PLAY TOO

This is not an anti-MLM website.

If you’re already involved in Network Marketing, direct sales, affiliate marketing, insurance, real estate, automotive sales or almost any other legitimate business, that may simply give you something else to advertise.

• Maybe you earned a pink Cadillac and build a CoolCarGuy.com Parking Spot around it.
• Maybe your business fits Housing Freak.
• Maybe you travel and build positions on Travelers Freak.
• Maybe fitness is already your world and Runner Freak fits naturally.

Your outside business isn’t the issue.

The Parking Spot simply needs to legitimately fit the Game Board and follow its current rules.

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WHAT MAKES THIS AN AFFILIATE ECONOMY?

Because one transaction isn’t the entire point.

One advertiser might buy one Parking Spot.

• Then another.
• They might build a Parking Garage.
• They might buy StoryDrive™.
• They might buy a Video Spotlight.
• They might play another Island.
• They might introduce another advertiser.

That advertiser might do the same.

Now economic activity can compound.

That’s why the multi-tier structure matters.

It gives properly connected players the potential to participate in qualifying product activity beyond one direct transaction.

SAME $7 PRODUCT.
MORE PLAYERS.

MORE ADVERTISING ACTIVITY.
MORE POSSIBLE COMMISSION EVENTS.

That’s the Affiliate Economy.

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THE BOTTOM LINE

I’m not trying to create another website where millions of people chase a follower count and hope an algorithm decides they’re important.

I’m building niche Game Boards where people can purchase inexpensive advertising positions and decide what those positions are supposed to do.

The Affiliate Program adds another layer:

If you help create properly tracked qualifying advertising activity, you may participate in part of the product revenue that activity creates.

That’s the model.

Not followers for the sake of followers.

Not views for the sake of views.

• Advertising.
• Traffic.
• Product activity.
• Tracking.
• Commissions.
• More positions.

More Game Boards.

THAT’S HOW THIS AFFILIATE ECONOMY WORKS.

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FOR THE LAWYERS

GameThatPays.com uses Game Board, Parking Spot, Parking Garage, Channel, Traffic Route, guild, player and similar terminology as metaphors for online advertising, publishing, affiliate marketing and business strategy. Parking Spots are online advertising and publishing products, not real property, securities, investments or ownership interests in any website or company.

Affiliate commissions are generated only by qualifying purchases that are properly tracked and attributed under the applicable Affiliate Program terms. Joining an Affiliate Program, receiving views, generating followers, creating a Parking Spot or introducing another person does not by itself create a commission.

Pricing, commission percentages, connected positions, tracking rules, eligibility requirements, payout methods and other program terms may change. StoryDrive™ and Video Spotlight are optional products subject to their current applicable terms and availability.

No Parking Spot, Affiliate Program, Traffic Route, StoryDrive™ purchase, Video Spotlight purchase, campaign, advertising strategy, referral relationship or other Game activity guarantees traffic, leads, customers, sales, bookings, commissions, profit or income. Results may be zero.