Members Area Link Trades

[KevinG]

I have not done members area link trades before, but had a request for one from a decent looking site, that could be considered competition, but could also be considered a relevant link since it's in the same niche.

I am wondering what the folks around here think of sites trading links in their members sections?

Here's some good and bad points I thought of:

Good:

Targeted to the same niche, and a proven "porn buying customer" it could deliver highly qualified prospects to both parties.

It could become additional revenue if you use an affiliate link.

Bad:

You may be competing with yourself by sending your customers elsewhere.

There could be inequities involved, like if one site has 5,000 members and the other site has 100.

It can be difficult to monitor the recip since it requires a login.