Originally Posted by sharphead

Search traffic is generally OK for FHGs - the thing is you'll want to give them a custom experience to improve your conversion ratios. I've found that since moving to more custom galleries, ratios seem to be improving. I'm actually on track to beat last years numbers for the same period.

FHGs are over promoted. Let's say a program has 30-50 active affiliates, most of the solo girl and smaller programs only have about 10 FHGs, some have alot more but lets just look at industry averages here. Soon as your whale affiliates get word of a new program, they get passes and FHG links to "beta" test the program - they like to throw around that beta test word, but it's an excuse to keep whales happy and keep other smaller affiliates out.

So the content is already out there to a smaller degree, then they open it up to the general affiliate base, post it around on forums and get the word out. You have about two weeks from that date to get your links up and your traffic exposed to the new site, after that, it's saturated and basically useless. You'll get some sales, now and again, but for the most part, everyone who regularly buys has already seen it and bought. This is why custom content in galleries is important - because you need to resell it back to the surfer and tease them with the other stuff they can't see on the tour or in FHGs, or on other sites (your competitors).

The TGP game is nasty and it's not easy to make gobs of cash but it does make my car payments for me on a regular basis so i'm fairly happy with playing around in it.