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G'day Affiliates
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Hope our USA
affiliates are having an excellent Memorial Day weekend and
the rest of our global family are happy and well.
WOW - and the
year just keeps on racing by ! And so does the growth of
CuriousCash - we continue to go from strength to strength!!
This has been
an extraordinary year so far for us and our affiliates, and now
with the
Awesome Aussie Adventure potentially being open to a
wider range of people, CuriousTim has decided to give some
bonuses that ANYONE can hop to achieve !! See down below
for full details of our June and July affiliate bonus specials!!
We have LOADS
of pictures of ToyBoy's continuing antics around the globe
- wait until you see what happened when he starts his 39th
Birthday in Australia and then ends it in Seattle with a group
of 25+ other webmasters so 70-odd hours later after flying
halfway around the world and chasing timezones to start it
all again !!
You can catch
up with ToyBoy on his further travels in June at either
Redneck
Getaway in Fort Lauderdale or
Cybernet in San Diego
and he will also be in Las Angeles for a couple of days - hit
him up so he can at least buy you a drink - email him on
toyboy@curiouscash.com.
WebmasterDan
and CuriousJesse have been hard at work back on deck at Caza De
La CuriousCash pumping out new sites and sorting issues and
giving even more promo material - do not forget we have OVER
2500 pics in the members for you to use to promote us - why not
get in and get some now ?
Many of you
would be familiar with the biz phenomenon of the "summer
slowdown" when sales drop over the North American summer.
Well did you know that CuriousCash, in the 3 years since we
launched has NEVER gone backwards over that period !! Sure
our growth has slowed some in those times, but every month we
have just got bigger and bigger! Surfers LOVE our boys no
matter what time of year.
If you want
some personal advice and assistance to avoid any downturn in
sales for you, feel free to hit up any one of our team at
anytime !!!
The CuriousCash
Crew
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CuriousCinema:
Is up and running. We are now just awaiting
a few further modifications to bring it into CuriousCash.
The members area will take affiliate sales however the download
and streaming options will not so we will not be releasing
this site to our affiliates until all is 100%.
IPOD
SITE: Still waiting on that
last script. Hopefully not too far away.
Addition
of MyVirtualCard and OPSBilling: Right
now OPSBilling is in the testing phase. As soon as all parties
are happy it is working correctly we will launch. Should only
be a few days away. As for MYVirtualCard, it is up and running
and we are slowly bringing all sites into using it within
the cascade.
And
New Processors continue to come online: Password
by Phone has just integrated into MPA3 and CuriousCash will
be their first client online. We have had our account setup
and are just ironing out the last of the bugs. Should be 100%
up and running within a week.
New
Payout Methods in the Pipeline: Our Epassporte
Account is just about ready to go. We are encouraging you
to select this over Check (See Ask Webmaster Dan section below)
due to issues with Check Payments. If you keep your payout
level at $250 we will also cover the setup fee with Epassporte.
Payouts as low as $50 will be accepted under Epassporte.
Geo
Targetting: At CuriousCash we do our best
to make every dollar possible out of the traffic that comes
in. As a result of this we are now in the process of getting
Geo Targetting on all of our sites to better server the Customer.
This should be up and running in the next 2 weeks. Geo Targetted
banners may also be added in the near future.
Chargeback
Fees: Now we all
know that credit card chargeback's are the ball and chain of
our industry. Changes in our processing arrangements,
which have increased returns under the cascading billing feature
of MPA3, have also hit us pretty hard when it comes to
chargeback's
- even though our chargeback rates are amongst the lowest
in the industry. Unfortunately, as and from 16th January,
whilst we have been able to increase revshare returns (see
box below), we have also had to introduce a fee to the affiliate
of $15 per chargeback. This is well short of what it
costs us in real terms, and we have absorbed the remainder.
Again we apologize, but we cannot dictate terms to the processors
and banks.
SITES
THAT ARE COMING SOON
- ImproveMyPenis.com
- New Look SurfsideStudiosAustralia.com
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CuriousCash Bonus Payouts June & July
CuriousCash
is rewarding webmasters for helping make the continuing success
of it’s program so outstanding.
EVERY affiliate has the chance to win bonus payouts in June
and July – whether they send 1 join or 5000 joins !!
The top sales affiliate, the affiliate who sends the most
sales to CuriousCash in June and July will get a $1000 cash
bonus !
