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Back in October we announced our intention to publicly launch beta testing for the Backpage.com affiliate program wherein users can earn commission payout’s for referring users to post on Backpage. On January 1st, 2009 we officially started public tests.

Now, nearing the end of February, public testing for the Backpage.com affiliate program is nearing completion. Some of our beta affiliates have seen large commissions. We’re confident that our program will be a huge success in 2009. If you have a web site with good traffic and would like to sign up as an affiliate, please click here to contact us .

Top 5 Beta Affiliates

Affiliate earnings for 1-01-2009 to 2-15-2009:

Christina M. - $1,670.64
Ben B. - $1,478.62
Andrea S. - $1,460.98
Daniel H. - $1,077.11
Tom P. - $742.86

The Backpage.com affiliate program will be available for all users within the next 90 days. Until then, please keep checking blog.backpage.com for updates.

- Carl

No doubt, times are tough. We’d like to help out any way we can by making it easier for job posters to staff that position they have available now that they gave that overpaid Steve from accounting the axe. Or help the down-on-their-luck find that second job to pay down their mortgage, Van Halen tribute bands (DLR era only – none of that pansy Hagar crap) book that sweet Bar Mitzvah gig or help you sell that car or truck before the bank repo’s it. Whatever the case may be, Backpage is here to help.

• …lowering the price on sponsor ads by 25% in select categories in all cities indefinitely (or until the IRS recognizes our clearly tax deductible contributions to the “Backpage.com Foundation”).
• …improving the auto repost feature in most categories to allow users to repost ads more frequently. Categories that are effected will see the durations fall from 7 days to 3 days.
• …currently testing a feature that will allow users to instantly repost their ads to the top of the listings. This will allow users to attract more visibility to their ads.
• …launching a promo code, good in all markets, for all ads and ad upgrades for 10% off all purchases. In celebration of how clever we are, we’ve named that promo code BAILOUT (expires 3/31/2009).

Another reason to support the Backpage Bailout Movement? This year we’re aiming to build more fuel efficient and green, Earth-friendly ads and with your help, we can get there. Additionally, January has proven to be a strong month for us. As the the Alexa.com Traffic Rank Trend graph below illustrates, even in a tough economy users are still posting ads and using backpage.com regularly.