Originally Posted by TheSaint

I offer a cheap recurring billing as an incentive to go that way, and a higher priced single month subscription. Amazingly a fair number of surfers still pick the single month. I think its fair to assume these are surfers who absolutely positively aren't going to be recurring members. I also run another site with split month pricing, i.e., $24.95 for one month and then $19.95, still offering a single month signup too.

You make a good point about affiliates concern, but I think their main concern is the size of their check. A mix of single month signups and recurring still generates a better return than the recurring only, especially when people who can't afford more than one month cancel anyway.