Facts and opinions about ClickCash...
#1 - Fact - Regarding the $29.99 charge mentioned in the original post, although I LOVE promoting iFriends as "FREE FREE FREE", IT ISN'T. If you read the fine fine print, you will see that you have to actively "participate in the community" in order for your account to remain "free" ... I'd guess that 90% of users don't participate in the required way and therefore get charged (although it's usually $9.99 not $29.99).
#2 - Opinion - The fact that it's not really free is a huge part of the reason that ClickCash can afford to payout $40+ per signup without shaving.
#3 - Fact - I have tried pretty much every affiliate program out there and I simply continue to make more with Clickcash. As I have for the last 5+ years. But that's me. The only program that comes even CLOSE is G3X, and anyone looking for a "free signup" alternative to Clickcash, I recommend you checkout
http://www.g3x.com (although their system is being redone, not the best time to signup until their marketing suite is back online.)
#4 - Fact - Yes, Clickcash has 10's of thousands of webmasters signed up to their program, but there are less than 1000 that actually get a payout every week. I need to look at some pay stub numbers again, but if I remember correctly the check sequences I've seen, it's actually less than 500.
#5 - Opinion - Hey Teksonline , I know Will76 can be a bit abbrasive at times, but he's a good guy and defends Clickcash based on his own outstanding experience with them. Why don't you hit him on ICQ and give him your account code, he might be able to find out some info for you.
Take it for what it's worth, Clickcash has a very *special* way of doing business, I won't necessarily defend all of their practices, but I will most definitely continue to send them my traffic.