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Look those that know don't tell, and those that tell don't know... Although ccbill has a solid reputation and is quite professional, their scrubbing that they will deny to the end is quite a nuisance because of its inconsistency.
We all see the spikes and drops and we all have been studying and analyzing our stats for years and we know that when you have new updates you get a flurry in sales.
So to have hot new updates with increased traffic, and increased join from hits, but near zero sales... c'mon it is painfully obvious to all of us whats going on.
I have seen many threads from webmasters with good cards being denied (mainly thru ccbill) then they come here post about it and get the typical tired response time after time..." we will look into it....why would we scrub to decrease sales.... " its down right insulting.
Not too mention the refunds, chargebacks,voids etc. are doubling and tripling and there does not appear to be any reversal of this trend anytime soon.
Besides just look at Verotel, I have processed between 20-30 sales with them for 2009 and have not received one nickel, nor have I received a return email, or return phone call.
I still see verotel advertising with huge banners on adult industry forums, I mean its like the twilight zone.
So its clear that things are dire and just about everyone is in survival mode, having to do what it takes to pay their own overhead even if it means stiffing merchants.
I don't have any answers but I would be a fool to act oblivious to whats going on.
Sure you could try to get a merchant account to process subscriptions but who is in a position to jump through all of the hoola hoops they require. $1500.00 set up fee... shitload of paperwork...thumbscan...blood sample...etc LOL
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