Can be this considered as cheating webmasters (shaving)? [biz thread] - GoFuckYourself.com

ilbb · 07-25-2006, 05:38 AM

I've found out that some CCBill sponsors are on join page linking to alternative payment option like Epoch or Verotel. Sure CCBill affiliates are not credited for these sales....is this cheating/shaving webmasters???

what is Your opinion?

LiveDose · 07-25-2006, 05:40 AM

Absolutely.

DaLord · 07-25-2006, 05:41 AM

Some of those I've seen do that also allow/offer webmasters to sign up with an extra besides CCbill. Are you sure that isn't the case?

ilbb · 07-25-2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DaLord

Some of those I've seen do that also allow/offer webmasters to sign up with an extra besides CCbill. Are you sure that isn't the case?

unfortunately I'm sure

Screaming · 07-25-2006, 05:52 AM

examples are needed..

Kimo · 07-25-2006, 06:00 AM

http://www.paulmarkhamteens.com/tour/join-us.php

Kimo · 07-25-2006, 06:01 AM

paul rocks, and im not accusing him, but thats the only site that came to mind where i remember seeing ccbill and another option

mOrrI · 07-25-2006, 06:02 AM

Interresting discussion...
bump

LiveDose · 07-25-2006, 06:04 AM

This thread will be looooong.

Gambit · 07-25-2006, 06:06 AM

Parking.

SomeCreep · 07-25-2006, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilbb

I've found out that some CCBill sponsors are on join page linking to alternative payment option like Epoch or Verotel. Sure CCBill affiliates are not credited for these sales....is this cheating/shaving webmasters???

what is Your opinion?

That is a bad practice and is certainly frowned upon by affiliates. I try and stay away from programs like that. However, sponsors are free to run their programs however they like. No one is forcing webmasters to sign up and send traffic.

Paul Markham · 07-25-2006, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kimo

paul rocks, and im not accusing him, but thats the only site that came to mind where i remember seeing ccbill and another option

I'm paying out 60% so some of that extra is what signs up via Paymonde.

After the August promo of $20 worth of content for every join we will be upping the rev share to 65%. Some of it will be from the 5% who sign up via Paymonde, most of it will be type in, returning members, content store links or stuff we can't ID as coming from affiliates.

We will always pay out to affiliates what we budgeted to pay them. If the traffic arrives and can't be credited to them we can spend a fortune on a program and two guys to manage it, or just pay out a bigger %. What would you prefer?

If enough of our affiliates hit me up and tell me they don't like it I will put up a tour which can only be billed via CCBILL, and pay out 55% on that tour. Then they can choose which one they want.

Dirty Dane · 07-25-2006, 06:23 AM

If its not credited, and the ccbill referal link doesn't lead to ccbill join page only, then it IS shaving. Some sponsors also use this in exit consoles if payment fail, or when just leaving the join page. Beware

DEA - banned for life · 07-25-2006, 06:24 AM

uhhh yeah !

Liquid Minds · 07-25-2006, 06:37 AM

Hi,

In my opinion it depends on how the webmaster creates the join page.
If he places a big button of the primary biller on the join page and a smaller one for his secondary biller (without affiliates), then he's just making sure the sale will be made.
A lot of webmasters also place a text with the secondary biller saying something like "if you get declined by ... use our secondary biller ...."

If he does it like this I'm not seeing this as shaving.
The sponsors intention is just not to lose any sales.
(being one of the reasons I always tell webmasters to have at least one secondary biller).

Just my

Tom_PM · 07-25-2006, 06:48 AM

I'd read the webmaster program terms as a refresher. Does it say "you'll be paid xx% of all sales sent to the tour" or "xx% of all sales through our processor ccbill" or something else or what?

It might not be anything depending 100% on what you are told up front that you'll be paid for.

L0rdJuni0r · 07-25-2006, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

I'm paying out 60% so some of that extra is what signs up via Paymonde.

