The important thing to remember is that more and more TGPs are moving to 50%+ sponsor hosted galleries - this is happening quite rapidly. I think this is going to catch alot of them by surprise as the volume will be HUGE.
I expect to see "one gallery" rules pretty soon, or the list of galleries replaced by a "gallery of the day" in order to keep the exposure down some. Otherwise, not only do you get 1 in 50k conversions, but the 49.999k that don't buy also look at 10 galleries per day... so now that $35 that cost you 42 actually cost you closer to $50.
It may surprise some of you, but I know of TGPs where you can get 100,000 plus hits and not a single sponsor click out. These surfers are well trained to spot sponsors and avoid them like the plague. No matter how fancy the gallery, not matter how enticing the offer, they are not buyers and they won't get tricked into it. But they will view each of your pictures (and probably post them to the newgroups 5 minutes later!).
Alex
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