I can see the need for the new fees. I just ran the numbers and while our business has grown overall in the same time frame, clients paying via Paxum has dropped off significantly in 2017 with 2018 so far being even less...
- 2015 vs 2016 = 28% drop
- 2016 vs 2017 = 69% drop

Not sure the reason for it this, but it suggests that either less programs are paying via paxum, programs are paying out less overall, or webmasters prefer different payment methods instead of paxum.

I don't. I hardly ever use paxum, I only have it for the odd sponsors who don't allow other payments. I probably haven't even logged in in six months.

Some new mechanic probably to comply with the US I understand... Paying more fees is always bad news

I am not sure of what the advantage of this would be for affiliates.

It's a sign of times, adult industry is declining by every year, there is very little webmasters left.

fuck, paxum has turned into one giant clusterfuck

My bank charges me about 10 euros for fees and commissions every month. So, I don't understand your suffering for 25 cents.

I spoke to Ruth through email a few times today. She is super cool. For us paying affiliates there does not seem to be any extra or added fees. The difference for us to pay affiliates is we do not wire the funds to Paxum in the beginning. We just schedule some invoices and pay each affiliate. Then a couple times per month Paxum sends us an invoice to pay them back for the funds they sent out for us. Its like we have credit with Paxum. So we use our credit monthly and to pay affiliates. Then we pay our bill monthly.

This is very different way of doing these payouts but going to try it and see how it goes for 1 month. But I think it will be ok.

Sincerely,
Brandon
FGE, LLC
Catalina Cruz - Cam Porn - Official PornStar Website CatalinaCruz.com

interesting...

No and No!!! My account IS verified. I had to change bank account name and got request for more pictures of my ID.

So their business is not well if they had to introduce 0.25 fee?

Thanks for your answers, Ruth :thumbsup

In my experience, PayPal always charges a big fee. It's just that the type of transaction decides which side the fee appears on - on the sender side or receiver side.

Money sent with the "friends and family" option:
- Sender side pays big fee
- Receiver side: free

Money sent with the"payment for goods or services" option:
- Sender side: free
- Receiver side pays big fee

(This is all for regular intra-PayPal transfers, not credit cards payments.)

If I send you 50c once every six months, and you send it back the next day.
Neither of us would need to pay the monthly $5.

I only get 1 payment from an old site through paxum, so about once a year.

So it's basically a tax on apathy.

Or at least a way to ensure that every customer will generate fee revenue at some point in the year.

Sending $0.26 to someone and you pay the $0.25 fee for transfer. And the other person sends $0.01 back and pays the $0.25 fee. That should do it! :thumbsup

ok so we sent our first payment today to pay an affiliate for their sales with Paxum. Sent it as invoice and it looks like the payment sent right away and we received an email saying the funds were sent to the affiliate.

There was a $1 fee for this transaction which is the same as it was in the past.

So the next step will be Paxum sends us an invoice to pay them back for this invoice. Ruth told me ACH payment will now be available which would be great as it is so easy to send them funds in this matter.

So far so go. These changes should not really change much. But I do not know what they are charging to receive funds and if that changed.

Sincerely,
Brandon
Welcome To Fantasy Girl Revenue

I live in Chile and I looooooooooove Paxum :thumbsup

Thanks for the info :) BTW, you paid just one affiliate? Hope it will be that smooth for programs that pay hundreds of affiliates at once.

Yes we paid one affiliate as a test since this is brand new with Paxum. No sense sending out many payments in case there is an issue. And if it goes smooth we will pay the rest. :)

:thumbsup

any cliff notes?

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh like you can compare the two!

If the fees are an issue for you, you need to realize that the real issue here is your lack of businesses acumen.

Paxum saves us hundreds per month by not having to deal with checks and wires.