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Old 11-27-2012, 11:01 AM  
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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody View Post
Far-L makes great points (as usual) but none of his answers satisfy my MAIN concern, the bugaboo which keeps me from siding with Far-L completely on this issue:

So why is it when I switch processers on a 'bad' day do sales come through with the new processer? Switch it BACK and sales stop dead. (The reason I am not specifically pointing out CCBill is because this phenomenon happens with all billers I've tried thus far.)

As Mutt said, if you leave things be for a month they may indeed be a 'statistical dead heat' BUT - and this is a big butt, heh - some of us split with content partners (along with affiliates). So my timeframe is WEEKLY, not monthly. In other words, a bad week is a motherfucking bad week, even if the overall MONTH is okay. In other other words, a good week next week does not (should not?) wipe out the fact that THIS week sucks ass. As an example.

If I kept all revenue from my company I would probably be retired by now. LOL And I know, even with what I wrote, statistically, things can balance out. But the feeling is that of a rollercoaster, and sometimes it's difficult to say to oneself "be patient, three weeks from now sales will rock and my month will be okay...".
Sales can be effected by a number of things beyond the processor such as the transaction network, the bank that hold the merchant account and underlying factors there such as scrubbing on the acquirers end etc.. If you have cascading in place to another processor or another mid at another bank for example, you can internally cascade it without the customer even knowing.
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