The top traffic affiliate, the affiliate who sends the most
unique hits to CuriousCash in June and July will also get
a $1000 cash bonus !
And finally, our most improved active affiliate, the affiliate
who sends the biggest relative percentage increase in joins
in June and July over what they sent in April and May also
gets a quick $1000 !!
Jump aboard the CuriousCash Gravy Train for bonuses in June
and July. We convert and retain way above industry averages
- because we shoot all our own great content and provide some
of the most progressive marketing tools in the business and
excellent affiliate support.
Since 1999, CuriousCash has grown from one site, to a massive
33 and still growing strong - all built on the 100% exclusive
and original content shot by CuriousTim himself
If you have never promoted CuriousCash come over and see why
many other webmasters send their gay/bi/curious traffic to
one of the pioneers of the young straight boy niche..
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CRAIG
Craig
has an original “Aussie” guy look, he has a
muscular body and plays Rugby League. He would like to travel
the world surfing and snowboarding in all the best places.
He
really enjoyed showing off his body and he also liked the
attention. Once he slipped out of his jeans it wasn’t
long before he was stroking his cock. His rock hard cock
stood to attention and he was ready to blow, with his eyes
glued to the hot Lesbian action on the television.
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BRETT
I
couldn’t believe that Brett is only 18 years old,
he is 6’2” tall and weighs in at 212lbs but
he is a real gentle giant. He has just changed from playing
AFL, to A grade Rugby League Football. He spends most of
his time on the Football field training.
Brett
really enjoyed being photographed even though he needed
a couple of bourbons to relax so he could get a hard on.
Once he was relaxed there was no stopping him. He had such
a great body I couldn’t help it, I just had to pour
some oil over it. Watch as Brett rubs it all over his upper
body while jerking off at the same time. Keep an eye out
for Brett again as I’m sure I can convince him to
put his cock through the gloryhole. Click
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WAYNE
Wayne is a 20 year old Boxer and a Footballer.
He likes to lead life to the fullest extent. His life goal
is to be on music clips and rap his own music. His build
is Super cut, ripped and toned at just 55 kgs (120ibs) about
5’9” tall. His lean toned body looks disproportional
small when compared to the big cock when it is hard. We
got his pants off rather quickly and then suggested he start
stimulating himself this he did and his cock soon sprung
to attention. We slapped the milking machine on it for a
while and he then finished himself off.
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SAMUEL
So many of you wanted to see Samuel the
Canadian back-packacker back again. So we have now re shot
him and after a lot of talking got him to do a Glory Hole
shoot. The Beast was the person selected to service this
young man, as he watched Lesbian Porn. Sam was very reluctant
to do this but needed the bucks for a surf trip down the
coast, with his mates, in his old VW Combi. He was nervous
at first and was a bit slow to get hard but he soon relaxed
and let the Beast go to work on his now erect cock.
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WILL
Will 20 says his best asset is his back,
not sure if that includes his ass. He likes honesty in people
and likes to stay happy. He is a really out door type guy.
He comes from a country station (ranch) Into Surfing (like
so many of our models) see his board-shorts tan line, skydiving
and base jumping (jumping off cliffs and buildings) In short
he likes to give anything a go !
Which
he sure did during this shoot. First his board-shots off,
then cock in hand jacking off. Hmmm watching Straight Boys
Jack off is such a thrill.
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JAYJAY
JayJay’s
smouldering good sports jock looks and complemented by his
Huge meaty cock. Being a champion BMX rider, has developed
and sculptured his glute/ass muscles to perfection, yum.
He wants to fly and be a stunt man. JJ thinks his best assets
are his broad shoulders and his smile. We would probably
add his big meaty cock and his perfect ass to this list.
He took his pants down and then watched some Lesbian Porn,
His cock Jumped up, so fast - like a Jack-In-The-Box. Adding
capias amounts of lube this quite sportsmen’s cock,
he came alive and really got into jerking himself off. Proud
of his big cock he came and blew everywhere.
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Why
is it your checks are bouncing?
We have had numerous webmasters state they have been unable
to cash their checks from us.I believe this is because we
are an International Company using an International US Dollar
Bank Account. We do not actually know why the banks are
having so much trouble with these checks as we are using
a well known Bank however the problems do seem to persist.
