Hi, this Tips & Trick Section is especially for those webmasters that consider themselves as Newbies, so excuse me if I start at the very basics, please also feel free to taka a look at my Gallery Submitting Tutorial which I've written a while ago.

We also update all Partner Request Tables on a daily basis, so please check back frequently to submit your requests to newly added sites. I personally request partner accounts through the list ~once every 1-2 months, but feel free to do it more often.

At first I'd like to mention that getting Partner Accounts these Days is more important than it was 2-3 years ago, simply because more and more Sites are only accepting submissions from Partners. Unfortunately it appears that many webmsters see this as disadvantage, but IMHO it isn't. It has gotten rather easy these days to get high quality and a good number of partner accounts because there are much more sites than a few years ago where you could apply for one. When I started submitting galleries 4 years ago it was neccessary to have all kind of connections to get at least some partner accounts, today you only need to deliver a honest and clean work and you'll get some, even if the site owner doesn't know you personally. So I fully agree that it has gotten rather hard for someone who submits completly without partner accounts, but I don't think that the gallery submitting biz hasn't gotten harder as a whole over the last few years.

But before we come to a "Partner Request" Tutorial I'd like you to download a copy of Roboform, it's a free form filler, and it will make your work later on faster and easier.

Now the first thing which you should consider when writing a Partner Request is HONESTY, the site owner has to trust you, and honesty is the only way to succeed. I get lot's of partner requests for my own sites each day, and it's rather obvious and easy to detect if a gallery comes from a newbie or from a professional webmaster. If I have spots open I accept those requests from professional webmasters most of the time, but I also accept those requests from newbies from whom I believe that they'll keep their galleries up for a long time (you should keep them up forever in your own interest anyway), and from whom I believe that they will not cheat in any way.

But I decline all those request from newbies that lie to me upfront, i.e sometimes I get requests with total crappy galleries from people that brag that they already have partner accounts at some of the biggest Sites, which is obviously a lie.

Just try to be brutally honest about yourself in your partner request email (or the comments field), mention where you already have partner accounts, and mention if you don't have any at all cause you've just started submitting galleries.

Mention any info about yourself, like nicknames on webmaster boards, a good reason why you use any form of whois privacy protection (you shouldn't, cause many cheater do that too, but if you have to, at least mention it upfront, cause many site owners will check it anyway) and your ICQ# if you have one.

Additionally you should give 3-5 sample galleries most of the time, it would be good if those sample galleries are on different domains, and use a different design. It's not too good if you submit 3 times the same gallery design just with different content.

In your sample galleries use the best content you can find, and use a unique one. Don't use content from sponsors that provide thousands of FHGs (Free Hosted Galleries) for their affiliates, cause the chances are good the the site owner already uses them for himself. Spend a day or two purly with researching for good content. Surf TGPs and MGPs and make notes which sponsors are listed how often, and choose one that's listed very seldom, and uses good content.

Don't use any freemail accounts, use an email that resides on the same domain as your galleries (or one of them)

Don't use any freehost, hosting is really cheap these days, and you're wasting your valuable time with freehosts.

And when you have to choose a password, use a unique one. Don't use "mypass" on every site, cause it might happen that you come across a cheating site owner too, and it wouldn't be the first time that someone tries the usernames/passwords that he receives on other sites, just to hack some existing partner accounts of yours. So always add some additional numbers to your password, like "mypass1465"

You should also consider that it's always better to contact someone through ICQ, so when you actually see a ICQ number listed, USE IT! The biggest partner accounts are only shared that way or through board contacts.

That's it for now, if you have any questions, contact me at webmaster(at)partnerrequests.com or ICQ# 344688791