CJ vs. non-CJ effects on visitor behavior
 

I just started up some cheapo free sites and decided to make them CJ sites. They're skimming about 10-20% from galleries.

My question is about how CJing affects your visitors' behavior. I assume that since CJ sites send more visitors out, you have much more visitor turnover. This means they will probably be less likely to bookmark/return. On the other hand, you may gain regulars with no CJ, but you won't send/receive the same traffic volume.

I want people to bookmark and come back, but I also want to boost my traffic trading with a small amount of CJ. Is this counterproductive? Am I skimming too little to be a legit CJ site that wants raw volume and too much to have people come to my site as their "only source" ?

Any thoughts/comments?

Non-skimming TGPs generates 10 times more sales than skimming ones (with same amount of traffic). Take it from there. :)

haha, so as long as I'm getting more than 10X the traffic? That's a good place to start, though. Thanks for the info!

Yep if you get 10 times more traffic that way, then you should go for skimming if that is what you want.
Don't forget the extra bandwidth costs though, especially if you run it with high quality graphics.