AdultForce

If you haven’t heard of Adult Force yet, I’m guessing this is your first time dipping your ding-dong into the waters of online smut peddling. In that case, welcome aboard, my fellow porn fan. If you’ve been at it for a while and spent any time considering your monetization options, I’m sure you’ve seen the name pop up a time or two or a hundred. They call themselves The Best Adult Affiliate Program on the Market, which is a bold brag, but their numbers kind of back up the claim. AdultForce.com gets over 20,000 visits a day, which gives you an idea of how popular they are.

AdultForce is an adult affiliate site that gives you access to a ton of offers for your visitors, as well as a suite of built-in analytics and marketing tools. It’s designed to be a one-stop-shop for all your affiliate needs, meaning you can potentially make all of your porn money using just Adult Force and your free lesbian fisting tube or fat-lady hentai collection. As a guy who rarely has more than one free hand, and it’s typically sticky, I’m always looking for ways to simplify my operation. Let’s see what these guys can do to help.

Judging a Porno Mag by the Cover

Adult Force was built to help you make money publishing an adult website, whether it’s a naked casino review blog, an anal tube, or a forum where people can talk about their favorite horse-themed dildos. Even though they’re in the adult business, they keep the website pretty classy. By classy, I mean sexless, with G-rated art of a businessman’s arm handing over a wad of cartoon cash. I have to admit; the presentation does look a little more professional than if they had a pretty girl spreading her pussy lips at the top of the screen.

Without naked boobies to entice you, they have to pull out the big gimmicks right away. The first thing you’ll see is a big sign screaming in all caps that AdultForce users GET FASTER PAYOUTS! AdultForce is now Net 15. If you’re unfamiliar with the Net D terminology, it means that full payment is due in 15 days, which ultimately means you get paid in about two weeks.

A lot of affiliate programs make you wait a month, and I’ve seen some that make you wait a whole 90 fucking days for a payout. The extra time is supposed to account for chargebacks, returns and other bullshit, but it isn’t too helpful if rent is due next week. That 15-day payout schedule is a pretty strong selling point, right off the bat.

Further down the screen, there’s an icon-studded list of some of their perks like advanced geo stats, leading support and exclusive tools. There’s not much documentation out front, so we’ll have to dig in a little to learn more. The bullet-point saying they’ve got Top Offers available is illustrated with a sliding row of premium site logos at the bottom. They’ve got affiliate offers from big-name paysites like Brazzers, Mofos, Twistys, FakeHub and scores of others. Big names are good for conversions, because your visitors already trust these sites and are familiar with their work.

Want a Look Around? One Moment, Please

Like many companies who work with affiliate offers, the landing page for AdultForce.com is pretty fucking light on the hard details. Perhaps it’s a way of weeding out the phonies and fakes, or maybe it’s just a matter of discretion, but I always find these setups kind of obnoxious. I wish they’d tell me more about what they had to offer before making me go through the sign-up process. Naturally, it’s a little more involved than giving them a throwaway email address and calling it a day. I feel like they’d get more signups if potential users could peruse their offers first.

When you click the Get Started button out on the front page, it’ll walk you through the affiliate account creation process. It takes a few minutes and starts with the standard details they ask anywhere, like your name and contact info. Then they want to know what kind of affiliate you are (Webmaster, Media Buyer, Affiliate Network or Ad Network), as well as more details about your operation like a list of sites you own, how long you’ve been in the business, what geos you want to promote in, and your main traffic source.

There’s a field asking what you want to promote, which is one of the first major hints of what they’re up to at AdultForce. The options are Adult Paysites (straight or gay), Adult Gaming, Adult Dating, Casino, Nutra or Cams. I made my selection, clicked the button and got my confirmation email a few seconds later.

I know some of you newbies might be looking at my setup description and wondering if you’ll meet the requirements. Don’t worry. I was wondering the same thing, so when they asked what sites I owned, I just entered a URL for a zero-value blog I set up a while back. I didn’t run into issues, so they’re clearly not running analytics on your site to see if you meet traffic requirements or anything. Minutes after entering my info, I was logged in and looking at my dashboard.

What’s Inside Adult Force

The AdultForce.com dashboard is a nice compilation of all the metrics you’ll want and need while using their service. At the top, you’ll find a graph breaking down your visitors, commissions, joins, leads and total income, alongside another breakdown of revenue by network. There’s a Quick Report that charts your stats by the day, getting right down to hard numbers about purchases, recurring commissions, refunds and other vital data.

Of course, if you just signed up like I just did, all those pretty charts and tables are only a bunch of horizontal lines and zeros. You’ve got to start somewhere, right? Well, the proper place to start seems to be that Offers button, which is the whole reason I signed up in the first place.

By default, Adult Force makes some suggestions based on the personal data you entered in the sign-up phase. Since I said I wanted to promote paysites, it lines up the best converting offers in that category. The “Best Converting Offers” filter is a nice feature, especially for newbies, because it guides you toward the easiest offers to turn your free traffic into actual money you can buy food with. Without touching my filters, I had dozens of offers from sites like Babes Network, Digital Playground and Transsensual.

The total number of offers will vary, but this morning I had access to well over a hundred adult affiliate offers. You’ll see a bigger selection depending on what boxes you check, but the main Verticals are paysites, dating, games, apps and games. Other filters let you choose device types, network, conversion flow, payout or niche. I really like seeing the conversion flow and max payout listed right there beside the offer, so you know if it’s worth your time and effort.

Promo Materials and a Lot of Tools

Once you pick some promos to hype on your porn site, you’ve got a few options for what to do next. You could just set it, forget it and hope for the best. If you’ve got decent traffic, you should start getting conversions automatically. The thing is, the pizza joint with the guy spinning a sign outside sells more pies. AdultForce.com offers built-in promo materials and tools to help you guide visitors in the door.

The Tools button up in the header gives you quick access to the site’s iFrames, Promo Content and Server-to-Server Postback sections. That third option is one of their more advanced features, which your sales representative can help you with implementing. The other two are pretty straight-forward, typically just requiring some copy-and-paste action on your part. Make sure to select your network; otherwise, it’s going to be a chore to sift through all those pages of animated blowjob banners and hentai sidebar ads.

AdultForce.com offers a beautifully streamlined way of adding adult affiliate offers to your porn site. Their biggest strengths are the wide range of offers, including plenty of famous paysites that will convert a lot easier than some random bullshit you found on Reddit, along with their deep analytics. You’ve got to sign up to see the full list of offers, but registration is free and painless. You’ll definitely want to check this one if you’re trying to monetize a free site.