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ruff 10-20-2010 09:33 AM

DeluxePass will be closing on November 1st 2010
 
Hello,

Today is a day we have tried to prevent for quite some time. As you know, DeluxePass launched in 2000. It quickly became a mainstay for affiliate webmasters and adult film fans alike. Over the years we have worked with some wonderful people, including you, and we are very thankful for all the work you have done over the years with us.

Unfortunately, times are changing and the business model that used to work so successfully for DeluxePass simply is not sustainable anymore. We have been operating at a loss for a while and the death of mgps/tgps has had a seriously negative impact on our revenue. The high costs of hosting and management combined with the rapidly diminishing income generated by the site have created a climate in which we can not continue to operate the site effectively.

It is with great sadness that we are announcing the closing of the DeluxePass affiliate program. We have decided to close the affiliate program and focus our attention on other projects that have a greater chance of succeeding.

DeluxePass will be closing on November 1st 2010. Please make sure you change any links.

We understand it can take time and be an inconvenience to change links so we are giving you as much advance notice as possible. If you have any questions please contact us sometime during the next two weeks and we will gladly assist you as best we can.

Thanks you for your work as an affiliate webmaster, while we are sad to see DeluxePass go, we are glad we were able to help so many webmasters make significant money for themselves with DeluxePass over the years. It has been a great ride and we wish you the best of luck as you move forward to even bigger and better projects in the future!

Thanks,
The DeluxePass Team

Another one bites the dust!

NaughtyRob 10-20-2010 09:35 AM

So the site / sites are staying up but the affiliate program is going bye bye. Ugh. If not, what will you do with the content?

AdultKing 10-20-2010 09:37 AM

Nine or Ten days notice depending on where in the world you are. nice one.

ruff 10-20-2010 09:41 AM

I guess my sites should be taken down. Wonder if I can do that now. Use to be a pretty good program, but a little unattended to for the past little while. Literally no traffic anymore so it's no wonder it's closing. Why wouldn't they sell it?

spazlabz 10-20-2010 09:42 AM

damn that is sad news

TeenCat 10-20-2010 09:43 AM

nothing strange, also steam power is not so popular anymore ... :)

magicmike 10-20-2010 09:44 AM

Well anyone looking to move links try www.justporno.com at www.nichewealth.com

fatfoo 10-20-2010 09:45 AM

It is unfortunate that DeluxePass has to close due to losses of income. Some businesses continue to operate with a loss of income with hopes of more profits in the future. Good luck, ruff.

fris 10-20-2010 09:46 AM

a bunch of people were trying to get paid

Agent 488 10-20-2010 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeenCat (Post 17625599)
nothing strange, also steam power is not so popular anymore ... :)

I approve.

TheSenator 10-20-2010 09:47 AM

Times have changed. Wishing you the best in the mainstream world.

The Porn Nerd 10-20-2010 09:50 AM

Man, it seems like most every day I get up to some BAD NEWS in the Adult Biz! This program closing, this guy's a scammer, Chris Mallick is a fucktard, on and on it goes. Sigh.

Hope this doesn't fuck you too bad Ruff. Sounds like DeluxePass was slowly dying anyway. :(

woj 10-20-2010 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdultKing (Post 17625567)
Nine or Ten days notice depending on where in the world you are. nice one.

many sponsors don't even give a warning, many that do, give only a few days... :2 cents:

ruff 10-20-2010 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterPeabody (Post 17625638)
Man, it seems like most every day I get up to some BAD NEWS in the Adult Biz! This program closing, this guy's a scammer, Chris Mallick is a fucktard, on and on it goes. Sigh.

Hope this doesn't fuck you too bad Ruff. Sounds like DeluxePass was slowly dying anyway. :(

I haven't made any sales from them since I don't know when. At least they gave 11 days notice! The thing is they had a pretty good situation going on there, even now a pretty good deal for the surfer. Pretty much an autopilot type of thing.

TinyOak 10-20-2010 09:55 AM

Bad news :-/

tranza 10-20-2010 10:13 AM

That's truly sad. Deluxe Pass was the first adult program that I actually made some real money.

My AVS site sucked, and I could still pull 5-10 sales/day back in the good days.

RIP Deluxe Pass. I just hope you guys pay everybody (as I've seen more an more complaints over GFY about this).

:(

Robbie 10-20-2010 10:18 AM

Wow. :(

I guess it was time.

Just looked at Stats Remote...I made $797,888.05 with Deluxe Pass

Paid a lot of bills with that money.

The Porn Nerd 10-20-2010 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17625720)
I made $797,888.05 with Deluxe Pass

Paid a lot of bills with that money.

