What is considered "Under Construction"?

Will affiliate networks reject this kind of website?

[brickwall]

Affiliate networks usually follow a "no-under -construction-site-allowed" rule. I have a new phased-construction-structured site currently online. I need user and visitor participation to progress from Phase 1 to Phase 2, Phase 2 to Phase 3 ... and so on. So its live right now and getting good traffic at Phase 1. It is clearly indicated in the homepage that the site is undergoing phased-construction. Will the affiliate networks reject this type of site?

I haven't tried applying yet because they might reject it and I may have a hard time re-applying again. But the current traffic is large enough to get some statistically decent conversions. What do I do?

[rfung]

Interesting question.

I'd say remove the 'under construction' sign. It's implied that any site is always 'under construction' and no site is ever truly static. Back in the 90's it was okay to put signage like that, but that kind of stuff died like the blinking text and sounds on webpages. :)

[brickwall]

There really is no "under-construction" sign visible on the homepage. It's more like an info about the ongoing phased-construction and a call to users and visitors to participate in building this community-oriented project (like submitting photos, articles, posting in forums, inviting friends, etc). This is necessary because the site will never move forward without active user participation (meaning, I cannot build it by myself). And so far users are contributing very well towards the end goal (imagine your whole town pitching in to make an official town website, something like that).

Iam not sure though how the affiliate networks will interpret this construction process.

[fclark]

from what you describe, wouldn't worry abt it. more important is -- if you are applying within an aff network -- is the level of commissions you earn and other "indicators" of your selling power as an aff.