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Old 09-14-2010, 02:49 PM  
Varius
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For #3, if you are going to switch accounts that fall out of certain ratios to Revshare or possibly PPS, why bother offering it? Any serious affiliate knows that "pay per free" which is based on scales ends up being the same or in many cases less profitable to them than regular PPS.

Example:

You work out that your average conversion from free to paid is 1 in 20. You are willing to offer $1 per free. Unless you offer less than $20 PPS, they would be better served just forgetting about the per-free program. As well, you would ignore such a headache.

If you plan to not offer any kind of PPS, then indeed it may be attractive to affiliates who dislike Revshare. But basically, it is PPS just in different clothing.

The other option is to do "no ratio" Pay per Free, which would bring you in TONS of new traffic and profiles, but will also cost you a LOT of money unless you prevent fraud VERY well and find a way to later monetize that extra traffic/profiles indirectly.
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