Am I stupid?

[Jim]

I had to explain this to my previous employer. They used to approve webmasters by hand. I let them know how a webmaster operates. He or She builds a site, maybe they want to try a new sponsor so they signup. When they don't get access to linkcodes and banners then and there, they just move on to another sponsor.

Approving by hand or script is fine as long as it doesn't slow the webmaster sign up process. Get the webmaster's info, give them the linkcodes and banners and check out the site later if you must. The worst thing that will happen is you end up with a webmaster's email address.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by Jim

When they don't get access to linkcodes and banners then and there, they just move on to another sponsor.

Approving by hand or script is fine as long as it doesn't slow the webmaster sign up process. Get the webmaster's info, give them the linkcodes and banners and check out the site later if you must.

Originally Posted by Toby

There's only one thing I can think of that makes any sense at all. If they have a promo content area that requires login, perhaps they think they're deleting surfers to prevent them from having continued access.

I noticed that Lightspeed just changed to an auto-approve, but, the new WM doesn't get access to content until after they have been manually screened. Other sponsors ask you to email them for access to the content. I even started to freak out the other day when I got a bunch of 20mB emails, that turned out to be exclusive content from a sponsor.

As far as a website URL, I know a couple of WMs who only do PPC, and don't even have a website.