What
we are encouraging now however is for people to select EPassporte
as their preferred payment method. EPassporte will allow
you to be paid out at a lower minimum, however if you continue
to keep your minimum at $250 we will also cover the setup
costs associated with establishing an EPassporte account.
We are also looking into alternative Check solutions.
You
seem to be adding a lot of additional processors. Are all
of these through MPA3?
Yes, we have been working closely with Mansion and the 3rd
Party Processors to ensure all integrate together. We simply
will not use a processor unless they integrate with MPA3
which of late has resulted in several companies taking the
plunge to allow us to do so. We were the first Verotel client
under MPA3, and we are the first Password by Phone Client
under MPA3. We will also be the first OPSBilling Client.
Here at CuriousCash we are constantly looking at ways to
ensure the longevity of our business and in this highly
volatile environment of Credit Card Processors being here
today and gone tomorrow we are ensuring we have plenty of
backups and plenty of billing alternatives to ensure if
their is a dollar to be made from your traffic we will make
it.
What
is happening with the CuriousCinema integration into CuriousCash?
This has been delayed at the moment as I can not guarantee
all traffic you send to the site will be picked up within
your account. I am working with Mansion Productions to try
and get a suitable solution, but I will not release any
products to the Webmasters that do not work to their best
benefit. If you are eager to start promoting then feel free
to shoot me an email and we can look at getting you a direct
affiliate account with the processor which will overcome
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CREATIVE WEB DESIGN TIPS AND TRICKS
Creative Web Design is an art form that needs in-depth technical
and practical knowledge of the way in which Web pages
function and are constructed. There are however, a number of
tips and tricks that can be implemented to create
imaginative and functional Web sites without intensive
scripting or programming knowledge to enhance design and
increase user traffic.
The more insight and knowledge one has into the workings of
the Web and the way Web pages are viewed and displayed on
different browsers and on different platforms, the better.
Paying attention to advice from professional webmasters will
aid designers who are relatively inexperienced. However,
both experienced and novice designers sometimes forget even
the basics, and lose sight of the fundamentals of Web design
in their quest for the brightest and most advanced site. A
beautifully designed site with all the Flash, Shockwave and
other paraphernalia that can be used sometimes fails
dismally, because a relatively simple issue such as
navigation has not been properly implemented or thought
through. Reviewers for the recent Webby Awards (www.webbyawards.com)
found that many sites - although well constructed from a
graphical and aesthetic viewpoint - fell from contention for
the Awards because of basic flaws.
The Basics: Presentation and Information
The Internet is all about speed, presentation and, more
recently, content. If the aim of the webmaster and designer
is to keep the users' attention, they should ensure the user
does not encounter reams of dense text and obscure layouts
that are hard to decipher. A primary element requiring your
attention is when designing a site, keep the interface clear
and intuitive; and the text clean and concise. A practical
tip is to use bullets to outline main points. Don't try to
fit the entire site onto one page. Lead longer explanations
to linked pages that allow the user the choice to explore
that specific area if they wish. Remember that users will
click away from a site if they cannot quickly find the
information, or at least a link to that information.
The secret of a good Web site is organization, and getting
into the head of the prospective user and client. In order
to do this, make a sketch that clearly outlines the site
before actually coding or creating pages with editing
software. Try to imagine how a user would respond to the
information and how the navigation would work in an
uncomplicated, user-friendly way. Better still, do some
market research and invite users to explore these ideas with
you.
Graphics are a crucial part of the overall design; a page
without graphical elements looks dead and static. Yet, there
is a propensity on the Web to overdo the use of images and
graphics, which results in a messy and often bulky site that
has the added danger of retarding download speeds. A rule of
thumb is to ensure that every graphical element is
absolutely necessary to the message or idea that you are
trying to convey. Many professionals estimate that the use
of graphics should not be more than 20 percent of the page
space. Another basic element is the use of background color,
which should be easy on the eye and not obscure the text.
For instance, a bright background will obscure lighter
colored text.
The format of your page should not only be aesthetically
pleasing but also readable and logical in construction. Many
major Web sites have stopped experimenting with obscure
designs, and have returned to the three or four column
newspaper layout simply because this format coveys news and
information more easily and does not require the user to
spend time unraveling the logic of the page. Keep in mind
that long scrolling Web pages are definitely a thing of the
past; a site should be designed with the minimum of
scrolling. As a designer, one should always be aware of the
psychology and effectiveness of "white space." Creating
areas of space on your pages effectively aids visual relief
and aesthetics. Many designers warn against a recent design
trend known as the "centered and stacked" approach, where
everything is squeezed tightly into a centre table. This has
been overused, and results in a cramped and bulky looking
Web page.
