All you have to do is ask. We are willing to try many things to help our partners succeed (and us as well).
If you will look above in this thread, you will see a couple of things.
1. We offer a complete money back guarantee.
2. For the right sites, we will co-op the charge with them.
What this does not mean is that we will pay this charge for any partner. You have to have a web site that is getting traffic. We are not trying to make money on this, but could never afford it if 1000 web sites became our partner. We, after all, are affiliates also in a sense.
My business partner and I have had many discussions about how to lower the cost. BTW, this is the exact same cost we pay. Send us some business and we will be glad to work with you in any way that makes sense.