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My program does $35 PPS/$20 per trial... In the early stages, I ran the numbers and the sites retained members long enough and converted trials at a rate where a profit would be had on the $35 PPS/$20 trial model. We did not offer PPS until we were sure that our sites had the trial conversion and retention rate to profit from PPS on the inital charges and rebills alone. We give the surfer what they want and what they are lead to expect from the tours (lots of fully downloadable high res videos). Therefore, chargebacks are nearly insignificant and rebills are there (its those damned returned checks that piss me off). On a side note, for those who don't know, I hear cc processors are easy on check acceptance becuase they profit from each returned check. Anyways, I feel its risky for a new program to come out with PPS until they have tested the site with revshare first. You would have to be extremely confident in your site(s) to offer PPs right off the bat. PPS is the way to go if you have lots of quality content, a solid plan to generate revenue from the members/ex-members/email addys in your system, and a history of good retention.
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