An aspect of Web design that is becoming increasingly
significant as more and more people come online is the
accessibility of your site to all. In other words, you
should design your site so that the maximum number of users
can access it with ease. This means that the non-graphic
user should be accommodated as well as the high-end
multimedia seeker. Make sure that you make use of the
ALT-tag. This provides a description of the image while it
is being downloaded for display. Users who switch-off the
display of graphics on their browser - and many do so to
facilitate speed - will see the ALT-tag describing the
image. Similarly, the ALT-tag is essential when using a
graphic as a hyperlink to navigate to an important part of
the site. Also describe the image, rather than just entering
the name of the image in the ALT-tag. A description of its
function should be included. The ALT-tag also has importance
when it comes to accessibility for the impaired user in that
there is now software available that allows ALT-tags to be
audible. This aspect has become important as more users are
surfing the Internet using mobile devices and Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs). Keep accessibility in mind when
using advanced scripting. For example, when using Dynamic
HTML Menus on your Web site, you should provide an alternate
means of navigation for those with mobility impairments, as
they may have difficulty in controlling a mouse to
manipulate the dropdown menus. A good site for news and tips
on accessibility can be found at http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp.
Very important as well is to make sure that your site is
multi-browser compatible. This is a complex factor, as there
are a number of browsers on the Internet with slightly
different standards. However, this has improved recently and
common standards are beginning to be applied - at least by
the major browser creators. It is wise to test your pages in
various browsers, such as Opera, in addition to IE and
Netscape, to ensure compatibility for the widest audience.
It is often the small elements that make the biggest
difference to a site. For example, if you use audio files or
video and movies on your site it is a very good idea to
offer the user the option to use these elements. In the same
vein, if you have reams of information that you would like
to give the user, then rather prepare a PDF file for
downloading from your server. Another vital aspect is easy
access to your contact details. It is amazing how many sites
- including large corporate sites - forget to make their
contact information obvious and easy to find. Make sure that
your e-mail address and contact info is in a prominent place
and repeated throughout the site.
Text and Content
Text should not only be attractive, but should at all costs
be precise and informative. Web users have become accustomed
to rapid viewing, and will probably dismiss a site that does
not have concise and quickly digestible copy. Writing for
the Web has become a new art form in itself, with numerous
articles and books continually being published on the topic.
Other considerations, when it comes to text that will
enhance your site, include readability and the use of fonts,
aspects that are often ignored by many sites. Colored text
should be used with due care, and should never be obscured
by the background. A good tip is not to center all the text
on a page as this can make it difficult to read. Another tip
is not to use blue text as this usually denotes links and
might confuse the user. Another common error is to underline
text for emphasis; this also often indicates a hyperlink.
Motion and moving text have become easily created, and
common elements on Web pages - however, moving text should
not be over-used, and motion should only be used when it is
pertinent to the message you wish to convey. Another
important aspect is to ensure that the text to your links
indicates precisely where the links are taking the user.
Links are often misleading; taking the user to a site that
has little relation to the link title - for example, a link
entitled discuss this may lead the user to an e-mail
address.
Writing for the Web has many different prerequisites. Here
are just a few to pay attention to: A good guideline to
follow is to write and present your information in such a
way that it is useful to the user. The intention is to make
clear what each page has to offer the user. This is an
obvious but essential point and one that can make the
difference between someone staying on your site or clicking
away. Another good tip is to make your writing as personal
as possible and to write conversationally. Formatting and
page design all form part of this communications technique,
and there are a number of elements that can help the Web
writer in this respect. When writing copy for the Internet,
always start with the headlines and reduce your most
essential points to not more than two lines. An important
aspect to remember is that Web writing requires conciseness
and expertise in presenting the gist of the subject. Using
subheadings to draw attention and direct your reader to
different areas is also useful. Use bold text sparingly and
italics for emphasis. An interesting and effective way of
presenting text is to use pull quotes - quotes that are set
larger and in a different typeface - which are intended to
interest and direct the viewers' attention.
Original
By Theresa Lütge
Smith Tutorial @
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