Overture...sales rep called me today. This SUCKS! - GoFuckYourself.com

Paparazzi · 12-07-2004, 04:37 PM

She told me the reviewer needed a temp pass or backdoor url in order to review some paysites. Also I have a swedish account and NOT able to get any us traffic. ONLY swedish...grrr. So I asked her to open a us account and it was all cool, but she couldn't move my money to the us account. Now I'm sitting here with useless traffic... Why make it so fucking complicated? Take sex.com for example you can choose country traffic and all in one account. How about google? This sucks

polish_aristocrat · 12-07-2004, 04:38 PM

One comment: motherfuckers

FrankHolland · 12-07-2004, 04:38 PM

that really sucks and is not nice

WiredGuy · 12-07-2004, 04:39 PM

Welcome to the club

They recently changed their policy that requires usernames/passwords for all content. As affiliates, we used to be exempt from this, but not anymore

WG

Dildozer · 12-07-2004, 04:42 PM

Except sex.com's traffic sucks major ass

TheFrog · 12-07-2004, 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
One comment: motherfuckers

Paparazzi · 12-07-2004, 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by WiredGuy
Welcome to the club

They recently changed their policy that requires usernames/passwords for all content. As affiliates, we used to be exempt from this, but not anymore

WG

Do you know exactly when they changed that? They accepted my listings about 3 weeks ago and now this

NinjaSteve · 12-07-2004, 04:50 PM

That's really lame. It's just another way to take advantage of porn webmasters. I am thinking this because if you were to open a swedish account they'd assume you're site is swedish and that's the traffic you want. Too bad they can't just make it easy and let people choose the traffic but select their own country as default. Maybe they're trying to make the CTR much better for the people that don't know how to setup their accounts for their sites in their own language.

WiredGuy · 12-07-2004, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by Paparazzi
Do you know exactly when they changed that? They accepted my listings about 3 weeks ago and now this

No idea, I yelled at them quite a bit though and they don't seem to care about how much I've spent with them over the past 3 years (it was a substantial amount).

WG

Steen2 · 12-07-2004, 05:00 PM

I thought Overture dropped adult and casinos over a year ago.

Furious_Male · 12-07-2004, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by Dildozer
Except sex.com's traffic sucks major ass

Yes lately it has been total shit. I would rather pay for clicked TGP traffic then the shit spewing out of there.

Anyway.. Overture is making it tougher and tougher to do business with them but maybe this will weed out some of the competition.

Syl · 12-07-2004, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by Paparazzi
Do you know exactly when they changed that? They accepted my listings about 3 weeks ago and now this

Not sure about anyone else but they started requiring this info from us since the beginning of last year, around Feb.

detoxed · 12-07-2004, 06:15 PM

Im sorry

polish_aristocrat · 12-07-2004, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by Steen2
I thought Overture dropped adult and casinos over a year ago.

They dropped only casino, for adult they just make tougher rules.

Paparazzi · 12-07-2004, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by Syl
Not sure about anyone else but they started requiring this info from us since the beginning of last year, around Feb.

Dirty-Dough · 12-07-2004, 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by Paparazzi
She told me the reviewer needed a temp pass or backdoor url in order to review some paysites. Also I have a swedish account and NOT able to get any us traffic. ONLY swedish...grrr. So I asked her to open a us account and it was all cool, but she couldn't move my money to the us account. Now I'm sitting here with useless traffic... Why make it so fucking complicated? Take sex.com for example you can choose country traffic and all in one account. How about google? This sucks

You mean you use sex.com?

bdld · 12-07-2004, 07:27 PM

they're a complete headache. they edit my ads without permission, and have deceptive billing practices.

CybermedAndy · 12-07-2004, 11:35 PM

Fuck overture- they used to be pretty invaluable to us but we won't use them anymore, too many hassles and headaches

SmutGiant · 12-08-2004, 12:00 AM

that's not a new rule to me, i've always had to provide them with a pass. there's better ppc companies out there anyways.

pxxx · 12-08-2004, 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
that's not a new rule to me, i've always had to provide them with a pass. there's better ppc companies out there anyways.

Mind stating some more companies that are better?

SmutGiant · 12-08-2004, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by pxxx
Mind stating some more companies that are better?

google is the best imo... i like their billing structure

Rich · 12-08-2004, 01:00 AM

Its different because its not designed for porn sites.

Nicky · 12-08-2004, 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
google is the best imo... i like their billing structure

SmutGiant · 12-08-2004, 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
google is the best imo... i like their billing structure

I also HATE how overture makes you wait a friggen eternity to get a listing approved where as with google you can have it up in five minutes

arg · 12-08-2004, 01:26 AM

I half suspect that the sales reps at overture just want access to free porn.

They've usually hit me up for id & passwords, though not always. I don't think I've used them for over a year.

sean416 · 12-08-2004, 01:30 AM

thats a shitty deal dude, hope you didnt have too too much in your account.

Paparazzi · 12-08-2004, 03:48 AM

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Originally posted by sean416
thats a shitty deal dude, hope you didnt have too too much in your account.

good thing it wasn't that much. I might try some geo targeted links to AFF and see how it works. Still fucked up that they can't transfer the money to my US account

Paparazzi · 12-08-2004, 03:52 AM

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Originally posted by arg
I half suspect that the sales reps at overture just want access to free porn. They've usually hit me up for id & passwords, though not always. I don't think I've used them for over a year.

That was the first thing that hit me and I was VERY tempted to ask the lady if the reviewer wanted free porn

Recommend some good ppc se:s people

Doctor Dre · 12-08-2004, 03:55 AM

Yea with google you can choose countries easily .

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NinjaSteve Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 11,089	That's really lame. It's just another way to take advantage of porn webmasters. I am thinking this because if you were to open a swedish account they'd assume you're site is swedish and that's the traffic you want. Too bad they can't just make it easy and let people choose the traffic but select their own country as default. Maybe they're trying to make the CTR much better for the people that don't know how to setup their accounts for their sites in their own language. __________________ ...

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bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	they're a complete headache. they edit my ads without permission, and have deceptive billing practices.

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SmutGiant Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,894	that's not a new rule to me, i've always had to provide them with a pass. there's better ppc companies out there anyways.

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arg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,164	I half suspect that the sales reps at overture just want access to free porn. They've usually hit me up for id & passwords, though not always. I don't think I've used them for over a year.

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