i don't like flashing overwhelming join links but in the last week i've seen 3 paysites where i couldn't find the join link. one didn't have one till you got to page 3, which is foolish becauze it means that if someone wanted to join on page 1, they can't. the other 2 were just hard to find.

make your join link obvious because if people DO want to join, and you're not helping them get there, nobody will be as happy.