Kindly read the 1st Post from this thread for more details.
Everyone has the chance to earn much more than their signature campaign if they are actively posting and promoting the site. [...]
Most people avoid affiliate programs, as there is no guarantee of any return for your efforts. Instead, pay per post campaigns are far more popular - even sites as popular as PrimeDice were unable to transition a significant portion of its members to the affiliate program, when they changed the campaign recently, for example. If the main issue was people abusing the sig campaign, wouldn't it be better to switch to paying at the end of the term, while holding funds in escrow?
Thanks for your feedback. We may consider pay per post in the future as well, but we want to try our affiliate program first and give it a solid go.
A few things to note:
1) We pay out automatically when the countdown hits 0. Will run every week and sometimes at faster intervals.
2) Posting in signatures is part of it, but making quality posts, actively engaging with users, and also sharing + educating even outside of bitcointalk is important and part of the process.
3) Although there is no guarantee, you also can earn perpetually based on people you sign up. All you need is 1 consistent whale and they can keep you earning well into the future (even when you are not using a signature at all)
4) If you talk to some of our other users, you will also know that we give out bounties on occasion for great suggestions, positive participation in our threads, helping other users, etc. We also have plans to eventually "tip" people based on their positive contributions and have this on our list of development to do's
5) Our program is fully transparent and you can see the leaderboards for everyone, not just yourself