After the August promo of $20 worth of content for every join we will be upping the rev share to 65%. Some of it will be from the 5% who sign up via Paymonde, most of it will be type in, returning members, content store links or stuff we can't ID as coming from affiliates.

We will always pay out to affiliates what we budgeted to pay them. If the traffic arrives and can't be credited to them we can spend a fortune on a program and two guys to manage it, or just pay out a bigger %. What would you prefer?

If enough of our affiliates hit me up and tell me they don't like it I will put up a tour which can only be billed via CCBILL, and pay out 55% on that tour. Then they can choose which one they want.

i am one of your new affiliates and i didn't notice that you have another payment option. I don't like that very much. If you can make a tour that has only ccbill payments, i would like that alot more. Until then, i probably wont add more of your galleries since I'm not sure that I'll get my sale because of the Paymonde. Please let me know if you make one of these "ccbill only" tours. You have very nice content and i think it will convert very nice and i would love to add all your galleries to all my sites. It is disappointing to find this out. Now I'm going to check all my other sponsors too see if they are doing the same thing. Waste of my time now since i could be doing other things that are more productive but damn..

en21 · 07-25-2006, 06:50 AM

this is bad

L0rdJuni0r · 07-25-2006, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

Hi,

In my opinion it depends on how the webmaster creates the join page.
If he places a big button of the primary biller on the join page and a smaller one for his secondary biller (without affiliates), then he's just making sure the sale will be made.
A lot of webmasters also place a text with the secondary biller saying something like "if you get declined by ... use our secondary biller ...."

If he does it like this I'm not seeing this as shaving.
The sponsors intention is just not to lose any sales.
(being one of the reasons I always tell webmasters to have at least one secondary biller).

Just my

I think it should give me a choice if i want the regular join page with the extra payment options or not.

L0rdJuni0r · 07-25-2006, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

If its not credited, and the ccbill referal link doesn't lead to ccbill join page only, then it IS shaving.

I agree 110%

Kimo · 07-25-2006, 06:58 AM

i'd also like to add that http://www.paulmarkhamteens.com/affiliates/ is one of my best converting ccbill sponsors, and the extra 10% he pays out fucking rocks, also good god that man has a TON of content!

polle54 · 07-25-2006, 07:04 AM

it is a form of shaving.... but at least it's out in the open where you yourself can decide whether to accept or not.

Real shaving is shady shaving where they take your commision and such

Dirty Dane · 07-25-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by L0rdJuni0r

Now I'm going to check all my other sponsors too see if they are doing the same thing. Waste of my time now since i could be doing other things that are more productive but damn..

When/if you do, please post them

Juilan · 07-25-2006, 07:20 AM

yes we need to see more sponsors that do this

pussyserver - BANNED FOR LIFE · 07-25-2006, 07:26 AM

bookmarking this page and getting ready to check ALL of my sponsors will post the ones i find after I delete them

L0rdJuni0r · 07-25-2006, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

When/if you do, please post them

Trust me... i will let it be known if/when i see some...

Kimo · 07-25-2006, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Juilan

yes we need to see more sponsors that do this

did you even read the fucking thread?

s9ann0 · 07-25-2006, 07:42 AM

I only put the epoch switch codes on if theres no referer code so webmasters don't lose out.

CCBILL should accept switch / maestro.

Dirty Dane · 07-25-2006, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

I'm paying out 60% so some of that extra is what signs up via Paymonde.

After the August promo of $20 worth of content for every join we will be upping the rev share to 65%. Some of it will be from the 5% who sign up via Paymonde, most of it will be type in, returning members, content store links or stuff we can't ID as coming from affiliates.

Thats fair enough, as long the affiliate knows about it and accept it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

We will always pay out to affiliates what we budgeted to pay them. If the traffic arrives and can't be credited to them we can spend a fortune on a program and two guys to manage it, or just pay out a bigger %. What would you prefer?

If enough of our affiliates hit me up and tell me they don't like it I will put up a tour which can only be billed via CCBILL, and pay out 55% on that tour. Then they can choose which one they want.

