Bec, you reply got me thinking... Now that our hubsite is opened, I wanted to add it to my sig and share it on boards... but I'm not so sure anymore. For a paysite it's certainly not a big thing as they are hardly copied 1:1, but if it's an affiliate site it's much easier to simply copy the whole thing. It might happen eventually, but I don't want to push someone's nose directly to it.

One competitor to our old site already had no qualms to use one of our ideas when he redesigned his site and I'm sure he wouldn't think twice to do it again.

I'm also not sure if there are any benefits of sharing your sites on boards for a small affiliate.