I charge people I don't know before I tell them about PF

Seriously, that is going to be my new policy. Altruism is lame, and the mods at BB make you feel like a damned smuggler. If you had a referall program I wouldn't have to charge THEM for bringing you business, but then, perhaps, others would take advantage of this by using it for people they would have referred anyway (family, freinds, people whose boots they lick in some subtle way.).

But who are they kidding, they make at LEAST 10 bucks back on their first purchase in savings =P

Iherb has a pretty ingenious setup for encouraging word of mouth advertising, alex. I recommend you take a look at it, their business model is pretty cool. You can't go to any supplement community without hearing "iherb, iherb, iherb" these days.

I'm not sure I understand you. All I know is if I send Alex a single person to buy products, it isn't going to make a huge financial impact. Hey has to buy himself, and then it is percentages from there. Large amounts of people, well there you go.

In the end, the motivation should be helping those who are client supported because they helped you. That's just my opinion.