If the difference is the same as the uncredited sales, then I would prefer the lower payout % with cascade billing. Like you focus on costs, the affiliate focus on where to send traffic, and the better 'real' ratios the more traffic you will receive

Off course ratios does not matter compared to $/clicks, but if affiliates are mislead it could have opposite effect when they find out why the percentage payout is that high

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

I'm paying out 60% so some of that extra is what signs up via Paymonde.

shaving is shaving

funny how youre trying to bend the rules, ppl get bashed here due to a mailinglist link and youre trying to justify 2nd processor noone gets credited for.

RayVega · 07-25-2006, 08:04 AM

Well, this is the way we progress. What's coming from this is a clear message that program owners need to create ccbill only tours for people coming in as a ccbill affiliate to force the surfer to use the biller that brought in the customer. This is good not only for the referrer, but for the biller as well. They are losing the % if they have one of their affiliates refer a program a member and the member signs up via another biller.

Nobody should have a problem with alternate cascading billers in the case of a decline though, that is just the program owner trying to save the sale from scrubbing by the biller. If ccbill fails or declines the buyer then they go to an alternate biller to give it a shot. that you just can't help. I wouldn't expect the program owner to loose the sale because it came from a ccbill affiliate and ccbill declined for some reason, but paycom for example might approved. In that example it sucks for the affiliate who sent it and didn't get credit, I always wondered what programs that didn't have a backend like NATS did about that. If the program has a backend like NATS and the affiliate is signed up for the program through their own backend then they get credit no matter what. It is just a tough situation.

I wonder if Nats can make an alteration to catch ccbill ref codes going to an alternate biller and at least alert the program owner so they can pay out properly (if it doesn't already, i'm not sure, it may although I've never seen it), especially in the case of a decline, which goes to a secondary biller.

Interesting discussion.

Liquid Minds · 07-25-2006, 08:07 AM

I can understand the point of view of the affiliate.
But if a sponsor doesn't use a secondary biller he could lose quite some sales, for several reasons. (downtime primary processor, declines by primary processor).
Maybe now the affiliate doesn't get credit for the sale, but there would have been no sale without a secondary biller at all. (as mentioned before the sponsor should give the primary biller a more prominent place on the sign up page, so the surfer would try that processor first).

Affiliates can clearly see if there's a secondary biller, so it's their choice if the want to send him traffic. Or do affiliates just sign up for a sponsor without checking his sites first.

RayVega · 07-25-2006, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

I can understand the point of view of the affiliate.
But if a sponsor doesn't use a secondary biller he could lose quite some sales, for several reasons. (downtime primary processor, declines by primary processor).
Maybe now the affiliate doesn't get credit for the sale, but there would have been no sale without a secondary biller at all. (as mentioned before the sponsor should give the primary biller a more prominent place on the sign up page, so the surfer would try that processor first).

Affiliates can clearly see if there's a secondary biller, so it's their choice if the want to send him traffic. Or do affiliates just sign up for a sponsor without checking his sites first.

Exactly, I think a change may be in order. Programs that use the ccbill affiliate program maybe should make a ccbill only tour. Although, you cannot do anything about a sale that's declined or doesn't go through for some reason being referred to a secondary biller to try again, that's just business. You can't expect the program to forfeit the sale completely.

justsexxx · 07-25-2006, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

I can understand the point of view of the affiliate.
But if a sponsor doesn't use a secondary biller he could lose quite some sales, for several reasons. (downtime primary processor, declines by primary processor).
Maybe now the affiliate doesn't get credit for the sale, but there would have been no sale without a secondary biller at all. (as mentioned before the sponsor should give the primary biller a more prominent place on the sign up page, so the surfer would try that processor first).

Affiliates can clearly see if there's a secondary biller, so it's their choice if the want to send him traffic. Or do affiliates just sign up for a sponsor without checking his sites first.

If website owners want to take advantage of this, they should switch to software that does cascading, and pays the affiliate imo...

