Originally Posted by BittieBucks

Even 3rd party ones run by CCBill ? I dont get the logic there to be honest... The only way cross sales are dodgy is when they are pre checked, greyed out or hidden down the page...

What is wrong with putting a genuine cross sale on the join page, one that gives the surfer the option of joining another site at a special price if they so desire ?

I am guessing your answer is going to be that you *the affiliate* dont get any credit for this... I do think it's a shame that CCBill dont have a way to split the credit with the affiliate... but you should also think a little out side the box on this...

The relationship between the affiliate and the paysite owner is a symbionic one, one where both parties should mutially benefit from the relationship... no ?

Currently we pay out affiliates anywhere between 50 to 70%... we also offer a webmaster referral % as well... we also take 100% (not split) the CCBill costs... so the affiliate gets a true 50% of the sale and we dont... Infact when you cut the pie up we're left with a pretty small slice...

So we do have to explore other ways of increasing our revenues... and this includes things like upselling in the members area, promoting dating, webcam, VOD ect... (may I add none of which make us huge numbers) so to try and earn a little extra with legit cross sales seems logical...

It does make me roar that affiliates will gladly promote the dodgy cross sales cause they get $100 PPS... yet can moan about a genuine company using legit cross sales

If we do decide to go down this road and it increases our revenues it will do the following... 1/ Will make us more secure as a company and not result in no threads about us stiffing people 2/ Will enable us to increase our minimum revshare payout 60% 3/ Will enable us to offer our affiliates a PPS option too. Now all of those things sound as positives to me...

I just dont get tarnishing people with the same brush... but obviously it is everyone's decision who they do and dont promote... thanks for your input anyways