Good revshare program is in one word - QUALITY
Quality means simply to provide members with content they wanted and not something another.
And I 100% agree with ^R3K^ and Brujah:thumbsup

Do all of the above so that it retains like a mother fucker and makes $50 a sale on average. Then pay me $35 PPS and keep the rest as you will have earned it.

nevermind.... skepticism doesn't really help.

It's there -
The index page you looked at has several meeta tags - Like all our sites, we have index pages set up for different search engines.
Kirstyblue has several "front" pages -

Good stats pages so I can see what is working or not.

No shaving, and good conversions into active recurring from trials.

I can't stress how important good stats like hit tracking or hit ID's would help me make a choice.

Basically a shit load of content, and fresh unused content at that as well. Plus a program that actually keeps its content fresh instead of updating it every 3-6 months.

Great thread since there's TONS of revshare programs out there and I highly doubt that all of them are meeting with the same level of success. It is great that there is a discussion about what makes affiliates want to join one as opposed to jumping straight to a pay per signup sponsor.

Why start another revshare program? Most don't get too many affiliates since affiliates would rather risk the shave but get CASH UPFRONT from PPS progs than wait. Its all about delayed gratification...most peeps don't believe in it UNLESS your content is brand new/unique (which PPS will quickly rip off).

Besides Revshare used to have a reputation for being "shave proof"...the whole Perfectiongirls situation CHANGED THAT.

Good luck revsharers.

My advise is start a PPS program even if its cheap.:2 cents:

Retention

1. consoles are fine as long as I get credit for at least 50% of the links on them
2. no trials
3. able to send to the join page
4. choice of multiple tours
5. unique identifiers
6. good supply of promotional materials

Those are the main thing. Unique content is a plus, freehosted galleries an even bigger plus. If you have multiple tours, they should all look different instead of just the same tour with a different color scheme.

50-members area updates

It's good to have a backup. IF Visa gets really tight with CB ratios or puts real obstacles to cross sells (causing PPS systems to drastically scale back on payouts), revshare will become a better proposal. The major problem with revshare programs is that not all sites focus on retention. There's really good sites like Karups PC and ALS Scan but there's tons of crappy quick buck type sites as well.