mfishy - 12:10 pm on Jun 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Great Post Gopi!

Couple of points:

To those of you that insist on "slick" looking sites, have you ever actually tested conversion for merchant based aff programs? Time after time we have enjoyed better success with home brewed html pages over fancy templates. Ever wonder why the messy, cluttered, ugly stores (offline) attract 1000x the walk in customers than "fancy", pretentious stores? Simple, they look like they are cheap...Go to a tourist area and listen as people walk buy a boutique - over and over they will say "that looks expensive"

It is probably best to make a definition of successful aff marketing here as folks like Ronin always seem to chime in with, "you can be successful without money" type posts. Sure, I can make sites that earn $3.42 per day, but this is a professional forum and i think most here are talking about cash, as general happiness is a bit different topic :)

We can argue for years about what way is the "best", but I can guarantee you that Gopi's methods alone work to the tune of hundreds of thousands per year profit if executed properly.