Paysites advertising other sites in their tour

[Seth]

Some sites that do this are looking long term... But I won't get too much into that.

We recently converted one site to heavily promote other sites and almost immediately increased our revenue many times over without loosing any of its direct or affiliate sales. It's been so successful that we are now starteing to do the same thing on the straight side.

I think when done properly it can definitely be a huge boost.

On one of our other sites we promote other related sites not so heavily but enough so that it generates a decent amount of revenue. Plus the sales we've been seeing off our exit traffic to related sites is a huge boost.

Competition is great especially when its mutually beneficial.

[Matt 26z]

We recently converted one site to heavily promote other sites and almost immediately increased our revenue many times over without loosing any of its direct or affiliate sales.

I noticed one of your sites has a link to Corbin Fisher among other sites. Let's consider that I was an affiliate of yours, and I was promoting Corbin Fisher myself on the same site I send you my traffic.

If my traffic doesn't like your site, they back out and return to mine where I can continue pitching them various sites, including Corbin Fisher.

But I can't do that if you've already sent them there yourself.

What is your response to this viewpoint?

[Paco]

I believe IF one must cross-promote from a tour, it is something which should be reserved to the last page.
I am not a fan of inundating visitors with ads.

[Seth]

I noticed one of your sites has a link to Corbin Fisher among other sites. Let's consider that I was an affiliate of yours, and I was promoting Corbin Fisher myself on the same site I send you my traffic.

If my traffic doesn't like your site, they back out and return to mine where I can continue pitching them various sites, including Corbin Fisher.

But I can't do that if you've already sent them there yourself.

What is your response to this viewpoint?

If you are sending traffic to our site using the correct affiliate code, the surfer will never see the links you mentioned.

[Matt 26z]

If you are sending traffic to our site using the correct affiliate code, the surfer will never see the links you mentioned.

Alright, good deal then.

Most sponsors promoting other sponsors do not disable the ads for affiliate traffic. Although most of the sites doing this tend to be quite small.

[basschick]

that's cool - most sponsors that do this basically use their affiliates traffic for their own sales without paying us for it.

still, makes me wonder how well your site sells and/or retains that you make more money sending the traffic away rather than keeping it...

If you are sending traffic to our site using the correct affiliate code, the surfer will never see the links you mentioned.

[Madame0120]

No Matter who I am doing business with, no matter how good a reputation, or how big a name, I won't EVER sign up for ANY cash program that does not reply to my first e-mail and thus assuring I am actually doing business with THAT company.

One of our partners is now in charge of running all our links on a weekly basis, and making sure our traffic is going where it should be, and not misdirected to some other site, or cash program.

:hmmph: