Homegrown Payout question

[Far-L]

We are about to start paying $1.00 on trials and on conversion to full membership paying an additional $30.

Would that make us the laughing stock for paying so little on trials or would folks appreciate our efforts to put more money in the webmasters pockets in an honest way? (I am of the opinion that most programs, especially those that offer free trials are forced to shave to support their business model - I want it to be very clear to our affiliates that is absolutely not the case with us)

Also - we are about to turn on the recurring rev program so that people can finally cash in on our amazing retention. Do folks prefer recurring or just want the cash up front?

We could potentially do a PPS but I am wary of doing that since it invites a higher affiliate fraud level. I am not sure how much we would be able to pay - though I would fare to guess it would be less than what others do... still I say the same thing which is we would only do what is fiscally sound and open to audit.