I just got another announcement from Boy Ride, this time the focus is on their “renewed dedication” to their affiliates. The announcement is lengthy, yet vague and a little confusing.

Apparently they are working on a new full service affiliate site that will consolidate webmaster access for viewing financials and will improve access to all their promotional tools. New tools are planned, such as hosted galleries and unique entry pages. After reviewing the site tour, unique entry pages is probably a good idea.

They have disabled the CCBill fee split, giving webmasters the full 50% of the transaction. The sponsor has also bumped the CCBill cookie to 15 days. Future plans are to offer bonus level tiered payouts and a webmaster referral program.

The previously announced Boy Ride V2 is actually a work in progress. The awful font they were using has mostly been replaced with something readable. When you click enter from the warning page, you get another warning page. From the second warning page you get a page detailing the different membership packages. In the side bar of that page are links to various site tour options.

The video store and VOD leaks have been removed from the tour, but language on the site states they are being revamped and will return. The blog, as it looks today, is more like a “what’s new” page and has little risk of being bookmarked by surfers, so it’s not a traffic leak.

Apparently they did make changes to the member area as the sponsor is claiming the modifications have increased member retention. No such claims have been made for initial sales. Not surprising when the first thing you see, after two warning pages, is the price list.

A link to their affiliate program is still missing in the site tour.

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