What percent recurring?

[The Ghost]

Revshare reoccuring is dependent on a few factors.... your traffic quality, type of traffic (loyal returning customers, etc), site quality and type of site. I would advise asking to see the members area of the site to see the quality and content inside. Is this a site you would join? Loyalty sites like single model sites can be good as far as retention.

Typcially if it's PPS, there will be many things that will be changed for the programs business model in order for PPS to be successful: multiple exits, cross sales, heavy upsells, trades, etc. Not always the case, but your traffic will be monetized in a way to make PPS a viable option for the sponsor.

I have no problem showing affiliates our members area. It helps in becoming a better sales person to know the product.

[jayeff]

Originally Posted by The Ghost

Revshare reoccuring is dependent on a few factors...

Typcially if it's PPS...

The thing to stress is that there are many variations on both business models, therefore even asking if one is intrinsically better than the other is inviting misdirection.

On the one hand, volume solves many sponsors' problems, so there are some big PPS programs which do not abuse surfers or webmasters too badly. But greed is often part of the equation, so you cannot take it for granted that will be the case.

As I noted before, revshare can be better all round, but many startups go that route believing (often wrongly) that it reduces their risk and the capital needed to start. Thus like PPS, all revshare is not created equal.

No matter which payout model is offered, you need to go over the tours and content areas very critically. Once you are promoting someone, watch your income very carefully, but objectively. For example, if you have a strong, well-placed promo on a site, you can anticipate a higher CTR but consequently a poorer conversion ratio than for a discreet promo on a less visited part of your page.