Originally Posted by Murderous

I would say it depends on how long ago they signed up. If they signed up yesterday and it is dead, maybe it needs to propgate... if they signed up last week and it is dead, maybe it is down, if they signed up last month and it is dead, it is probably fake, if they signed up last year and it is dead, maybe that is no longer their primary domain any longer.

I sign up to sponsors and put them on reserve until I am ready, sometimes I clean out my bookmarks and instead of tossing an affiliate who has a site or two I am interested in, I sign up so it is out of the way.

Some sponsors I sighned up to years ago and still have not got around to using them, I was on a freehost with a subdomain and it is dead, but I will login and update my contact info or whatnot when I am ready.

Send out some newsletters and remind folks what is going on these days, I often forget about a sponsor and get an email and I am like shit... there is that site I was looking for.

Also... something for ALL sponsors to think about. I will sign up and the form times out, or I don't get my welcome aboard email. I do not want to signup again cause I like my user ID and support sucks and will not return messages... SPACASH!