Congrats on the launch ...

Obviously those were all offline branded names well before the internet came around. Show me a successful branded dot com that uses a symbol in place of letters in its online logo and promo material.

Were you aware that your GFY header isn't clickable? Seems like a waste. I had to go into this thread to find a link because I didn't want to type out findandtry.com and find out it's .net or .org or something. You don't mention the URL in the header either. Seems like the designer botched some standard elements that should have been in there.

It's hardly the same when you are comparing a marketing budget of 1000s to a marketing budget of 10's of millions.

:2 cents:

My thoughts exactly, if you're going to use the "&" symbol in all of your graphics, at least have findandtry.com in small print underneath. By trying to be cool and use the & symbol, you'll never know how much traffic/sales it ultimately is costing you, instead of going the safe route by just using findandtry in all of your promo graphics. I'm guessing at least 25% of the population doesn't even know what & is.

They show as registered users... so you'll cheat and defraud users... but not webmasters.

Sounds legit.

:1orglaugh

your page banner is not clickable

Backfire in progress

Do you take API joins?

I wrote you mail , hope on good feedback

Pretty much the first thing I noticed as well, I have signed up however and see how it goes.

I know when I'm curious who is behind a new program, an answer like that is always very reassuring. :winkwink:

:2 cents:

and you "corporate page" is godaddy place holder www.sunsocialmedia.com

I'm am going out on a limb here but...

"This is a game changer"

Did I do that right?

is this legit or not?

Well the way this launch has been one colossal fail, there's a good chance Chris Lebrun is their marketing director. My guess is these guys are programmers and designers because marketing is obviously not their forte.

They have a non-clickable promo header with no mention of their actual url in any of their graphics. Their skin, again has no actual site or affiliate program url, because they made the brilliant decision to brand themselves with the "&" symbol instead of their actual site url. Their slogan is "Dating and much more", really that's the best they could come up with? They say they are the highest paying dating program, when actually, they are one of the lowest. Their corporate site is a godaddy placeholder page, yet was registered 2 years ago. Nobody has heard of the company or the posters behind the site. Their one and only site is nothing more than 99% fake profiles from exgf/facebook/porn content. Just seems like another xprofiles, I give it 3 months before affiliate traffic dwindles to nothing.

There was a poster just the other day asking about how to add a ClickTag to make a flash ad clickable ... maybe they're not sure how to fix the problem yet / can't afford the software? :error :1orglaugh

The "and much more" has me intrigued ... the services advertised on Backpage, etc comes to mind. :winkwink:

Presumably the financial bar to skinning GFY has gone way down ... was once, reportedly, $25K minimum ... I'd wager these days, $5K or maybe even less, buys a skin ad here.

Let's face it, the pool of potential productive affiliates to advertise to is a fraction of what it once was - many have left the business while many who remain struggle to just costs and eek out some extra bucks.

That's par for the course. Can't fault them too much though, if what you say is the case, since starting a dating site from scratch with so many competitors and social networking sites, which essentially undermine the need for paid dating sites, is darn near impossible these days.

We are going to unveil targeted promo in the upcoming month. Please let us know what would you like to see.

Our promo profiles will be downgraded in the main database. We are going to pay close attention to our regular profiles to make sure they are exited and are generating recurring payments.

how many real members do you have

Landing pages and banners for black and latin surfers.

U guys are bunch of freaks. Give them a try first and see how it converts, before you guys judge them.

Reminds me the colossal fail that B&N did when trying to rebrand Barnes & Noble.

Good luck guys the dating market is full of heavy hitters that know exactly what they are doing.

Increased level of traffic depends on the traffic quality. We monitor multiple aspects of the traffic behavior to determine traffic quality.

Here, you will find more details about our "Traffic Jam" Program:

http://affiliates.findandtry.com/sta...p?sell_traffic

Take a look at our Per "Subscription Payout" program.

http://affiliates.findandtry.com/static.php?per_signup

We are taking in consideration additional programs for release by the end of the year. Please don't hesitate to give us your feedback or a suggestion.

Thank you for your feedback.

Not right now. It is definitely coming. Our main focus right now is release of additional projects and improving our main site.

Will do! We will let you know what they are available.

Thank you! We are ready for it!

The traffic jam payout is too low

Worth giving a look at. Come on guys, give them a try. So much fucking negativity in our industry now.

All good points and you are correct it costs a lot less these days to skin the board than it used to. You're right that there are much fewer affiliates to attract from these days. However, those affiliates still left are more cautious and particular of who they promote than ever before because in the last couple of years so many programs have gone under or just stopped paying affiliates. So if you're going to launch a program in this climate you're going to want to make sure you have all your details covered before launch.

Feedback:
I visited your site.
It says:
"Meet the Hottest Members Online in [some tiny town 70 km from here. somewhere in the western EU]"
The profile pics below that line are obviously not taken on this continent.

When I click the "Online" link, every profile I see is US based. None are local or even remotely local.

So how many non-US members do you have?
Any plans to expand your geo-targeting beyond simply guessing where the surfer is coming from and actually using that data to display relevant profiles?

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good luck

Thx to everybody!
 

First of all we would like to thank everybody for all the feedback! We pay close attention to all the comments, suggestions, complaints. There is always room for improvement. Nobody is perfect from the start.

We understand that everybody is always suspicious of a new affiliate program on the market. We are here to stay. We have a long term marketing comparing. So you will see more adds through out leading industry boards. Our goal is to provide you with the best affiliate program that will generate you steady long term income.

We encourage you to try out our affiliate programs. We guarantee you on time payout for any profit you will generate ($50 minimum payout).

We know that to build a trusted brand will take time. In near future you will see more projects, more features, more programs. Stick around, you will not regret it. This is just a begging!

There is no detailed information on this page about how the tiers work.

blah blah blah....who's behind the program?


"we're here to stay!" and more blah blah blah

WHO'S BEHIND THE PROGRAM?

Its not 2002 anymore where affiliates just signup to every program and start pushing traffic immediately. Now, new programs have to make the effort to assure prospective affiliates that they are legit before they are going to get their traffic.

So Webzilla owns this? I guess hosting file lockers is getting risky.

Guess I missed that, where did you read that Webzilla is behind this? Just cause they are hosting them doesn't mean they are behind the site.

interesting assumption:2 cents: