How to set up a really good affiliate program

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Originally Posted by whoredollars

Great promotional tools,payments on time,good support,some free content to affiliates... all these makes a good affiliate program

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Originally Posted by brettsimpson

Please give me your thoughts on this matter for anyone who has good knowledge on this subject.

I'll try to give you a quick walk-through and tell you what I see as an affiliate. (Keep in mind that it's opinion and speculation.)

The warning page is shit. You need to compress the warning text and bring the enter link above the fold -- or at least make it obvious that the page is worth scrolling. Also, as an affiliate, I won't send traffic to any page with traffic leaks. You need to create a clean tour for affiliates that doesn't have link trades anywhere on it.

http://www.babyruthie.com/main.html - That big chunk of graphics doesn't do it for me. It's low quality, grainy and doesn't make her attractive. I prefer amateur sites that look amateur, but not ugly. Frankly, I'd rebuild the entire tour. If you have a lot of content, you should show more on the tour. That yellow text on the black background is painful to read. Plus, you have a ton of link trades on that page and the first two are blind. I thought the first two were part of Ruthie's tour until I ended up on different sites.

http://www.babyruthie.com/ruthie/updates1.html - Loads very slowly and the video that plays there is dark. The thumbs on that page are all small and grainy, basically telling your surfers that your content is crap. I was trying to see what kind of body she has, but the samples don't really do much in resolving that issue.

http://www.babyruthie.com/ruthie/joinpage.html - This page is a mistake. There's even an image missing. Also, you aren't accepting Visa. Most webmasters who are paying attention won't promote a site that doesn't accept Visa.

Frankly, whoever built the tour should accept the fact that they are not a graphic artist and embrace it. There are ways of keeping things very simple and clean while still having a gorgeous tour. Otherwise, hire someone who knows how to build a decent amateur tour. Highlight the different niches covered by her content. All I know is that she likes to fuck. Does she wear lingerie? Does she like facials, anal, girl-on-girl, etc?

This is your affiliate program? http://www.babyruthie.com/affiliatesignup.html Is that all you really have to say? You aren't telling prospective affiliates about content or banners or hosted galleries or anything. I prefer amateur wife-type sites with CCBill programs, but when I see that page, I assume that you are offering me no way to promote except via text link.