I like to promote “Indie Sites” but . . .

[Toby]

Originally Posted by bluemoney

I wish more of them would offer “leak free tours”. Are there any reason why they shouldn't?

Most of them don't even think about having a separate tour for affiliate traffic, without any external links.

Originally Posted by rhetorical

...why should a tour be "leak free"?

Because traffic leaks reduce conversion ratios. Link trades, reciprocal links for directory listings, etc. are a necessary trade off to gain additional traffic, but they gain nothing for the affiliate. Same goes for links to clip stores, etc.

A few traffic leaks on a tour isn't a deal breaker for me, but all things being equal I'll send more traffic to a site with a leak free affiliate tour.

[bluemoney]

Originally Posted by Toby

Most of them don't even think about having a separate tour for affiliate traffic, without any external links.


Because traffic leaks reduce conversion ratios. Link trades, reciprocal links for directory listings, etc. are a necessary trade off to gain additional traffic, but they gain nothing for the affiliate. Same goes for links to clip stores, etc.

A few traffic leaks on a tour isn't a deal breaker for me, but all things being equal I'll send more traffic to a site with a leak free affiliate tour.

Bingo

[tony404]

our tours are pretty leak proof

[bluemoney]

Originally Posted by Toby

A few traffic leaks on a tour isn't a deal breaker for me, but all things being equal I'll send more traffic to a site with a leak free affiliate tour.

I'm sure we are not the only one's.

Weather It's worth a program owners time and effort is not for me to say, but I'm sure glad of the one's out there that do.