I received a few complaints about a restrictive exclusivity clause in the AIS Merchant Services program and passed the concerns on to Thomas Harpointner. We don't feel that it would fairly apply to this program and it has therefore been removed. It's good to see a company responding fast to the wishes of its associates. I'll let you know when the first commission actually arrives. If you have joined AIS Merchant Services, I hope you're not just posting banners and leaving it at that.
Life can be much more fun than that.
When a new dealer signs up, or I achieve a sale, it's fascinating see whether he signed up from one of those posts, from my site or from one of my newsletters. So far, the newsletter is winning but the paragraph on my main page is also scoring well. You could test classified ads with different headings very easily using different URLs. This would be a good way to test. Perhaps you could even try the URL in an appropriate newsgroup or chat session.