Bills? What kind of pimp lifestyle you livin' there in Vegas, babY? :1orglaugh

kristin 10-20-2010 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17625720)
Wow. :(

I guess it was time.

Just looked at Stats Remote...I made $797,888.05 with Deluxe Pass

Paid a lot of bills with that money.

Damn, nice Robbie.

And for those others spamming their programs in this thread, do it in a different one.

Argos88 10-20-2010 10:36 AM

Another one bites the dust.

This biz is getting worse every day.

.

signupdamnit 10-20-2010 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 17625644)
many sponsors don't even give a warning, many that do, give only a few days... :2 cents:

30 days is the standard expectation if at all possible + full payment of all rebills on rev share (if applicable) and where they will still be processing regardless of the status of the affiliate program. All payments presently due to webmasters should also be made according to the normal timetable or close to it. Just because others are scumbags doesn't mean the expectations should be lowered. :2 cents:

If a program doesn't do this I believe affiliates should consider blacklisting the owners and all future programs from them and follow them around to warn others when they start new ventures (mainstream or adult). You don't want to make it easy and without consequences to pull a "take the money and run". You have to make em pay for it.

DlxClem 10-20-2010 10:37 AM

Hey guys,

I just wanted to clarify a few things:

- All of the payments owed until the site shuts down will be paid out.
- The current deluxepass members are going to be cancelled and the sites/affiliate program closed.
- We're going to focus on our other sites such as videosz.com / ztod.com / thirdmovies.com and blackicepass.com

We're definitely sad to see it go, it was a good 10 years, we paid out close to 200M to affiliates in 10 years. I'm personally happy about that, I know a lot of guys made a lot of money with our work and we're still doing that over at videosz.com and ztod.com.

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

Thanks

FreeHugeMovies 10-20-2010 11:02 AM

Clement makes me hardddddd

Zyber 10-20-2010 11:26 AM

This is sad news, but an understandable business decision.
DeluxePass has been a great success and made many webmasters wealthy over the years.

Thanks to Clement and DeluxePass for the many good years.

Good luck with your remaining sites.

Stinger 10-20-2010 11:27 AM

Et Bien ...

Times change and we just have to Adjust and find New Ways to generate some business and new Models that can generate revenues on a long term basis...

Tx for getting the Business where it is Clement ... we need peeps like you and I am sure we will do some great Business in a Near Future you and Gammae.

Best of luck with all your other projects.

Chosen 10-20-2010 12:14 PM

That's kinda sad... :(

CE Adam 10-20-2010 01:05 PM

Sorry to see the program shut down Clement. You guys had a hell of a run though :thumbsup 10 years is nothing to sneeze at in this business.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DlxClem (Post 17625775)
Hey guys,

I just wanted to clarify a few things:

- All of the payments owed until the site shuts down will be paid out.
- The current deluxepass members are going to be cancelled and the sites/affiliate program closed.
- We're going to focus on our other sites such as videosz.com / ztod.com / thirdmovies.com and blackicepass.com

We're definitely sad to see it go, it was a good 10 years, we paid out close to 200M to affiliates in 10 years. I'm personally happy about that, I know a lot of guys made a lot of money with our work and we're still doing that over at videosz.com and ztod.com.

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

Thanks


Bomber8888 10-20-2010 01:13 PM

Sad day indeed.. sorry to see it go! I made alot of coin with you in the past, good luck!

RogerV 10-20-2010 01:37 PM

That sucks good luck

matuloo 10-20-2010 02:18 PM

Sorry to see it go too, it was one of the best programs in my entire adult biz career :(

I am still sending a few sales there each month and I have some rebills there, so less money again ;(

I hoped you would keep the rebills running, but I see its not the plan.

Well, time to move on :)

Davy 10-20-2010 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruff (Post 17625586)
but a little unattended to for the past little while.

So it's their own fault. :2 cents:

alias 10-20-2010 02:50 PM

RIP DP. :anon

lucass.83 10-20-2010 02:53 PM

another shitty day :(

Elli 10-20-2010 03:16 PM

Congrats on a good 10 years! Sorry to see it end this way. Sign of the times, I guess :(

LiveDose 10-20-2010 03:22 PM

A great program back in the day. Evolution.

zeuse 10-20-2010 03:42 PM

As long as VideosZ has a future im a happy man.

Alprazolam 10-20-2010 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristin (Post 17625761)
Damn, nice Robbie.