Also, the banner could be much much smalller...Now it are just 2 big buttons...

Maybe something like

BIG: JOIN HERE NOW

small If you have problems joining click here.....

CyBå CüLt CRüE · 07-25-2006, 08:16 AM

That's exactly why I won't use a sponsor that uses CCbill as it's main affiliate software. Cascades count for alot of sales and so stick to sponsors using nats or MPA3.

ilbb · 07-25-2006, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by justsexxx

If website owners want to take advantage of this, they should switch to software that does cascading, and pays the affiliate imo...

Also, the banner could be much much smalller...Now it are just 2 big buttons...

Maybe something like

BIG: JOIN HERE NOW

small If you have problems joining click here.....

I 100% agree with You

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justsexxx

If website owners want to take advantage of this, they should switch to software that does cascading, and pays the affiliate imo...

Also, the banner could be much much smalller...Now it are just 2 big buttons...

Maybe something like

BIG: JOIN HERE NOW

small If you have problems joining click here.....

Exactly.

Im like WTF Paul has two processors and when they decide to signup through the non ccbill the affiliate gets no credit and everyones cool with that?

Traffic leaks suck.

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CyBå CüLt CRüE

That's exactly why I won't use a sponsor that uses CCbill as it's main affiliate software. Cascades count for alot of sales and so stick to sponsors using nats or MPA3.

Everyone doin NATS use paycom or ccbill as prim processor. So like 50% of the NATS users you promote cause you hate ccbill use the processor you dont like.

Tom_PM · 07-25-2006, 08:26 AM

You dont need a 3rd party stats package to give credit from more than 1 processor.

Liquid Minds · 07-25-2006, 08:26 AM

Not all sponsors have the money to get Nats or MPA3 or a cascading setup.
So then the option of a big and small button is a good one in my opinion.

Btw nice thread.

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

Not all sponsors have the money to get Nats or MPA3 or a cascading setup.
So then the option of a big and small button is a good one in my opinion.

Btw nice thread.

Lame reply. And very obvious since you work for verosuck.

Shaving is shaving. How would you feel if a undefined small percentage of your wages would be send to your neighbour?

The Ghost · 07-25-2006, 08:35 AM

Anytime there are means to present potential members join options that do not properly credit the referring affiliate, it is shaving. I agree with Dave that it should be included in the programs terms and conditions.

It isn't the most difficult thing to check for, so I would suggest any affiliate check out the program they are promotion for things like this or traffic leaks. Know the number of popups your surfers will see, and what those popups are. Are they being presenting with another option to join that removes affiliate credit?

This is one of the benefits to a program that cascades it billing is the surfer is automatically presented with the next option for joining. If all works correctly, the affiliates will receive proper credit regardless of the billing method the new member uses. I cannot say in all cases, since there are few custom solutions used that I know very little about.

Never make the mistake as an affiliate to assume all programs operate the same or even in similar fashions. Get to know the principles involved in the program. Understand the their term and condition, and by all means ask questions

Liquid Minds · 07-25-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkx

Lame reply. And very obvious since you work for verosuck.

Shaving is shaving. How would you feel if a undefined small percentage of your wages would be send to your neighbour?

Hmm I don't really see why this reply is lame becasue I work for Verotel.

I see you only use CcBill, care to explain why this is?
As you must surely also lose sales when they decline transactions, while Paycom or Verosucks or Paymonde or any other biller could have taken those sales over.

If you do this only so the affiliate gets credited for his sale then you're one of the few out there. You then care more about your affiliates then your own wallet.

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

Hmm I don't really see why this reply is lame becasue I work for Verotel.

I see you only use CcBill, care to explain why this is?
As you must surely also lose sales when they decline transactions, while Paycom or Verosucks or Paymonde or any other biller could have taken those sales over.

If you do this only so the affiliate gets credited for his sale then you're one of the few out there. You then care more about your affiliates then your own wallet.

We use ccbill yes and theres a reason for that. And no we are not one of the few. Get your facts straight before you post hearsay.

