Unless you've got the money and knowledge to run an affiliate program, if you're only doing plug-ins, why even bother? And DOS TIP: if you just have plug-in content, no one in their right mind is going to join your affiliate program if you only offer rev-share.
Save the money you'd spend on your tours and plug-ins and go build some sites to generate traffic and send it to sponsors. They'll pay you per signup up front, and it's not your problem to worry about conversions, retentions, customer service, charge back ratios and all of the bullshit.
There is money that to be made with retention. Not all rebills are accidents. I assure you it is quite possible to build sites where they are willingly rebilled month after month and visit almost every day.
This is no fluke, we have plenty more like this, and it is very much by design. We have some really ancient ones on Epoch, but I dont know of a way to generate a similar report with their software:
Subscription Information:
Active Customer
Credit card (Mastercard - BIN#******)
$10.00 for 00031 days followed by $10.00 every 30 days.
Member Since: 2000-05-22
Next Billing: 2003-12-04
Cancel Date: n/a
Cancel Reason: n/a
Transactions:
Initial ********** on 2000-05-22 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-06-22 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-07-22 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-08-21 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-09-20 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-10-20 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-11-19 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2000-12-19 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-01-18 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-02-17 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-03-19 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-04-18 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-05-18 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-06-17 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-07-17 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-08-16 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-09-15 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-10-15 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-11-14 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2001-12-14 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-01-13 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-02-12 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-03-14 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-04-13 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-05-13 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-06-12 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-07-12 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-08-11 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-09-10 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-10-10 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-11-09 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2002-12-09 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-01-08 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-02-07 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-03-09 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-04-08 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-05-08 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-06-07 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-07-07 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-08-06 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-09-05 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-10-05 for $10.00
Rebill ********** on 2003-11-04 for $10.00
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