"Promising" affiliates tend to get offers early too, in the hopes they'll become big. They perhaps get them slower than the current top performers, but still.
You're completely kidding yourself if you don't think it's in the company's best interests to give the high performers offers early.
They want to keep those top earners that make up a huge percentage of their income with them. So as a result, they need to get fresh offers out to the top guys before it's saturated, and before another company shows them the offer.
It's absolutely amazing how different of treatment I get by the different companies.
Advaliant and
Copeac for example, if I have a request or are looking for a fresh campaign, I'll have a response. Fast. Because they know I can drive volume through them.
Other companies that I haven't sent much to or harbor a grudge against(CPAStorm and
CPAempire) don't give me crap. Any question I make to one of those companies is treated like a major hassle. They may lie about their ability to raise payouts. Getting an offer early? forget it. Just because I haven't sent them much before.
And you know what? It works. It takes a BIG offer to get me to switch from my "tried and true" places like
Copeac. Sometimes merely outbidding them isn't enough.
The one exception to this rule I've found is
RocketProfit. I haven't ran much through them(a little) but no matter what I get treated well, and get tips if an offer in my niches comes up.