Besides bashing like this is REALLY immature. You wont see a CCBILL rep do that.

BlackCrayon · 07-25-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RayVega

Nobody should have a problem with alternate cascading billers in the case of a decline though, that is just the program owner trying to save the sale from scrubbing by the biller. If ccbill fails or declines the buyer then they go to an alternate biller to give it a shot. that you just can't help. I wouldn't expect the program owner to loose the sale because it came from a ccbill affiliate and ccbill declined for some reason, but paycom for example might approved. In that example it sucks for the affiliate who sent it and didn't get credit, I always wondered what programs that didn't have a backend like NATS did about that. If the program has a backend like NATS and the affiliate is signed up for the program through their own backend then they get credit no matter what. It is just a tough situation.
Interesting discussion.

its not tough at all, you said it yourself, if they have a nats (or similar) backend, affiliates are credited no matter what processor gets used. i see this as the only way to use cascading billing. its not like nats is expensive. sure, the program is just trying to save the sale but they apparently don't care if its saved for the affiliate as well by only paying out on one processor. in my mind its just justified theft by being too cheap to go with a solution that can handle more than one processor.

FiReC · 07-25-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RayVega

Although, you cannot do anything about a sale that's declined or doesn't go through for some reason being referred to a secondary biller to try again, that's just business. You can't expect the program to forfeit the sale completely.

Not true, we use the ccbill affiliate system and can pass the referrer along to epoch, and epoch cuts the checks. So it is possible...

DutchTeenCash · 07-25-2006, 10:11 AM

NATS is nice but not using it is not justified theft.

There are girls out there who have and run their own site, make 1-2 sales a day and update once a month to make a few 100 a month for spending money. Theyll never switch to NATS just because its too expensive or even the payout by epass etc is too much work.

And those sites are being promoted as well.

Just for the record no Im not talkin bout DTC.

shack · 07-25-2006, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RayVega

Well, this is the way we progress. What's coming from this is a clear message that program owners need to create ccbill only tours for people coming in as a ccbill affiliate to force the surfer to use the biller that brought in the customer. This is good not only for the referrer, but for the biller as well. They are losing the % if they have one of their affiliates refer a program a member and the member signs up via another biller.

Exactly Ray!

OBVIOUSLY you can not track sales from a secondary processor using an affiliate system run by the primary processor..

However, why shouldn't the program owner try to capitalize on already qualified surfer. It's not like this surfer is going to do a complete U-turn, jump back on your site, and signup to totally different site.

justsexxx · 07-25-2006, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Liquid Minds

I see you only use CcBill, care to explain why this is?
As you must surely also lose sales when they decline transactions, while Paycom or Verosucks or Paymonde or any other biller could have taken those sales over.

If you do this only so the affiliate gets credited for his sale then you're one of the few out there. You then care more about your affiliates then your own wallet.

What a Fucking stupid reply.///

Are you new at verotel, or is that how they all think? If so, let me know, so I can remove some links

Thank you

BV · 07-25-2006, 10:22 AM

Paul,

CCBill has a feature built in their software where if the card is declined then you can send that surfer to whatever url you want, and you should then use this feature to send them to your Paymonde join page at that time.

It does not make sense to give them a choice beforehand as you are doing.

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s9ann0 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Boston Posts: 4,873	I only put the epoch switch codes on if theres no referer code so webmasters don't lose out. CCBILL should accept switch / maestro.

