No, most AVSes will list sites using sponsor content. AdultCheck being the one real exception, probably.
Pretty much all "premium" AVS sites have to be non-sponsor content.
While sponsor content is sometimes good to promote a site, you're usually better off spending the (very small) amount of bucks to buy your own. Go to some of the cheapo content places like lpzip.com, pixmasters.com, zipcontent.com... They all have decent-good quality content at PRICES SO LOW THEY'RE CRAZY! (Sorry, too much radio commercials as a kid).
Cheers,
Backov
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