http://i.imgur.com/5jtTj.jpg

Pay attention to what is being said.

EH? maybe you should understand life....

Divvy said "if someone believed the content on a site is stolen, to join & steal the content."

You said "you dont need to join to do that as it's 2011"

Im saying, what one does, we don't all have to do..... I wouldn't steal something back from a thief, it makes you the same as the thieves.... That's not how a business deals with it, that's how low lifes deal with things.

Ehy brat! I know you are an hater due you smell like shit and you are ugly like CurrentlySober's ass, but seriously, stop making a dick of yourself.
Ah, btw I'm sorry to disappoint you but this one below is my girlfriend Erika since almost 6 years (since 28th october).

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6685/erbi5.jpg

Idiot!!!

Mentioned earlier, the Alexa rank takes other things into account. Such as hosted promo stuff like FHGs. That's completely different than traffic landing on the site/tour and will inflate Alexa rankings.


**EDIT: Fuck this thread is moving fast.

Wow that sucks.

An idiot for explaining why I was misunderstood?

What would we call you with nothing else to say...... boring, tedious, unintelligent? But hey Thanks for your input, twas most thrilling.... :disgust

Can I make a suggestion? Close down the site (gracefully) and pay the affiliates using the card processing holdback. 10% worth of 6 months of revenue should be sufficient to cover the 2-3 missed payment periods.

(That's assuming there was a holdback in place... is it still typically 10% held for 6mo?)

congrats to the losers.

why

that site will be making good cash. its been in mainstream news and is well known.

on top of that most webmasters will not remove the links or fhg. many will not know about the site (affiliate) closing nor will most remeber were the links are.

so for years they will rake it in.

so sit back, and rake in the cash.

No, idiot for not understanding what was being said. Call me what you like, I'm not bothered.

You are doing it again, trolling.... I understand... all I had said was that thieving stolen content back from a site is not always the right method :2 cents:

I ain't no thief, Id rather take the appropriate actions. That's all...




Stop your name calling :disgust

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On a positive note.... Melissa is a damn sexy girl :thumbsup

I was attempting to give them the benefit of the doubt. Biggy2 says they're broke, which is apparently why they can't pay their affiliates. If this is genuine, my suggestion is a way to (slowly) pay out all that is owed.

I do find it hard to believe that the website would be running at a loss though. Stop making content, turn it into an archive only site priced a little lower, continue paying affiliates...

I received 2 separate emails from them about the program closing. So they are doing more than most to notify everyone to do what they must. Between directly emailing affiliates and these board posts most should know. There will still be links up, just part of the business. Most affiliates have some links out there for closed sites. An unfortunate part of the business.

This could be a very lucrative way of big earnings for both the program & the affiliates :thumbsup

The way I understand what he is saying is...they are broke...they may be facing bankruptcy...in the meantime they have the usual bills to pay...mortgage/rent-utilities-groceries etc. and there are children involved...so what ever money that may be coming in from the site they are using that money to help them survive and apparently there is so little money coming in from the site that there just isn't any money left to pay out to affiliates. So he is saying that what ever ethics they may have or obligation to pay others what they owe ...when faced with personal survival...those ethics and obligations go out the window and their survival comes first.

Thank you for your input.

Thanks.... & your input too :2 cents:

Doesn't really matter how broke they are. Everyone has bills to pay. It isn't their money to keep, it belongs to the affiliates. You can't just decide one day that you aren't making enough money for yourself anymore, so you're going to intercept someone else's money.


edit: unless you're a democrat.

I don't like her comment on her youtube video:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLblhWr05uk

couldn't have said it better myself :thumbsup



p.s. love the edit.....it's spot on

Correct. This post accurately reflects the point I am trying to make. Thank you.

This thread now has 3500 views, 200 + replies, and a fuck ton of bantering amongst people who aren't even affected. Would any one else want to chime in and give them your opinion, you all seem to want to walk in other people's shoes like it's oh so easy.

The people with the loudest right to complain, (i.e. the largest affiliates, and trust me when I say, the word 'large' is used incredibly liberal here) have actually come in here, thanked her, and said nice things. Go figure.

Melissa could make great money by " FUCKING A FAN"

seriously if she is that screwed for $ why not?

I had about $6 owed in the stats (don't care about that at all) and i'm pretty sure they still billed with ccbill too??

What you don't seem to get is that we do have a right to complain because when this starts becoming the standard procedure we all are going to end up getting screwed. In fact if it hadn't have been allowed in the past they probably would not have even tried to get away with doing this.

It's too bad they couldn't have kept the program up and explained their problems while kindly asking that affiliates try to send them more traffic in order to help them out (it might not be too late to try this FWIW). Or at least give a little more notice. As it is they just pulled the program (but left the sites and billing up) and said "get lost" to their affiliates with some sweet words.

Nine years ago I closed a small affiliate program myself. But I did it in a much fairer way. I gave 30 days notice and I completely shut down the site and the billing. I'm sorry they are having bad times (if that is true) but it isn't right to steal from your affiliates and it might even end up landing them in legal trouble or complicating any bankruptcy they attempt.

ok we are up to six bucks owed to affiliates.

Please, you don't give a shit how much is owed to the affiliates, facts, or reality, as clearly demonstrated from your posts.

But here is some fact and reality anyway, even if $6 is all that's owed, it's still stealing, they are all thieves, and you condone it. I learned a lot from this thread, thank you all.

That's the way it goes with these programs. They come out of the gate, enjoy great success, especially using the affiliate model that just crashed and burned, market changes and they don't change with it, can't make the payments on the lifestyle and back to earth they fall. Meanwhile, it is fuck you to everybody else. Just another fuck job documented on GFY. Who's next? Some of you more astute poindexters may have noticed a trend here. It's been going on for quite a few years. These program owners aren't stupid, they see that no action is taken against thieves, no lawsuits, no problems with the IRS, no jailtime. So what is the downside? A few threads on the forums that die down and a few days later it's old news. So who's next?

Yeah, that would've been an awesome message.

"Hey guys,

We stopped paying you, but send us more traffic and we'll try to catch up at some point, even with all the problems we have. Our conversion ratios are fucking awesome, there's hasnt been a content shoot in 2-3 years, and melissa is going on 30. We know how patient and understanding affiliates are when it comes to non-payment, so please push us more. Thanks."

I've said it multiple times. YOU SIR, ARE AN IDIOT. This was handled correctly. When it became clear there was no money going out, I made sure to put notices everywhere, and shut it down. Please stop posting, I'm getting dumber reading your messages and replying to them.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

...and you're just a hostile little shit.

I've seen people do it before. It's called kindness and respecting business partners. I've knowingly kept sending clicks to sponsors who had payment problems because I respected them and trusted them. They actually came through and paid me. But I knew they would. It would be a lot better than ripping off your affiliates anyway.

I'm not shitting you at all when I tell you that I have seen local business owners charged with fraud for doing stuff like this. One had a dance studio and accepted advance yearly subscriptions the very day before they decided to close and flee the state in the middle of the night. The police decided to pursue it. The question is how long did they know they were shutting down? It can very well lead to jailtime. Want to see them in jail?

how much control of this did/does Melissa even have? i've met her a few times and she was an amazing, kind hearted and above board girl in my opinion (and everyone elses). i can't picture her being ok with "epassing" affiliates. she is talented and far from finished or washed up. surely there could have been a way to rescue or revive the program with the help of larger programs. at the very least she could have sold out to one of many companies that would have been happy to take over. this doesn't make sense unless she didn't have control of her own program.

You must have graduated from Harvard law.

over the six bucks that seems to be owed so far?