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icymelon · 10-16-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggy2

Melissa was the first paysite I did in adult, well before FYC. I was an affiliate, we got fucked over at the time by the guy who was managing the site - Jim from Nebraska Coeds. I got fucked for $15k, Melissa/Shane for a bit more. We decided to come together to do the site. Shane was really the driving force behind the site, I don't think it should come as a shock to anyone that for a long time it was him posing as her (including on this board as Hotmelissa).

This is actually how I transitioned from being an affiliate to a program owner. I managed the website - technical, affiliate support, etc. They shot the content, paid the bills, and ran the brick and mortar operations, and everything else (including controlling the $) After college, I went on to form FYC and the rest with my partners today. So yeah, I understand where the lines are blurred about what my interest is.

I was on a profit split, and I was a minority, they were a majority. When she went independent, she had a lot of people contacting her to do her site, including Lensman from here at the time. Melissa's site was great for a period of time. Fuck, when she went hardcore, that thing shot thru the roof, a lot of people made amazing money including the affiliates. They are now out of $, through a bunch of very public poor investment choices that Mutt posted, so there is no $. It's sad, and honestly, I hope they pull through it.

As recently as last week people were complaining about not being paid. This was primarily due to the fact things were left as "unpaid" in payments.php, and I pointed this out to many affiliates who contacted me, because these issues had happened in the past. All affiliates who contacted me, except one (cornh0le) didn't actually know if they were paid or not. The one who was a confirmed non-pay I contacted them about. After about 4 un-replied emails, I told them I needed an answer, and only at that point was I informed they fell arrears by about 2-3 payments to all affiliates. I told them if there is no trajectory to get affiliates paid, then notice has to be given and we need to shut the program down.

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Just a suggestion. I'm sure it will get lost in the pages of threads. But in most webmaster minds it is tough to understand why the site would just go offline. My personal opinion is to keep the site online as a revshare. If the books are really in the red bad even a lower payout 60/40 split is better than nothing. Put the site on autopilot. Nats and a server is going to run less than $500 month. Cut all other expenses. She obviously has a large fan base. I have not been inside the members area. so I do not know how much content exists but I have to guess there is enough content to charge at least $19.95 month. In the longrun the owners will make more money. If doing the payouts is too much work change that to quarterly payments. I am thinking 4x year is enough work for the most lazy person out there.