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Originally Posted by beemk
those free joins i just look at it as part of the payout structure. ive heard that they account for 20% of joins. just up the % on the revshare if you think its fair.
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Exactly what we've done and will continue to do.
We have the review site very close to going live, on exit from the paysite the surfer will be offered the chance of looking at this site.
Any money this site take we will add to the over all kitty of the "Paysites" side of the company and adjust affiliates payouts or % accordingly.
Then in the near future we will be looking at what a surfer to the review site is actually worth and how to tag him to an affiliate. Then we will look into an affiliate program for the site.
Also in the pipeline is another scheme for sites. We will test it from the review site, content store traffic and on exit traffic. Again once we know the value of a surfer we will consider an affiliate program.
Over the years many have questioned my way of expressing myself and board personality, but no one has questioned my honesty. It is my firm belief that paying affiliates more for their traffic will get more of them to send traffic. This we will continue to do.
We know we get traffic and sign ups from the content stores, we get members returning and signing, we get type in traffic, we get SE traffic for "Paul Markham". All this has been taken into account when we calculated what we could afford to pay affiliates. we have left a little for "Promotions"
If the amount we can afford goes up we will adjust it.
I don't see any reason it should go down. But willing to listen.