I forgot to mention, maybe one key thing that makes the whole $35 per trial signup deal viable is overflow traffic.
Overflow traffic occurs when you send a user to a sponsor through a banner, the user checks out the sponsor's site, doesn't like it and exits. Normally, most programs have exit consoles or popups advertising many other programs. There is a chance the user may sign up for those.
In the end, the sponsor hedges their bet... while they're paying you $35 per trial sign up, you normally don't get credit for overflow traffic that signs up to OTHER programs through the sponsor's popups or consoles.
ARS, by the way, is rare--they actually pay for your overflow traffic to their sites--although they've recently changed this as well [now its 50% their sites, 50% outside sites... but what the hell, I guess 50% will always be better than 0%]
Another way the bet is hedged--when a user does sign up, paysites try to upsell the that user through internal advertising within the paysites.
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Originally posted by whoreans:
i think they taking a risk/gamble when they pay webmaster 35 dollars off a 2- 5 dollar trial. Anything can happen. Of course you will win when there is a sign up. But for the sponsors.. they are hoping the person that signed up to the paysite will stay. Otherwise they might lose out.
Tho.. sometimes the content inside the site is so good that the visitors will keep the account for a long period of time.
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