jayeff

First, check whether that is okay: not all sponsors allow it. My take is that when you can, this is the best route if you are promoting a recurring sponsor. If promoting pay-per-sale it doesn't matter (to you) if the surfer is pissed because the model you teased them with isn't inside.

That said, content in most webmaster areas is fairly horrible and when not, likely will be well exposed. But the main thing is to get eye-catching content (easier said than done), regardless of where it comes from on the sponsor's site, or if you buy it.


Although only the owner of some small TGPs, I used to get 300+ partner requests a month, which is way more than I need. So many TGPs simply don't need more submitters, even though they leave the form up. Make sure your samples follow the rules and represent your best work. Follow up by ICQ or email if you don't get a response. And if all else fails, try every month or so. You may land at a time when they are looking to add some new names.


It isn't essential to have special submission software. It isn't particularly difficult to make your own submit page and do the rest with Roboform or something similar. But the answer depends on the strategy you intend to follow and there isn't one right answer.

There is a lot of BS written about good and bad TGPs, the vast majority of which is not based on testing, but because someone has bought into what someone else has written on a board. If you ever try to properly test the quality of the traffic from different TGPs, you soon realise what a lengthy, time-consuming and largely impossible task it is.

So you take your pick. Whichever way you go you should build a list of say 50 TGPs to which you submit by hand. That would include the bigger TGPs relevant to your niche(s) and as many partner accounts as you can get (probably working your way down from the biggest general TGPs until you have a decent list). After that, it is your choice whether or not you auto-submit to all the others.

My view, although based only on my own prejudices, is that traffic quality is better from the smaller TGPs. So although I wouldn't spare the time to submit to them by hand, an auto-submitter like Chameleon is a good way to pick up extra hits for minimal effort.

It's impossible to answer your question 6. I have seen people claim to make money from 20-30 TGPs and others swear by submitting to hundreds. It depends on your galleries, your sponsor, your niche, which TGPs are on your list and likely as not, according to which direction the wind is blowing that day.


Depends entirely on how successful one gallery is for you, how much money you want to earn, and how (if you plan to break the rules or only submit more than one to those which permit it) good you are at covering your tracks.