On February 19 MaxCash placed a brief announcement on the home page of their web site…

02-19-08: WE’VE ADDED CONSOLES TO OUR TOURS.
If you prefer no console linking, be sure to update your linking codes and gallery links. You can grab all new linking codes here.

Rather than adding new linking codes for consoles, the sponsor elected to make all their affiliates change codes if they don’t want consoles. In my opinion, their intent in handling it this way is obvious…MaxCash hopes the majority of their affiliate base will not know about the change.

If they REALLY wanted to get the word out, it would have been mentioned in their webmaster news letter sent on February 27…right?

Up until about a week ago, the uniform niche gay porn site Male Corps was running an affiliate program that looked like they were intentionally trying to run webmasters off, but that’s all changed.

Previously the CCBill powered sponsor was paying 30% on all sales and rebills, further diluted by multiple processors without cascading billing. Now they are processing exclusively with CCBill, and payouts have been bumped to 60%. They have also added a 5% webmaster referral program and bonus thresholds.

The tour is leaky, with a link on the home page to their AEBN PPV store and exit consoles on the CCBill join pages, but a company representative informs me those are being removed.

The site tour is almost void of any sales pitch. When questioned about this approach I was told, “We saw a substantial increase in sales when we dropped the typical gay site format. We believe sales pitches no longer work, because of so many sites lying in their intro, hence somewhat traumatizing customers.”

Webmasters have at their disposal a fairly extensive selection of banners to promote Male Corps. At this time there are no plans to offer affiliates free hosted galleries or hosted embedded flash videos. However, they do allow some webmasters to use some of photos for marketing purposes - on a case by case basis. Apparently they’ve been plagued by copyright violations and are reluctant to do anything that might worsen the problem.

One thing that makes this site unique, according to a company representative, is all the content is shot by a bunch of X Special Forces guys. On top of that, a surprisingly large percentage of the guys on the site are military, including the Chief Security Officer of the parent company.

Assuming they get the leaks removed, and I have every reason to believe they will, the only complaint I have with Male Corps is their lack of promotional tools. That said, I still think Male Corps offers the best package for webmasters wanting to promote a uniform niche site.

Gay porn sponsor Skid Army has just announced their March Madness Promo. In addition to their CCBill monthly 50/50 rev-share program affiliates can earn up to a $1000 bonus for sales generated during the month.

• Send 100 sign ups in March = $1000 bonus
• Send 50 sign ups in March = $475 bonus
• Send 25 sign ups in March = $225 bonus
• Send 10 sign ups in March = $100 bonus

Most of the Skid Army sites use multiple processors without cascading billing, but under the terms and conditions for this promotion only sales through CCBill will be counted. In addition, webmasters have to track the sales and report them to the sponsor. In my opinion this, in combination with a mailing list sign up on the home page of each site, takes the WOW out of what initially appears to be an exciting opportunity.

Along with a couple of bareback sites, webmasters can promote the following venues:

Brutha Love
Hot Hairy Holes
Male Video Network
Patriot Ass
Street Bait
Shes Got A Boner

College Dudes 247 has just announced the addition of Free Hosted Galleries (FHGs) to their suit of promotional materials. As of this writing there are nearly 100 unique galleries, solo and action, with more on the way.

SAMPLE GALLERIES:
Jock Fucks Twink
Jock Fucks Geek
Twink Double Penetration
Hairy Blonde Twink

Unfortunately the sponsor has a nasty traffic leak on most pages of the site tour. The NEWS link takes surfers to an RSS feed page offering the same promotional materials webmasters are given to promote the site. Consumers can subscribe to this feed, cutting YOU out of the deal! It wouldn’t be so bad if they had the CCBill cookie set for between 30 and 90 days, but with a default 3 day cookie their intent is obvious. It’s a shame, because this sponsor has some really good content and I’d love to promote them, but I can’t warm up to a program that feels it is appropriate to skim sales from their affiliates.

The latest addition over at Buddy Profits is Cody Cummings, a new single model site. This, like all their other sites, is leaky. They have a prominent link to an on-line store, and they’re up selling 9 other pay sites, including Circle Jerk Boys and Broke Straight Boys. Who’s your buddy?

If anyone is giving out awards for best improved affiliate program, the new C1R (Channel 1 Releasing) Affiliate Program is, in my book, the leading contender for 2008. Now, for anyone that knows their gay adult industry history that’s a contradictory statement, considering its predecessor Chi Chi Clicks has won numerous awards for best affiliate program. Girls…we all read between the lines when those awards were given, so don’t stop now…wink wink.

All kidding aside, the new MPA3 powered C1R is a program worth mentioning favorably, and justifiably deserving of industry accolades. The new program now offers competitive affiliate commissions on all sales…no more sending traffic and not getting paid on all revenue sources! In other words, they are leak free, and the only big production house I can think of that can make that claim.

Here’s the break down…

C1R Memberships
Partnership: 50%-60% | Per Sign Up: $35-$45

Products
DVDs, Toys, Books, Calendars: 35%

Video On Demand: 50%

Webmaster Referrals: 15%

Over the next few weeks participating webmasters will see a lot of new tools become available in their C1R Affiliate Admin Panel, such as free hosted galleries, pictures/galleries/movies of the day, new promo banners, and a webmaster rewards program.

Ms LaRue…yah done good with this one…two thumbs up!

Today Jeremy Roddick announced the launch of his completely redesigned web site. Jeremy says, “My new site has tons of new features that I am sure will help your conversion.” The upgraded site now offers much larger videos as well as the option to download each movie. In addition, the movies are now both PC and MAC friendly.

As of this writing, the new tour is leak free, but a place holder for an alternate processor can be found on the join page. He’s also added a blog that could evolve into a leak. For now, it’s more of a “what’s new” page. I’m a bit disappointed he didn’t go the extra mile and make it a hosted blog and RSS feed, a promotional tool affiliates are hungry for.

I really think this program has the potential to be very attractive with webmasters, and it probably will if Jeremy can learn to resist temptations to skim from his affiliates.

The Garden of Adam is a new pay site designed to attract women consumers wanting to look at pictures of naked men. The site is best described as a softcore male erotic art venue, featuring mostly masculine straight and bisexual men. If you have been wanting to target woman consumers, The Garden of Adam might be just what you’ve been looking for.

The CCBill powered site pays the standard 50% on all sales and rebills, plus 5% on webmaster referrals. Promotional materials include a small collection of banners, three FHGs, and a POD. Unfortunately the site tour is not leak free, as it has a mailing list signup option, and some external recip. links.

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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Lucas Kazan has announced webmasters that send 50 joins to between Jan 11th and Feb 11th will receive a $200 bonus. Those that send 80 joins will receive a $500 bonus.

On another note, the Lucas Kazan affiliate tour is now mostly leak free. They still have pay by check and telephone options on the join page that are not tied to their CCBill affiliate program, but its a great improvement over the leak riddled tour they had before!