What type of content do you use, purchased, sponsor, exclusive or combination?

[MonsterPartners]

When I promoted other sponsors I would purchase my own content, however I knew the sponsors members areas like the back of my hand. I knew where they purchased their content and I would purchase content of say the same model, just a different set. That way the person signing up for that particular model did see her in the members area, and I was accepted everywhere because the content was not over saturated.

Monster Partners is *just* getting into offering free content now to its webmasters. I am sure as soon as we put it up there will be a race to get it, but because we update there will always be more.

Originally Posted by MonsterPartners

When I promoted other sponsors I would purchase my own content, however I knew the sponsors members areas like the back of my hand. I knew where they purchased their content and I would purchase content of say the same model, just a different set. That way the person signing up for that particular model did see her in the members area, and I was accepted everywhere because the content was not over saturated.

Monster Partners is *just* getting into offering free content now to its webmasters. I am sure as soon as we put it up there will be a race to get it, but because we update there will always be more.

Ever thought of putting together a content provider and a sponsor if the content worked well?

[MeatPounder]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham2

Ever thought of putting together a content provider and a sponsor if the content worked well?

Yup, and with a lot of sponsors that use purchased content if they let me know who the provider was I would indeed purchase my own rights to that content to have rights to promote the paysite with the same models.

I would love to see sponsors offer exclusive content from within their site in limited distribution sets for a fee, with the caveat that the content was to be only used in promoting them. The webmasters get a chance to use site specific content that very few others have and thus would not been over used...I know that some sponsors allow the little guy special content (thank you again Emma), and most let the bigger affiliates inside the members area to grab what they want.

Originally Posted by MeatPounder

Yup, and with a lot of sponsors that use purchased content if they let me know who the provider was I would indeed purchase my own rights to that content to have rights to promote the paysite with the same models.

I would love to see sponsors offer exclusive content from within their site in limited distribution sets for a fee, with the caveat that the content was to be only used in promoting them. The webmasters get a chance to use site specific content that very few others have and thus would not been over used...I know that some sponsors allow the little guy special content (thank you again Emma), and most let the bigger affiliates inside the members area to grab what they want.

Some good points. You missed the chance of earnong more money by putting a sponsor in touch with a content provider. Let's say you know a good content provider who's content would fit a site. Get the sponsor to buy from the content provider and earn a commission.

As for going into a site, this can be a problem. I know some top sites putting up brand new exclusive content daily and giving it to affiliates for free. So you go into the site to grab what is already out there.

Or sponsors who simply do not update with enough, if they have 10 affiliates going into a site to grab content, before long they are all grabbing the same content on some sites.

Just trying to show there is no one answer to this problem.