07-25-2006, 08:04 AM	#31
RayVega Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York ICQ#348007554 Posts: 4,212	Well, this is the way we progress. What's coming from this is a clear message that program owners need to create ccbill only tours for people coming in as a ccbill affiliate to force the surfer to use the biller that brought in the customer. This is good not only for the referrer, but for the biller as well. They are losing the % if they have one of their affiliates refer a program a member and the member signs up via another biller. Nobody should have a problem with alternate cascading billers in the case of a decline though, that is just the program owner trying to save the sale from scrubbing by the biller. If ccbill fails or declines the buyer then they go to an alternate biller to give it a shot. that you just can't help. I wouldn't expect the program owner to loose the sale because it came from a ccbill affiliate and ccbill declined for some reason, but paycom for example might approved. In that example it sucks for the affiliate who sent it and didn't get credit, I always wondered what programs that didn't have a backend like NATS did about that. If the program has a backend like NATS and the affiliate is signed up for the program through their own backend then they get credit no matter what. It is just a tough situation. I wonder if Nats can make an alteration to catch ccbill ref codes going to an alternate biller and at least alert the program owner so they can pay out properly (if it doesn't already, i'm not sure, it may although I've never seen it), especially in the case of a decline, which goes to a secondary biller. Interesting discussion. __________________ Ray "The Don" Vega Managing Director Private Equity Fund [email protected]

07-25-2006, 08:07 AM	#32
Liquid Minds Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 129	I can understand the point of view of the affiliate. But if a sponsor doesn't use a secondary biller he could lose quite some sales, for several reasons. (downtime primary processor, declines by primary processor). Maybe now the affiliate doesn't get credit for the sale, but there would have been no sale without a secondary biller at all. (as mentioned before the sponsor should give the primary biller a more prominent place on the sign up page, so the surfer would try that processor first). Affiliates can clearly see if there's a secondary biller, so it's their choice if the want to send him traffic. Or do affiliates just sign up for a sponsor without checking his sites first. __________________ Danny van Duivenbooden www.verotel.com icq: 199-010-518

07-25-2006, 08:16 AM	#35
CyBå CüLt CRüE Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: the Anthrax capitol Posts: 49	That's exactly why I won't use a sponsor that uses CCbill as it's main affiliate software. Cascades count for alot of sales and so stick to sponsors using nats or MPA3. __________________ A computer without Windows, is like a dog without a bunch of bricks tied to its head!!

07-25-2006, 08:26 AM	#39
Tom_PM Porn Meister Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,443	You dont need a 3rd party stats package to give credit from more than 1 processor. __________________ 43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

07-25-2006, 08:35 AM	#42
The Ghost IslandDollars.com Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Icq: 176176 Posts: 12,188	Anytime there are means to present potential members join options that do not properly credit the referring affiliate, it is shaving. I agree with Dave that it should be included in the programs terms and conditions. It isn't the most difficult thing to check for, so I would suggest any affiliate check out the program they are promotion for things like this or traffic leaks. Know the number of popups your surfers will see, and what those popups are. Are they being presenting with another option to join that removes affiliate credit? This is one of the benefits to a program that cascades it billing is the surfer is automatically presented with the next option for joining. If all works correctly, the affiliates will receive proper credit regardless of the billing method the new member uses. I cannot say in all cases, since there are few custom solutions used that I know very little about. Never make the mistake as an affiliate to assume all programs operate the same or even in similar fashions. Get to know the principles involved in the program. Understand the their term and condition, and by all means ask questions __________________ ISLAND DOLLARS 1000's of Exclusive TS scenes / Constant Updates Best TS Network your surfers will ever join

07-25-2006, 10:11 AM	#47
DutchTeenCash I like Dutch Girls Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: dutchteencash.com Posts: 21,684	NATS is nice but not using it is not justified theft. There are girls out there who have and run their own site, make 1-2 sales a day and update once a month to make a few 100 a month for spending money. Theyll never switch to NATS just because its too expensive or even the payout by epass etc is too much work. And those sites are being promoted as well. Just for the record no Im not talkin bout DTC. __________________ ICQ 16 91 547 - SKYPE dutchteencash bob AT dutchteencash DOT com ... did you see our newest Sweet Natural Girl Priscilla (18)?

07-25-2006, 10:22 AM	#50
BV wtf Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bikini State, FL USA Posts: 10,914	Paul, CCBill has a feature built in their software where if the card is declined then you can send that surfer to whatever url you want, and you should then use this feature to send them to your Paymonde join page at that time. It does not make sense to give them a choice beforehand as you are doing.