Originally Posted by will76

I agree with all of this, but just want to point out that if an affiliate is only going to make $5 per a credit card sale then they aren't going to have many if any affiliates. Hell, I currently get paid $4 per a confirmed email account, you know how much easier that is to do then to get someone to take their credit card out and sign up?? Even at $10 a month vs $30 a month subscription cost, (for example) I will still likely convert say 1:500 to make $5. With same traffic I could convert 1:50 and get paid $4 . Do the math, which one is 100x more profitable for me.

If I get someone to take out their credit card to sign up I need to be paid at the very least $30 a sale or I (and 99% of affiliates) would lose money. I know sponsors seem to think that traffic falls out of the sky for free for affiliates but it doesn't. Most either spend a tremendous amount of time or money or both to generate traffic, $5 per a credit card sale is just sad and would never take off with affiliates.