Rev Share or Initial Signup - GoFuckYourself.com

fluffygrrl · 06-06-2007, 03:42 PM

Here's a noob question for you all.

In my mind, if you go for the initial signup scheme, you get paid each signup (whatever it's worth to the advertiser * however likely it is you didn't fraud) = 35 or 40 or whatever. Now, since the "likeliness of fraud" is a statistical value, if you aren't going to be defrauding you do in fact cover the costs of all the people who do, whether they manage to take money out or just waste everybody's resources in being caught.

On the other hand, if you go revenue share, you get paid whatever % of sales actually made. Since the advertiser doesn't have to pay you up front, he can be more comfortable and overall pay better for the same exact (high quality) traffic.

Of course, with that second option, there's no real reason to believe you'll actually be paid in any particular relation to what you're owed. You don't get to see the books, so you don't know. But then again, that may well be true of the first one too.

So here's my question to you all. If you have clicks to sell, made by actual people, who can actually afford to buy stuff, you think you make more money overall by going Signup or Share ?

06-06-2007, 03:42 PM	#1
fluffygrrl So Fucking Banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,187	Rev Share or Initial Signup Here's a noob question for you all. In my mind, if you go for the initial signup scheme, you get paid each signup (whatever it's worth to the advertiser * however likely it is you didn't fraud) = 35 or 40 or whatever. Now, since the "likeliness of fraud" is a statistical value, if you aren't going to be defrauding you do in fact cover the costs of all the people who do, whether they manage to take money out or just waste everybody's resources in being caught. On the other hand, if you go revenue share, you get paid whatever % of sales actually made. Since the advertiser doesn't have to pay you up front, he can be more comfortable and overall pay better for the same exact (high quality) traffic. Of course, with that second option, there's no real reason to believe you'll actually be paid in any particular relation to what you're owed. You don't get to see the books, so you don't know. But then again, that may well be true of the first one too. So here's my question to you all. If you have clicks to sell, made by actual people, who can actually afford to buy stuff, you think you make more money overall by going Signup or Share ?