new sponsor Q- urls on promo movies?

[Tyranni]

I have a new affiliate program, and I offer mostly short movie clips for MGP promotion.. would it put off affilates if the clips had my url at the end of the clip, or rolling at the bottom for a few seconds? The reason for this being that if the clips get passed around the net at least it can come back to the source. If the url is not acceptable for affilates, would any promo or informational text be a put off? Normally I would just do things as I like, but the affiliate program is new and I don't want to chase anyone away right now.

[virgohippy]

What about a logo that makes it very easy to trace where the content came from, but doesn't actually list the url?

Maybe just leave out the "www" and the ".com" bits?

[walrus]

Seems pretty common for sponsors to watermark their content, whether it's affiliate content of not.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by walrus

Seems pretty common for sponsors to watermark their content, whether it's affiliate content of not.

And we don't like URLs on banners either, but, the sponsors say they need the typein traffic that results in order to pay the big bucks.

The problem is that a lot of LLs/TGPs don't allow sponsor content(especially marked) so it can reduce the amount of traffic that you may be able to get.

[Tyranni]

Originally Posted by tickler

And we don't like URLs on banners either, but, the sponsors say they need the typein traffic that results in order to pay the big bucks.

The problem is that a lot of LLs/TGPs don't allow sponsor content(especially marked) so it can reduce the amount of traffic that you may be able to get.

I don't put my urls on banners or pictures, just on some video clips.

When you say that a lot of LLs/TGPs don't allow sponsor content, do you mean overused, seen-everwhere already sponsor content? I can't see the problem otherwise. |confused|

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Tyranni

When you say that a lot of LLs/TGPs don't allow sponsor content, do you mean overused, seen-everwhere already sponsor content? I can't see the problem otherwise. |confused|

There are only a couple that do not allow sponsor content. In fact, I can name only one that specifically declares "no sponsor content" in his rules at this time.

As far as watermarking goes, it's your content and it's licensed to you. Most affiliates are worthless (as am I). If they want watermark-free content, tell them to go shopping. When you find that you have a couple of good affiliates producing most of your sales, approach them and ask THEM their preference and give them what they want. Otherwise, pick a corner and put Domain.com on your vids.

[993TT]

Its a good idea to watermark the content with your logo in the corner. Expect for the movies to be passed around like you thought.