The internet is no excuse for poor approach etiquette. You wouldn't just meet someone and right away ask them how much. Then why do it over an email.
I'd gladly reply to an email that starts with "Hi, my name is ..... and I work for ...... . Would you have the time to discuss a potential partnership?" and end it there.
I've never received such email, in one affiliate manager letter, you get their name, the program they work for, how great their program is, what you get and what %, how much money they'd make you etc etc, 500 letter message that I guess most just delete before they even read the 2nd sentence.
Why would you assume a copy-pasted message that has been sent bulk to 50 sites will get you anywhere?
I personally delete and move on. Takes me 2 seconds, which means that I'd waste
1 minute every 30 messages, rather than
2h 30min, if I took the liberty to reply (around 5 mins) per message. So go ahead Paul, check how fast you can delete a pile of link sales/aff offers within a minute
