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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
There are probably certain settings which would effect how sales were tracked though, right? Cookie life, how type-ins are handled, etc. Maybe that's part of the problem. Affiliates just don't know all the possible settings sponsors have (and is there a page which discloses some of these settings sort of like ccbill's program details?) so they are naturally a little worried given some past happenings in the industry (PIBcash).
http://wiki.toomuchmedia.com/index.p...S4_Walkthrough seems like a nice source of documentation. Anything else you'd recommend?
Personally I think the CCBill Paid feature is pretty cool and I wish more programs would use it. It seems like the best of both worlds to have NATS features and stats combined with CCBILL payouts. |
There is a major difference between "cookie life, how type-ins are handled, and etc." and "'backend features' in NATS that they don't want affiliates to know about. I call it 'The Gillette Protocol'". Comparing the two isn't even close to a reasonable argument.
Are you agreeing with his statement that there is some hidden shaving feature in NATS?
You can easily check cookie life, how type-ins are handled, etc. These are extremely transparent things. A shave feature is something intended to secretly remove sales and not credit them to affiliates. That is quite a bold accusation to make.
PIBcash had nothing to do with NATS. I'd get into the story behind PIBcash, but a certain individual who already tried to hijack this thread with his offering would go into a fit.
I know you're on the "CCBill is our savior" bandwagon, but it's an extremely short sighted way to run a business. Even my buddy up there with his full page ad can see that. Nothing is forever, companies go out of business. Losing a bit of your income here & there when someone goes out of business is inevitable if you want to be in business for yourself. Making your entire business dependent upon one company because you mistakenly believe they're bullet-proof is utterly foolish. If you need an example of where that mentality leads read up on iBill. I have no reason to doubt CCBill is a well run stable company. However, that is no reason to make your entire livelihood dependent upon them. You should not solely rely on CCBill, NATS, a particular sponsor program, etc. You need to spread your risk around.
That said the CCBill paid option in NATS severely limits functionality within NATS. It's an option that is there, but not the best way to go. If you want to run a CCBill program also you're best off running a CCBill based program next to your NATS program.