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Overall: 
FriendFinder is an adult-friendly network of dating websites that has a terrific affiliate marketing program, both in terms of customer service and commission rates. Because they rely heavily on affiliates to recruit new members, they treat their affiliates like true business partners. They have a solid reputation for payment and security, and have frequent special offers. Checking into your affiliate account at FriendFinder is always a fun experience, and often a profitable one.
Ease of Use: 
Considering how many options FriendFinder offers its affiliate partners, their interface is admirably easy to use. They've obviously been doing this for a while. Information regarding contact information, special offers, and payment possibilities can be found quickly and easily from anywhere on the site, no matter how new you are to the affiliate game. The FriendFinder tracking and analysis software, meanwhile, is state-of-the-art.
Reputation/Security:
FriendFinder does a lot of business in the "adult dating" space, but that doesn't mean they're scumbags. At this point, their business is so huge and so reliant on affiliate partners that even if they wanted to, they couldn't afford to stiff you. One negative blog post that FriendFinder rips off its affiliate partners would kill their whole game. And they've got a nice game going.
Customer Service:
The FriendFinder affiliate program is personalized and professional, and this is apparent in their customer service operations. Especially if you are a high-performing affiliate, you can expect the VIP treatment from top to bottom. FriendFinder boasts some of the most knowledgeable affiliate reps and managers in the business. FriendFinder affiliates also benefit from the large community of affiliates who can commune to talk business in various chatrooms and blogs.
Commission Rate:
You have three ways to get paid when you work with FriendFinder. The first option is to get paid per member, at $1 per sign up. (Because it's free to sign up, do not underestimate this option, even if $1 seems like a low payout.) The second option is to get paid by the percentage system, at 100% of the initial order. The third option is to get paid per member order, meaning that free sign ups don't count; however, they do pay you $30 for every member order. Another thing to mention is that FriendFinder bonuses their top-performing affiliates up the wazoo. Rarely a day goes by where they are not promoting some new bonus. Some of these bonus programs are quite creative. As we write, for example, some lucky affiliate is about to win an all-expenses trip to L.A. to hang with a pack of ladies from Penthouse Magazine.
Ease of Commission Payment:
FriendFinder is one of the top 20 affiliate programs on the Internet. One of the reasons why is that they pay affiliates frequently and in full. They pay every two weeks with a low minimum of $50. Their new global check system has made the payment process simpler, too; affiliates now receive referral fees from all FriendFinder network sites in one check.
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