Popping a magazine style "for free" frontend on exit, before the webmasters traffic back URL... might help conversions. If you carry the affiliate code through and use the free site to upsell to the paysites I mean. Maybe the average celeb surfers need a bit more warming up than a pornsite style tour if they get an overload of free stuff.
As far as 50% of a 9.95/mth recur alone... I would be expecting a pretty amazing conversion ratio to make it worth promoting.. and it would be hard to attract new adult webmaster affiliates imho, if that is a concern. But if webmasters can convert better than 1:200 and you have an average member retention over 3 months... it will pay enough to keep people happy once they are on board.
I like the way the playboy sites present their join page... It's $19.95/mth or $7.95/mth for annual subscribers and pushes the
Save $144 off the regular price ... I'm not sure what those 2 price options would do for conversion ratios without the playboy brand behind it.. but every time I see their join page I do think it looks good!
http://cyber.playboy.com/signup/0404cyberj...jointst_photos/