Uber noob. (Question about Affiliate Programs)

A question for those who have been around the block.

[ravernews]

Sorry to post my first message about making money off my website, but I am at a end here. I have invested too much cash into my site and I havent gotten anywhere yet.

I have tried google adsense however I was fired because I had all my user click on the ads to help support my website. Well to make a long story short over 1000 users clicked on ads all day. Google fired me saying I had written a program to click ads on my website. Whatever.

I run a electronic media website (Raves, parties, electronic dance music..etc..etc.)I just deleted all my users and started over on a website in a box (phpnuke) I made some changes and added a bunch of my own code. Now I am ready to make some money off my website.

I have tried a lot of programs out there but I cant find anything to fit my website. Can somebody please tell me where to look or how to ask another company to sponser my website?

My page stats where: (lol before the deletion process)
Page Views a month: 400,000+
Hits per month: 2 Million+
Visitors per month: 50,000+
Bytes per month: 20+ gigs

Any help would be nice. Thank you for your time

Skyler.

[fclark]

I can't believe you just dumped the whole thing because Adsense kicked you out. Those are great visitor stats.

Hey, a friend of mine used to run raves, laser shows, etc. and is now producing a few acts - has an idea for a music download site (yeah, another) but needs lots of visitors like yours, because his site also promotes the local shows.

PM me your email and I'll put you in touch.

[wanderingmind]

Thats a damn good site, considering the traffic. Restore it if possible!

The re-apply to Adsense, saying you have cleaned up your act, will they please take you back. And for godsake, read their TOS before you do somethng silly.

If they dont take you, sign up with amazon Affiliate program.

Two simple things to try. Also try Tribalfusion, casalemedia, Kanoodle brightads... but read the rules first!

[ravernews]

Okay everything is up and running again. Users are signing back up now. I dont think Google will hire me again, but I will ask them. If you would like have somebody place there ads on my site I will be more than happy to start. I dont know if we are allowed to post our websites here [Moderator: No we are not.] Thank you for the advise.

Skyler

[edited by: jcoronella at 7:39 pm (utc) on Nov. 7, 2004]

[guitaristinus]

Here are some possibilities you may not have considered.

Don't make visitors register to read the forums. Make them register to post. Make them become paying members in order to download any music files and gain access to a "members only" area.

The forum pages will be better entry points for visitors if they didn't have to register to read the post. After reading the post they may not resist the desire to put in their 2cents and register. Let them lurk as much as they like. Hopefully, someday, they will want to listen to the music everyone is talking about and become paying members.

Sometimes people become paying members just to help support the site.

If jdMorgan keeps throwing me a bone, I may become a paying member of WebmasterWorld.

[edited by: jcoronella at 7:42 pm (utc) on Nov. 7, 2004]

[jcoronella]

Moderation Note: lets keep this discussion general. Specific site reviews are against the WebmasterWorld TOS. Thanks