What do affiliates want?
 

This is a serious question because I'm a bit confused..I have been an affiliate for years and promoted a bunch of different programs...but as ratios have gotten worse and worse, I decided to make my own pay site that would address all the issues I felt were keeping ratios low to other programs...I promote 3d toon type sites and have been for 10 years. So I launch my site and email alot of other sites that promote the same as I do and I can't get anyone to come aboard...I'm really at a loss as to why
I even started a friends section on my main page to send traffic back to top affiliates.

So question, what am I doing wrong? I know most on this board don't promote 3d toons, but I see ads for 3dtoons on most of the big tubes.
AND PLEASE, constructive negative criticism is more than welcome, but please, to the worthless who add nothing to this board-- I will pre-post "there is no money in porn", "your site sucks",ect ect....go post in a "boobs" thread
p.s. site is in sig

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unique fresh sites that surfers actually want to buy.

the model for those 3-D toon sites on tubes is bait and switch card raping btw.

$1000 pps

:2 cents::2 cents:

- Good selection of promo material, easy to access.
- Fair affiliate program with reasonable limits, no leaks or scams.
- Sites which convert well

When you do a niche like yours the selection of webmasters in that niche is already low. Because of the drop in sales over the years many of the webmasters with 3D sites in the past may not be very active in the industry any longer. The Zombaio might turn some off who prefer ccbill. I'll join a Zombiao program myself if I think ti will convert well but I tend to join more ccbill programs because I know the system and see them as reliable. I forget what the Zombaio minimum is but ccbill is $25 and almost everyone makes that at least each week with them. If Zombaio's is much higher many affiliates may be hesitant to push a zombaio program. Not arguing here that Zombaio is bad just telling you how it is.

I did notice that, but the fact that they keep advertising it, shows that there is interest from general surfers to see this type of content, no?

yeah i was a bit surprised myself but i guess jaded surfers still sign up for more weird, extreme or out of the ordinary sites.

conversions

Aside from the obvious: $ and easy to convert, here's my bitch list:

• Fresh, unique content that is updated regularly to retain members.

• FHG's with a good hotlinkable Thumb and detailed descriptions (not just the thumb, and not just 3 words).

• Hosted Banners.. (or better yet, stuff like fling/nastydollars/bangbros/muffia's switcher banners)

• Short tube feeds/dumps with detailed descriptions.

• Morphing Blog Feeds (that are updated.. not stalled since 2008, and NOT loaded with 12+ fucking links per post.. 2 or 3 is fine.. Jesus leave my OBL total alone will ya??)

• Low payout thresholds with multiple options for payment (fuck that $300 minimum shit or wire only, etc..)

• options for console free, etc.. (most offer this, and those that ignored affiliate request to do so and did not are pretty much out of business in my opinion.. cough.. <maxcash>.. cough)

• if you change processors or change from one setup to another (i.e.: going to NATS), do the work to intergrate

• affiliates old codes into it, don't make them remove thousands of links and galleries and replace them, cuz they will most likely be pissed and say fuck off...
  

And then these 2 obvious ones, but appear to be rare lately:

• Support that replies promptly and doesn't act like a douche when you ask them why they might think your ratios suddenly went from 1:2146 (for several years) down to 0:35988 cough... <21sextury>.. cough (not even sure how that is possible.. but the dude got pissed at me and said it was my traffic.. the same exact traffic that converts for everyone else at 1:300 up to the WORST of like 1:4000

• And lastly, one that does not go out of business or one that does not stop paying webmasters.
  

Stop asking what they want and tell them what they need. :2 cents:

banners I can hotlink and put in my sig here. Thank you

your name and address. social security number, phone number. etc. Establishments you frequent. Pictures of your wife and kids ...

I would have thought the most important aspect to any affiliate was the money. So conversions are most important compared to the content available for the affiliate to use. If they can make a sale from 300 uniques just from a text link, it's worth promoting.

Also a program with high retentions & low chargebacks would make a worthy bonus in choosing a good program I would have thought :2 cents:

sometimes just a hug and someone to listen to me when i have a bad day.

:1orglaugh

we just want to be loved!

1000$ pps

cheap trials and be available on weekends if possible

no prechecked crosssales
max days cookie.
no shaving
high $$$
low minimums for payout
payment by paypal / paxum/payoneer
hosted flvs with descriptions. to export
hosted banners

This is a great illustration of why this industry is for most a very hard slog. It illustrates the knowledge of business common sense. NP, not your fault, it's the business world you're in that's to blame.

The obvious costs a lot of money. $500 for a solo girl scene isn't going to cut it, Mofo allegedly pays $2,000 for 3 solo girl scenes and that's unlikely to cut it in most niches. shooting porn is a skill and until recently other sectors of this industry simply out payed porn for those skills. Two exceptions of a few are FTV Girls and Met-Art. The problem with them and the other exceptions is they are few and saturated with affiliates.

So to afford all the tools, the budget on the product has been slashed and slashed until sites start to all look the same and convert/retain terribly.

You simply can't have 50% of a sale and all the tools and great content on all but a few sites.

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Long cookie life + Flash and IP cookieless tracking.

Reliable affiliate data reporting.

Clear terms and no u-turns to screw us over once you're big or broke.

Member pass to create own promo content.

retard, some sites with sets shot buy girls in the bathrooms and bedrooms with disposable cameras make now what met-art did years ago. tastes and society changed. you didn't. you don't understand it. the end.

Paid spots don't necessarily mean it sells. It does get eyes on the product though and makes people THINK something is selling

We want money for nothing and our chicks for free

hehe u want a lot of money but not prechecks

I heard affiliates just want access to your members' area so they can upload it all to tube sites.

Simple!

Affiliates think they want it all, except for the 3 that actually send sales and they just want to be paid on time. It's pretty funny

Frequent payouts for free (check) for a low minimum (ie: 1 regular sale).

As someone taking stock of what we're offering affiliates, this is a really awesome post. Thanks, guys!

The funniest part is the way people fall over themselves to give them everything they ask for.

If the customers were treated like that the industry would be a lot stronger.

i want money and girls and icecream

fuck off and sell your own worthless shit then that nobody wants to pay for :2 cents: :thumbsup :1orglaugh

who needs affiliates these days anyway. just upload your shit to torrents/tubes ( get your Indian guys working 24/7 to fuckover all your affiliates google spots with your own promo sites ) ... profit.