More good replies...thanks!
Tommy - Nice idea. I'd hate to see your nice traffic get wasted in somebody's CJ network. On the other hand, if you decide to try it, I'd definitely want to talk with you about that. I can see how it would be good for sites with real content and no skim and it certainly could still help feed real trades.
Gary - I'm glad to hear they have (and you're on) their PPS program. Check some other boards or search "awempire pay rebills 15 days only" on Google if you want to check out the earlier problems. Congrats on the good start on August.
Fonz - Sounds like another good vote for traffic-out to me. That's the other kind of productive I meant. I'm thinking that with some sites, if you can get surfers to visit enough of your (good) pages after they arrive, you have a good chance of gaining more bookmarkers.
Juggernaut - Thanks for the additional traffic source to check out.
I wonder if there'd be some correlation between the free signups you're getting and the free bookmarkers I'd be looking for. Seems like there would be. Plus they might sign up for other free things here if I offered some.
I know what you mean about the Internet being iffy, Jugg. If we hadn't gotten started so long ago, I'd be looking pretty hard at whether I thought there was still good money to be made for someone trying to get their foot in the door here now. It definitely does take money, hard work, lots of time, and some luck (see also: good relations with others). In the meantime, nothing wrong with some free ice cream.
Mike - Another vote counted, thanks!
That's what I'm looking for. And thanks for the choker/chicken feedback. They do seem to have lots of niches covered, which could be good for some things I'm thinking of doing.
I expect that most traffic will leave without bookmarking, and those who bookmark won't buy right away. I've always been kind of a community builder, so my interest is in getting people to keep coming back. Making some sales from purchased traffic would be a bonus I'd love of course. But if they keep coming back I'll find them something they want badly enough to pay for.
To update the list, we now have these sources that have been mentioned so far:
AdultGalleria
Adult-Site-Traffic
AskJolene's Topspots
Traffic-Out
TrafficHolder
Spotbrokers
If anyone has other good sources for traffic, please feel free to mention them. Or if you have a horror story about some source to avoid, definitely come talk about it.
Still plenty of room in this thread for more feedback, so come talk traffic if you feel like it.