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Originally posted by chodadog
Affiliate programs should have specific rules about this because it really is a goldmine. It gives people with small paysites the ability to add oodles of free content for members and it will benefit both parties. Obviously the program giving away the free content has got paying customers looking at their shit, and that can only be good.
But obviously it can be abused. If someone puts up 100 pics and has a tiny text link at the bottom of the page, well then, that's no good, is it?
However, if you make a rule like.. 1 prominent link for every 10 pictures, or 15 pictures, etc. Could work out really well.
Of course, permission should always be required.
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exactly
I would also add:
there really isn't anything wrong with upselling a member to another site because believe it or not, some surfers will be members at more than one site at a time...
I had a friend who used to be an avid porn site fan (quite a time before TGP's and all the free content available now) and he would often have memberships to 3-4 sites at a time. The reason? some had content the others didn't have.
Think of it this way: you have a specialized site dedicated to ebony women and that's pretty much all you have in your site and it's exclusive content, why not offer another site ina different niche to your members? They might not only keep recurring for you for your exclusive ebony content, but might also stick around to that latina site or anal site you upsold them to.
If you have a great site with loyal members, why not use that trust and recomend other non-competing sites to them?
I do agree 100 pics for one tiny text link would be a slap in the face, but a gallery of 20-25 pics with a prominent link shouldn't be much of a problem, but that should be a sponsor's call.
Bottom line: keep in constant contact with your sponsors.