And for those others spamming their programs in this thread, do it in a different one.

pot meet kettle. you're company is the worst brown nosing rep army on the planet. keep it real chicky!

ruff 10-20-2010 04:04 PM

If you guys don't want the program anymore, can I have it? I'll run it for you, get it going again. It's really too nice to shut down. Seems like it could be great again if someone got busy on a daily basis with it.

nikki99 10-20-2010 04:43 PM

where are my $50 bucks deluxepass

Major (Tom) 10-20-2010 05:09 PM

I got started with DP. In a nutshell DP funded my current program. It's sad to see them go.
Duke

Kelvin 10-20-2010 05:50 PM

Anyone out there still running an AEN type site that is doing any good?

If so, I need to move GapeThatAss.com somewhere. Its still making sales.

Who wants my business?

fuzebox 10-20-2010 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelvin (Post 17626966)
Anyone out there still running an AEN type site that is doing any good?

If so, I need to move GapeThatAss.com somewhere. Its still making sales.

Who wants my business?

Was always a huge fan of your site :thumbsup

Check out Pornaccess from Gamma.

Argos88 10-20-2010 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelvin (Post 17626966)
Anyone out there still running an AEN type site that is doing any good?

If so, I need to move GapeThatAss.com somewhere. Its still making sales.

Who wants my business?

AdultsAllowed stopped paying webmasters long ago... EPOCH refused to answer our requests and keep processing them. Also webmasters didn't care and just gave up and didn't claim, losing around 100K there in total...

Then you have AdultBouncer, but they seem dead... Tried to contact them several times, no answer...

.

Kelvin 10-20-2010 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzebox (Post 17626987)
Was always a huge fan of your site :thumbsup

Check out Pornaccess from Gamma.

Thanks Fuze, its been good to me over the years.

fogfever 10-20-2010 06:36 PM

too bad. Good luck.

oil 10-20-2010 08:07 PM

DeluxePass and PornAccess have kind of the same biz model, but sales for me on pornaccess are still good, so that sounds kinda fishy to me

michal 10-20-2010 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DlxClem (Post 17625775)
Hey guys,

I just wanted to clarify a few things:

- All of the payments owed until the site shuts down will be paid out.
- The current deluxepass members are going to be cancelled and the sites/affiliate program closed.
- We're going to focus on our other sites such as videosz.com / ztod.com / thirdmovies.com and blackicepass.com

We're definitely sad to see it go, it was a good 10 years, we paid out close to 200M to affiliates in 10 years. I'm personally happy about that, I know a lot of guys made a lot of money with our work and we're still doing that over at videosz.com and ztod.com.

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

Thanks


Hey there Clem

why dont you respond to my icq msgs and the thread i make on GFY
which several members forwarded you?

here's the thread

and here's my icq logs (this is just recent msgs which i sent you few days ago.. without any response)

i sent you email please check i want to get finally paid

Mikkel79 (21:17:18 11/10/2010)
hi bro

did you get my emails?


Mikkel79 (22:24:50 11/10/2010)
i dont know what to do
opened a thread on GFY


Mikkel79 (22:25:21 11/10/2010)
/showthread.php?p=17596552#post17596552


Mikkel79 (22:25:26 11/10/2010)
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...2#post17596552


Mikkel79 (22:25:50 11/10/2010)
i need to get this money asap and i cant wait any longer
please find the time for me


Mikkel79 (14:10:13 12/10/2010)
Hello


Mikkel79 (19:21:22 12/10/2010)
why dont you answer me?


Mikkel79 (02:19:36 14/10/2010)
Hello


Mikkel79 (22:00:32 14/10/2010)
Hey there


Mikkel79 (22:42:58 18/10/2010)
still busy?


Mikkel79 (07:04:19 21/10/2010)
Heyy


Mikkel79 (07:04:24 21/10/2010)
why dont you answer me??

TinyOak 10-20-2010 08:19 PM

Kelvin, i'm in the same situation... still making sales...

dunno what to do... :-/

BIGTYMER 10-20-2010 08:24 PM

Sad to seem them close. I have great success with them years ago.

michal 10-20-2010 08:45 PM

Clement

why dont you sell it? why are you going to cancel all rebills?
do you understand that you ruin business of people which made you tons of money?

why did you keep telling me you're moving it to some other hosting?
i was waiting for the damn payout which i didnt get yet

and you were giving me this bullshit excuses for 2 months that you're moving
and now you're closing the doors


i wait for you in icq to solve payout questions

i hope you understand that you ruin your reputation which you built over the
years with such attitude

you still run other programs

i want to get my payment now

and i dont want to wait anymore


contact me asap icq 561-032-610


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