Greetings all:
I should have looked here first for more input before my message being sent to mastercard (specifically the in-person presentation of alternate options). But below is a message I sent and hope to get a reply to. Another point that I really wish I had thought to put in is whether we, the webmaster get blamed for every single chargeback that they incurred by having stolen our traffic from us.
Greetings:
I just recieved an email from CCBILL outlining some "new rules" mastercard has implemented.
First, the quote: "The exact rule that MasterCard implemented is that consumers must be able to purchase diverse goods during one shopping experience. The essence of the rule was that CCBill had to create an option for consumers to not only complete their sign-up with the venue that got them to the sign-up form, but also to continue shopping at CCBill.Com."
The problem that you are causing here is that while you are making more money off the "off" sales, you are sullying internet traffic. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you look at the long term profits you are going to be denied because of the short term money grab. When you sully the traffic, webmasters WON'T want to deal with you (because you have just stolen our traffic - aka. our source of income - from our pockets).
Also, could you please send me a link to somewhere on your site that tells me why, exactly, mastercard can make "rules" that other's have to follow. These affect entire national economies and cc companies are allowed to do it. I am really interested as to why.
Yours Truly,
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I hope being civil get's me a response. I decided not to go straight to calling them criminals (though it would seem like a blackmail type of thing going on there right now).
Cheers,
/Allister
CC's