Quote Originally Posted by tombarr
I often times see sites proclaim... "our site converts 1:100" or "unbelievable conversions at 1:57" etc.

Do you as an affiliate marketer believe those numbers?

Is the declaration of those numbers sufficient to get you to signup for
the program to check it out?

At what point does the declaration of those numbers come across as
simply hype or sales pitch, unbelievable, or just downright made up?

What we don't see are sites promoting their retention percentage.

You can make all the sales you want at 50, 60 even 70% on a low cost trial but unless it retains to the $25 or more monthly level you as the affiliate don't really make the money you are after....and neither does the program.
I look mostly as if its a site I like and if it has a PPS. Then I will see how many sales I make per site I create. That's really all I care about. If I make lost of sale I am happy. I don't really care about conversions. I just like to make a certain average per site i run thru my free site as far as sale are concerned.....

Divide by 1/2 what most webmasters say. Some by 1/3.