If Steve is doing it. I am sure it is a smart move and ahead of its time. I wish other programs could solve retention like he has.

:thumbsup

Thanks Slapass! We have another trick up our sleeves, to be announced soon, that will improve retention EVEN MORE. Stay tuned!

Steve Lightspeed

Steve - do you guys have any hosted movie galleries?

Not at this time. But it is on a very short list of things to do.

very interesting .. kind of an explain why should be accepted policy. while I like the idea of exclusivity, don't you think that will result in endless email requests? or is it simply we'll invite you and don't beg?

Dude, am I not tuned now?

:winkwink:

I go to sleep dreaming of Tawnee Stone and Jordan Capri......











making sales.

How would one go about securing oneself an invite to the Lightspeed program?

We have been aggressively recruiting new webmasters since 1999. If someone doesn't have an account BY NOW, what were they waiting for?

I think the money we spend on advertising for new affiliates would now be much better spent on direct traffic purchases and content/site/program acquisitions (hint hint)

Steve Lightspeed

haha .. great answer steve, definately can see the possibilities :)

oh yah, and good luck

50........,..

I want to beat WOJ to 50 in my own thread

edit: well fuck me, that bot is good!

haha .. so close, so close

Heh, I'll never know if I don't ask...

Steve Blowing up the Lightspeed Sig whore market!!!!


Rock On Steve!!! I think this is an outstanding move for you and your program. And you are right , If people don't have an account by now. Fuck'em they need to show you why YOU need Them. :thumbsup :thumbsup

Good question! How do you get yourself invited to the hottest party in town? I have to quote Brad Shaw here. "Success leaves clues." We'll be searching for great teen and solo girl sites with whom we don't already have a sponsor/affiliate relationship.

Steve Lightspeed

if you have to say no to revshare affiliates you are doing something wrong.. but hey.. what do i know ;)

Yeah, we are new. We don't have any idea what we are doing here. Thanks for your two cents. I just hope we will get past the 3 joins/day mark soon.

Seriously, new affiliates can be quite demanding and time-consuming, but often times not very productive.

Steve Lightspeed

my comment was not necessarily an omen, it just makes sense to have a close working relationship with your business partners while ensuring that your parallel interest are met...which becomes more difficult with an "open door" policy

see you next month :)

That almost makes too much sense.

Lol, I have my moments of clarity.

Damn... How much did you guys spend on advertising per month?

You guys will have plenty of extra cash now I guess....

Well, risking the possibility that you might think I am kissing your ass, that was the first thing I noticed about you when I heard you speak on a panel in Vegas about 4 years agao.

I can completely understand the move. Doesn't take a rocket scientist. Lightspeed is looking to protect their content, brand, and most importantly thier affiliates. Over saturation can do as much damage as under saturation. They obviously have a very effective affiliate network. Props to Lightspeed for making a very smart move.

Well, one of us has to....heheh :winkwink:

I'm more then happy to work with our affiliates -- please feel free to contact me by email or ICQ if you have any questions or if I can be of assistance (in the sig) :)

Yes Mr Lightspeed.. i know you are succesful and you do more than 3 joins a day. But the reason for that wasnt a policy where you said no to affiliates, now was it?

Looking at your statistics i assume theres the outcome that 90% of your productive affiliates have been in your program for years and the newer affs cause 90% of the overhead and 10% of your turnover. Maybe less even.

But face it: its growth.. and its money you are saying no to. Affiliates demand as much as you let them. All im saying there are other ways to kil
overhead and as a wise businessman as yourself you should know that.

On the other hand Steve.. weve talked a year back or so for hours (not as mrthumbs i suppose) and i know about how you see things for yourself and your business in the future and what you want and dont want.. so from a personal level i totally understand your decision ;)

Without knowing exactly who you are, or what we talked about, you have me at a disadvantage.

However, a lot has changed for me personally and professionally over the last year or so. I am now much more focused on my business and on ROI than ever before.

Sweet!

Another program that never cared enough about identity theft to buy a $40 chained cert to encrypt affiliates SSN/Tax ID's is worried about itself.

You Lightspeed heres a tip, make some non nude galleries for each site.. thnx :)

Working on it now, thanks for the suggestion!

You are the first to accuse me of "not caring about affiliates" --- if anyone didn't want to give ssn or corp ID over the net, we've always had a toll free phone number they could call to provide the info.

Steve Lightspeed

Must have missed that option on the signup page...


Why not buy a cert, though?

"Didn't think of it" is a valid response -- you wouldn't be the only one.



Sorry to single you out, Steve -- I'll shut up now.

Interesting move Steve and a little more traffic for me I hope as there will be a little less competition.

What is it that affiliates ask for? I don't think I've ever needed any support or help or anything what so ever from a sponsor. (actually untill today) I asked BlockBooster Cash for a members area pass, and got it.

They used to have it setup so they would give out limited FTP access to promotional content, so someone has to manually go in and give affliliates access everytime they need some new content. I'm sure that must be a lot of work. Not a bad idea though to keep their content fresh.

Anyone with a lot of traffic is already most likely an affiliate.

I totally agree but any amount of extra traffic is always nice wether it be big or small. This will limit the people that sign up and post every FHG on a single page. I see it as a good thing, Nothing huge but a goodthing.

Well ya obviously they want to weed out the next to worthless affiliates. They'll save on hosting, processing, time, reps, paper, stamps, ummm who knows.

there are other programs that have been doing it.... for years....

so its not a new concept, but I do see alot of the "bigger" companies moving towards this policy.......

I would only imagine, this will help with my conversions, and the conversions for Steve, , becuase you wont have surfers signup up for an affiliate account, just so they can get access to the free hosted galleries...... (bye bye signup, when that happens)

So, good move Steve !!!