RevShare or PPS?

[Lace]

I usually stick to revshare but if I'm promoting some cookie cutter site on a site, I'd go with PPS. You can spot quality anyday.

Also, some program owners would rather have you push PPS since they know their sites rebill - not many people think of this.

[fresh]

I prefer PPS, mostly because I did not find (yet maybe) a sponsor who rebills good enough to b even close to lets say 30$ per signup

[nekrom]

I take PPS on non-niche paysites with cheap trials & revshare on niche paysites as I know I will make more compared to PPS.

I also preview a members area before any promotion, to save myself the wasted time of pushing a shite paysite.

-N

[HarryM]

Originally Posted by TekAngel

Also is PPS more prone to shaving? I mean, some programs offer $50 to $100 per signup, how do they make the money without shaving?

Take nastydollars for example, if a surfer signs up and cancels within the trial period (can be hard if you don't read the fine print) they will be offered a lower price membership like $10 or so per month.
A few months down the line they will get emails offering bangbrosnetwork, maybe they will sign up to that. Few months later maybe some reality kings offers.

Plus one thing I wonder about is SITENAME.COM plastered on banners/content. I'm sure with the 1000's of pages out there they get some type ins from all the free name branding affiliates do.

[ArtWilliams]

When I started 6 months ago, I used think RevShare all the way. Now, looking at my starts I think it depends on the program. There is one sponsor which has a reasonably good MILF site and then some other non-MILF sites which are a little quirky. I've had 4 sign ups on RevShare but no one seems to stay longer than a month. I am still going to promote them but I think I will go PPS from now on. My 2 cents.

[koalaTalex]

Definitely depends on the sponsor/program. When a sponsor offers both you can try both and then decide which sites retain and which don't. PPS are great since they add up quick but revshare is better because then the cheques come month after month.

So yeah, definitely try both and see what works best with your traffic.

[matyko]

I vote for both and strongly agree on last comments. I hope some day I will have a solid number of active members and can retire

Peace

[secretagentwilly]

my vote is to diversify my portfolio but it does suck when you create and submit a freesite and you get two revshare signups right off the bat and then you're waiting for the fourth day to see if they're converted and then they don't...and you're like shit, I could've had $70 instead of $2.98. That starts to wear on me after a while, but I do like to diversify my portfolio so to speak, and use both.....it's a peaks and valleys kind of business...

[Tekster]

OK, so I think I got it. I think I will take Greenie's advice; it seems it is the best answer and system.

Looks like it is a matter of trying both and picking the best.

Thanks to all for the advice.

[lassiter]

I sometimes wonder if some revshare signups get shaved by the sponsor after the first month. To the affiliate it would seem that the surfer just chose not to renew, but the sponsor would end up getting all the rebills. Of course, I'm not meaning to imply that anyone would ever do this.

But if it was happening, how would the affiliate ever know?

[LD]

Originally Posted by lassiter

I sometimes wonder if some revshare signups get shaved by the sponsor after the first month. To the affiliate it would seem that the surfer just chose not to renew, but the sponsor would end up getting all the rebills. Of course, I'm not meaning to imply that anyone would ever do this.

But if it was happening, how would the affiliate ever know?

I wonder about that kind of stuff, too. I would think it would be difficult to be in the business long term and do this, but you never know.

[jonnydoe]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

You know, I've actually wondered if some programs know that their product is so good, that they prefer to buy off affiliates with a quick PPS rather than share the ever-lasting rewards. I wouldn't blame them. Of course, I'd bet that there are very few programs with that kind of product.

TrafficCashGold is PPS only...and rather strange that they pay out less if you send to the join page rather than the tour.

Nice ordered list Greenie...wish I would have seen this thread before I learned that the hard work way.

[Lenny]

I've heard people say that if a site has a great members area then go revshare, but if it looks crappy then go PPS.

My question is, if a site has a crappy members area, why would you promote it in the first place? If you don't think they can make back the $35 or whatever they're paying you from retention, then where do you think they're getting the money to pay you with? (either something to do with a razor or something to do with hidden charges to the surfer)

I make over $50 per signup with a revshare program that I've been promoting for years. This is WITH TRIALS, very cheap ones actually.

My advice is to find a program that seems to really take care of it's members. No shady tactics, no double and triple billing on the join pages, no pop up hell on the tour....but clean, easy to surf sites with great members areas and good customer service. Don't promote a site that you wouldn't recommend to a friend in person.

If a program is willing to rip the surfer off, they're willing to rip you off too. If they take care of their members then it's likely that they take care of their webmasters.

That's my 2 cents.