Here we go!

At 1.22pm Australian eastern standard time we pushed up the affiliate system to the live server.
This means at the moment their are links from both pikistrips.com and pikipimp.com to create your own image sites. This will be interesting to monitor how much through traffic these small links get.

Later today we will spread the news to the blogging world about this "amazing" application we are launching. We are very sure we will be "mashabled", and hoping to get "techcrunched".

Its a very exciting time here at Pikicentral, and coinciding with this release, we have redeveloped our facebook app, and starting on Pimpwars!.

Ill keep you updated how the launch is going.

Comments

[Andrew]

Hi there, just seen your product, and its nice..

But you haven't really explained very much? I very much confused about certain things??

Like who owns the images once uploaded to the system?

How much web space does each while label system get?

What is the ad revenue share?

Also can we mask the URL used, because as a true white label i would want my URL on the top?

Please do get back to me on these questions..

Thanks in advance, also love the pikipimp idea...

Andy

[Nathan]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for checking us out and the great questions...excellent feedback!

In answer to your questions:

>who owns the images once uploaded to the system?

When you upload original material that you have authored you retain ownership of that material. However, by using our system you grant us a license to use that material. Refer to our Terms of User for more detail.


>How much web space does each while label system get?

There is no real theoretical limit to the space allocated to each new Affiliate. However our system monitors all Affiliate account usage to ensure the web space usage is commensurate with the traffic activity. Also, each new image created by a user is stored by us to facilitate the viral marketing feature when someone viewing that image in an email or from site where the image has been embedded, can click on the image and be returned to the Affiliate site where the image was created. However, if an image has not been virally accessed for any period greater then 60 days, our system purges that image out of public access.


>What is the ad revenue share?

The Affiliate program operates on a revenue share model based on two banner ads. All new Affiliate sites have two banner ads – one that belongs to the Affiliate and one that belongs to PikiCentral. The position of the two banners is randomly swapped between us on a regular basis so that we both get equal prime exposure rights. Content provision of the banners is setup within the Affiliate administration console and Affiliates have three options for content (1) Google Adsense, (2) Adbrite, or (3) a custom html banner option. In this way, the revenue earned by an Affiliates banner goes directly to them without PikiCentral touching it. Affiliates can monitor traffic on their site via an in depth traffic reporting section included within the Affiliate administration console .


>Also can we mask the URL used, because as a true white label i would want my URL on the top?

Yes, this can be setup within the Affiliate administration console within the Domain Settings page, which is a sub-menu item of the Settings page.


Trust this answers your questions. We are adding a FAQ section to the site now to cover the above and a few others... please feel free to drop us any other q's you think should be included.

R

Nathan