Just an update with out Top 5 perfoming campaigns (by commission value) for the month of July:

1) Acai Burn Premium

2) Acai Burn Edge

3) Classmates.com

4) Health Insurance Advantage

5) Free Bankruptcy Valuation

Also, there are a lot of hot new exclusives coming on over the next 7 days so expect some changes through August!

Just a heads-up to say that we are now paying all UK affiliates in GBP (using XE.com pure conversion) on a weekly basis using BACS from our UK (Natwest) account so no more being stung by ridiculous bank and conversion charges!

Hope this helps!

We have only gone and done it again!

As of the week commencing 19th July, 2009, ALL affiliates will be entitled to receive weekly affiliate payments. Affiliates being paid weekly will need to have exceeded the $200 threshold prior to receiving payment.

To qualify for weekly payments you must have received a telephone verification call (almost everybody already has), so if you would prefer weekly payments and you are still to be telephone verified, then please contact us to re-arrange the call. Also, to qualify, you just need to send us an email to confirm that you would like to switch over.

If you would prefer to continue to receive payment on monthly net-7 terms (with a $50 threshold) you do not need to do a thing.

Once again, we have listened to our affiliates wishes so thank you once more for your ongoing support.

Well, now we are into May, it is time to take a look back at our launch month and report on the movers and shakers of the RBA campaign world!

Here are the top 10 campaigns by total commission value earned through April, 2009:

1. Slim 365 Cleanse
2. Process Affiliate Rebate
3. ChristianMingle
4. Become A Member Of AARP
5. Acai Berry Rocks
6. Tickets Now
7. Consumer Rewards
8. 2insure4less
9. Diet Sample Pack
10. Easy Google Profit

As most of you will know, our target number of campaigns at launch was 200+, and we narrowly missed that target due to being very selective about the campaigns we allowed onto our network.

However, since launch (2 weeks ago), we have added another 75 or so campaigns and so, at the time of writing, the total number is at 226.

So, if you would like to promote a campaign that we do not currently have on the network, please let one of us know and we will endeavour to add it at the best possible payout price.

Next stop, 300!

As usual, the affiliates will be able to vote on the level of referral commission, but we do already know one thing… that we have to offer the best rate around So, having scoured other networks, the highest commission we could find was 6%. Well, we thought, with the RBA model, we can do better than that!

So, the referral commission has been set at 8%! This is a lifetime rate, so all affiliates referred will earn the referrer 8% of their lifetime earnings.

Now the network is officially open and tested and all-singing, all-dancing, it is time to commence with the initial basic marketing plan to cover April.

Obviously, the marketing budget (which will eventually be controlled by affiliates) is not yet in place (as no profits have been made as yet) and so we are setting aside a small budget to get started.

To summarise, the first phase of marketing (April) will consist of the following:

1. Issue Press  Release Detailing Launch
2. Secure Content On Blog Networks
3. Ensure Social Bookmarking Sites Pick Up On the News
4. Announce Launch On Marketing Forums (with paid posts where necessary)
5. Securing Banner Ad Space On Affiliate Marketing Sites/Blogs
6. Pay-Per-Click Advertising (Adwords, Adcenter, Yahoo)
7. Announcing The Launch To Members Of Our UK Network
8. Secure A Dedicated Forum At One Or More Of The Larger Affiliate Forums

So, we will report back on the results of this initial plan with a marketing report in May, including traffic statistics.

Wish us luck!

I am pleased to confirm that we now have over 150 campaigns ready for the network launch later today.

The campaigns are across all verticals and we have negotiated some great payouts.

We are looking to have over 200 by the end of April, so please watch this space!

We have decided to offer all new affiliates a $20.00 sign-up bonus to expire on the 30th April, 2009. The idea is that this will help in attracting affiliates during the early stages of the network launch.

With a payment threshold of $50.00, this means that affiliates who joins the network during this period only have to earn $30.00 to get paid $50.00.

It is literally free money!

We are pleased to announce the first poll aimed at ensuring that the network is offering the best methods of payment to affiliates. This will be an open (ongoing) poll so that all new affiliates can add their votes.

Expect to see many, many more!