My two cents from an affiliate point of view...
I would make a separate tour just for your affiliates (not sure if you do this or not).. on that tour, make the join page with only recurring options. When I started my site years ago, I took whatever advice came my way and the worst advice I got was 'guys don't like recurring, you'll get more sign ups if you offer a no recurring option'. Worst advice I ever got for my site. With one time sales, you're constantly selling them. I have members complain if they can't get rebilled....they know how to cancel, so that shouldn't stop them from signing up...and they do like the convenience of not having to sign up over and over again.
Oh yeah, and make sure there are no traffic leaks on your affiliate tour.. I hate hate that when I'm looking at sites to promote.
Also, I wouldn't discourage the hosted people by only paying them 40% ... think of it this way.. they're doing the work for you. You would really love for them to make feeder sites for you right? So make it attractive to them.
Just my two cents..and I'm not always right ; )
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