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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
An EXCELLENT question! here's my answer(s):
I've been in business for exactly 2 years and 4 months. LOL (My OWN biz, I mean; been online with other companies since about '06). I've seen almost miraculous growth these past 2 years, busting my ass (as many of you do). I've added a new website about once a month (started with 5 sites, now have 26, with 2 more being finished this week).
So:
1. I've been bizzy. LOL
2. Getting a merch account is not as easy as it may appear (ask Robbie, who has shared his experiences with getting one here on GFY)
3. WHICH merch account to get? Not all banks will deal with porn, or a "small guy" like me
4. I don't want to switch to a merch account 100% - considering NATS integrated with several processors instead - because I'm way too bizzy to write checks and all the other things needed with a merch account
5. My affiliates like the stability and certainty of payment through CCBill.
Just a few reasons. But basically, it's on my 'To Do' List. LOL
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Ok, I hear you but to counterpoint...
1. You have been busy building sites and getting traffic. Perhaps if you backed off on building the sites to focus briefly on getting your own merch acct. you could make more money on less effort than you are investing now.
2. Everyone is different. Just because Robbie had issues doesn't mean you will. Just ask R_n L_v_y. Where there is a will there is a way.
3. Talk to Netbilling sometime. They can talk banks with you and address those concerns. Mitch has personally come to this board on numerous occasions to say he can help find banks for people - even with relatively tiny sales volumes.
4. You can automate most of the stress with checks though I guess you would still have to sign checks but even that is possible to rubber stamp with a sig. I don't think that will cause carpal tunnel syndrome until you are putting out thousands of checks per day. You can still of course use ccbill, epoch, etc. in your cascade.
5. Kind of ironic that you are saying this last one in a thread where you are calling CCbill out publicly for assumed irregularities. Your affiliates really are putting their trust in you and the way you run your company. If you run your company in a way that makes more for your affiliates without screwing your surfers then that is what they will have the most faith in.