What Do WebMasters want?

[rudireager]

Hi All

We are starting up a new affiliate program and we are busy with preparing material for the webmasters, the questions is what should we concentrate our efforts on?

FPA's
HPA's
Banners - What is the most common used size
Headers
Movie, picture, gallery of the day
Hosted Sites
Hosted Galleries

which is worth the extra effort and which will be never or rarely used?

Appreciate your advise.

Rudi

[teentime]

What ever you offer, your affiliate web site should be fast, simple and easy to use.
Less is more when it comes to designing a portal for your affiliates.

Good Luck!

[Scott Jack]

I always like the sponsors with nice looking templates and headers for galleries...

-Scott

[gadawg14]

Most of the ones hitting my affiliate site are looking for embedded video and rss feeds. I look for these two and movie galleries. The easier it is to update my sites the better.

[Twoface31]

just put there what you have webmasers will thank all the work for it !!!!!!!

[PussyMeister]

I never use FPA's and rarely use HPA's. I do like good headers for my galleries. For banners, I like to have some variety in the colors. I hate having a only a couple of colors to choose from which do not match my design.

Hosted freesites are good, but too many sponsors have hundreds of them that look all alike. I would prefer fewer with some variety, and a good title and description, along with a cvs export option so i can import them into my script.

I am using more and more embedded videos, but honestly I think they are good for traffic but not so good for sales. It's one of those things I think you have to have these days though, because if you don't people will just go elsewhere.

Hosted galleries are a must for me. I will use good RSS feeds, but will pass on shitty ones.

[jblur]

what I am about to say will totally give me up as a noob but I am new to the business so im going to have to find out sometime. What does FPA's & HPA's stand for?

[CMBurns]

full page ad and half page ad, can be large banners or small html

[jblur]

Much thanks CM. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Jayvis]

Points Store ;)

[bbm]

Webmasters want quality.

[femdomdestiny]

low

Small webmaster want low payout minimum. Don't force them to wait to have $200 or something like that. Also, epassporte is big bonus

[brandonstills]

Make the affiliate's job as easy as possible. That will probably be the biggest advantage you can create for yourself.

[rudireager]

Thank you

Hi All

Thank you very much for your support, I appreciate your help. We are busy setting up a kick ass program like no one has ever seen before, all your comments will be taken into consideration.

Soon.... Cant wait.

Rudi

[DARKHORSERIDER]

Keep ur webmasters happy with full access to the members area. plus if they know what it contains then they can sell ur product better.

[yal]

... epassporte is big bonus

agree to that and ..
Weekly updated FHGs with good descriptions (up to 70 symbols)
User friendly webmasters are. I like the way payserve.com did it. It?s very convenient to grab their FHGs. Also I like the ability to put my reciprocal links on the galleries.

[Deepriskshoulderhigh]

epassporte seems expensive and they hold the funds for 15 days? Geesh.

We don't hold the funds except for 4 days, and we can add a page for your clients to fill out, way cheaper, faster, and you don't have to wait so long.

Wire Transfers: 10 bucks.

Is ePassporte that convenient? We can throw in ACH/CC cheaper as well, .. I think some of your higher volume guys should consider using iPayGroups solutions. The lower volume guys as well, if you want to accept payments directly.

I can talk anytime Tuesday if there are any questions.

[ez12]

I personally like it when sponsors send mails with new promo content and offer special promos that are linked to a special tour.

Epass is also a big bonus, but for me a CCBILL is even a bigger bonus because most of my current sponsors are CCBILL.

Just my 2cents

[kmanrox]

morphing RSS feeds if you want the SE traffic

[Kelli58]

As with any relationship, communication is the key to success. And like any marriage counselor will tell you, there are many forms of communication, but some are obviously better than others.

Sending out regular updates to your affiliates letting them know about things going on in the members area, new FHG's you might have added or any upcoming promotions is one thing you can do but that's what everyone does.

Make your webmasters feel special and remotely important.

I have been around for over 12 years now and I have worked with Vivid about 10 of those years. Long ago I used to work with Howard and he is PERFECT at his job because he takes time out of his day to update you personally on AIM, emails, ICQ, whatever about what seems like nothing but it's that he took the time to discuss something with you that mattered.

He would IM me and say something like "Hey did you hear that we just added that new Briana Banks movie to the members area? That movie was so hot. Did you see it yet?"

It was seemingly idle chatter but look what he did? He a) told me about an update in the members area and then he would make it personal by asking if I had seen the movie. By what he said it would appear as if he gave a fuck if I lived or died but in reality I was one of one zillion customers he probably did that too.

That is the reason why an entire decade later I'm still sending Vivid my traffic. Howard is no longer my account manager, but the good sentiment lasted a lifetime.

So in answer to your question, a good affiliate manger that spends time talking with your webmasters is key.

Sure great marketing material is important as well but so is the personal touch. I may cost you money to hire salary based affiliate managers to babysit your current clients but in the end what you spend will no doubt come back to you 10 fold with dedicated, loyal affiliates.

Howard was one smart mofo. Sure miss working with him. Learn from him

[bbm]

Webmasters want exclusive sites

[version5]

Personally I want decent RSS feeds that I can use on all my blogs! Its always good to have RSS feeds for each site you want affiliates to promote, but its also great to have niched feeds. So if two sites cover the teen niche I personally would prefer to be able to just grab the teen niche feed rather than 2 seperate site feeds.

Makes life easier especially for use on niched blogs.

[zabijaq]

Webmasters want pussy. :D

[evofuse]

Exclusive content, and exclusive girls. Also, new girls that nobody else has is a huge plus.

Weekly payouts would be cool and FHG with hosted large hosted thumbs.

[Creeper]

Good info, I like this thread.

[Thotmes]

Content

Exclusive content, and exclusive girls. Also, new girls that nobody else has is a huge plus.

Right CONTENT CONTENT and once more CONTENT

Thotmes

[latin]

Build your own traffic, webmasters are busy for a new program.

[Raz]

We want to deal with quality. Can't describe it exactly. Know it when we see it.

[mona]

Good customer service is a must...Some programs treat their affiliates like crap, which is sad. And, pay on time!