I'm proud of the new websites that are in the works. I have one generic sample to see what it is at
http://guitarfinder.net. These are gear-vault.com affiliates to help generate more exposure.
I'm building these to sell or to give away on contests.... Not sure yet, it's a new idea.
The webmaster of one of these sites could earn $$$ from generating a sale from every referral which probably pay around 1% of the final value of the item. So for example, if someone signs up and buys a $1200 guitar amp, you just earned $12 bucks! And what is even better is this new member doesn't need to buy at that moment. As you probably know, most people "ponder" awhile before pulling the trigger. That's why we have tracking cookies for up to 7days. So your referee has 7 days to pull the trigger.
I think this is a cool concept!