Yes last few days my sales have been sucking, after the 15th (as always) they take a dive, but this time a little more extended.
Now is a good time to think "will i make it thru the summer" cuz you all now how that goes. And if you say Yes, then start your plan of attack for September now.

Also something I have been doing is making sure surfers know about the inherent dangers of illegal tubes and torrent sites. I've made pages, posts all kinds of things and put them out there. Trust me, this stuff gets around and what i state is completely true.

A person posted here not too long ago that he had polled 1000 surfers on why they would pay for porn and the number one answer was "because I DONT TRUST tubes and torrents. too many viruses, malware, spam emails." All of this is true and there are numerous linkable cases of tubes and torrents loading people's computers with nasty shit.

So I capitalize on that and spread it around. Its a small way to fight back, but imagine if 1000 webmasters made posts and pages to the same effect?

and btw i don't try to sound scary, i just state facts and push the positive side of joining a legit paysite.

Yeah, conversions are fucked up for me too.

I would like to see those promoting dating or cams
or the dating and cam sponsor themselves tell us if they notice the same dirty patterns?

Yep

It's a fucking nightmare here. Something out of control. Can't do a thing about it. For the past few days (close to a week) it's 75% DOWN here ! Can you imagine ?
Adapt or die ? Adapt to WHAT god damn it.
I'm so pissed.

That's the frustrating part: we can just watch and see what is happening. My traffic numbers reach records and I get only a few sign ups. Strange thing is also I am getting sign ups now for programs that I send only a few hits per day and those make the very 1st of 2nd sign up for this year while the main programs where I send a shit load of traffic do NOT convert at all...
It is just impossible that those programs are dead as I made tons of cash with them untill last week...
It is just like all surfers are hypnotized...

The only good thing is that there are other honest webmasters that confirm the same issue... I hope for you and for me that this situation will change A.S.A.P.

click my sig, go mainstream

I got a software that i sell, only 60$ I used to sell some per weeks. Still scoring very well on SE for various niche keywords. ONE SALE THIS MONTH so far. Why ?

People makes the equation that internet = FREE

So they look around for the same fucking script for GUESS WHAT (drum rolls please)
YESSSSSSSSSSSS we got a winner "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE" version

I think i'll go crack a couple of cans and sit my ass next to my pool and think i'm a king hahahahaha

Fuck internet

man.. that mainstream site don't give me any confidence, it remembers me to thsoe selling ACAI BERRY... they always use those highlighted old fonts and cookie cutter design.

no offense intended, just took a look and that's what I can say.

Although I agree that it's easier to do money with mainstream right now.

Don't be fooled - 'mainstream' is hurting, too. I have three or four friends in 'mainstream' who do B2B marketing, online sales, etc and they're all scratching their heads. Everyone's hurting. I'm sure it's the new credit card rules - people just have not adjusted their lifestyles/spending habits yet. But they will. I'm an Optimist. LOL

But I think it's a factor because now it's not so easy for someone to go over their limit if they are close to that limit, and many people are maxed out on their cards.

AND summer's coming. Oh joy.....

Ratios the the past week were pretty bad.
I had my worst CCBill week since November.
Today i am 10x usual ratios.

Everyone is overlooking what is going on around the world. The financial markets are falling apart with The Euro, The American stock exchange, Countries on the brink of bankruptcy and so on.

People are getting scared that we are heading into another dip in the global recession. Then add to that summer is almost here so people are saving money for vacations, still paying off Xmas and so on. Then add all the free porn that's out their. Not good for us.

I think it's a combination:

Free porn
Economy
Saturation

...and a couple of other things I'm not going to say.

I don't think things will change tbh.

Sales still suck to the same extent as they did when they started to totally drop for me on the 19th...how disappointing..:(

Same here...
I had good hopes for a good weekend but right now it's a total disaster.
I had last week my worst week since I did start in adult way back in 2005 when I had totally NO traffic (only 10K or so). Now I have over 200K and I make less...
It really does not make any sense.

I have heard a whole lot of webmasters with the same issues but...
Can you believe that a relative of me made over 750$ on the 20th of May with just blog traffic???? He made 24 sales that day with a 1:1000 ratio... (+14 rebills that day)...
WTF???

I know this may sound crazy, but I have not seen ANY changes in my overall sales for around 8 months now!

I only have a handful of affiliates, which account for approximately 1/3 of all sales, and my program is very small in comparison to what is out there, but seriously... NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER IN 8 MONTHS! A few sales a day, every single day, for 8 months.

This is part-time for me, and I would love more affiliates and more sales, but I am not complaining at all - a little extra consistent income every week is a good thing!

Kind of bizarre that there have been absolutely no changes in sales numbers over 8 months though....

Sorry i don't beleive you (no hard feelings)

I saw a print of his stats.
He has an exceptional good day that day....

I am happy for him but I saw that day just 25% of his revenue with 10X more traffic...

I have seen a drop in conversion ratios with a lot of our affiliates, especially in the past 2-3 weeks but so far those same affiliates are turning that all around after listening to some promotional tips. If you are promoting Naughty America and are having trouble with your conversions hit me up and I can help you optimize your profits with us.

Do something about it.

Everyone's forced to have really high fraud scrubbing these days. It's not going to get better.

I think this could be the reason why it's crap.. BUT WHY THE FUCK SUDDENLY WOULD THE PROCESSORS ENABLE THIS SHIT??

In case you are not aware, many, many banks are dropping out of high risk. Those who have existing relationships are doing what they can to keep them happy upstream.

Godverdomme Zeg!!

I reduced subscr. price for one of my paysites from $24 to $10 just to check if it had something to do with money and guess what - NOTHING! No sales
I have absolutely no explanation for that. I'm with Verotel and they don't decline transactions

Well I sent an e-mail to ccbill with my concerns..

CCbill's stats ?

http://www.adultreviews.com/boardposts/may-2010.png

Notice may 19th.

Your day to day variations matches ours.

It points to the billing.

try this sponsor great convert Royal-Cash

Well these stats are my mixed stats as I work with +75 sponsors but my 2 main sponsors are ccbill sites to who I send about 80% of my hits.
Since 4 years I make a living with these CCBILL sites so it is not a matter that these sites should not convert as I made tons of money with them and my traffic stream to them was never bigger than this month (I am not talking of sending < 10K of hits per day but much more).

I see I am still converting with other sites but almost NOT with CCBILL.
Funny thing is that I make conversions with NATS sites that made my 1st or 2nd sale for this year (I only send a few hits per day to these sites) but most of my traffic to CCBILL sites does NOT convert since May 16. I mean: I make only 15% of my normal sales and that is absolutely NOT normal.


My main NATS sponsor's conversion ratios:
March 2010: 1:2148
April 2010: 1:1389
May 2010: 1:1021

You see: with the same traffic my conversion ratio is better for May 2010 and thanks to this sponsor I have made some money the last week....


I don't blame anybody but this situation with the ccbill sites is getting out of control.

Are there other webmasters who see the same thing in their conversions with CCBILL sites ???

I do.. after the maintenance for EU clients processing provider new sales got reduced by 70%

GodXXXXXXXX man,

SCHEDULED MAY 17 MAINTENANCE AFFECTING EU-BASED CLIENTS AND AFFILIATES
Posted May 5th, 2010 15:10:36, by CCBill Management


SCHEDULED MAY 17 MAINTENANCE AFFECTING EU-BASED CLIENTS AND AFFILIATES

The provider that processes credit card transactions for our EU-based clients will be performing a short system maintenance on May 17 between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time (1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time).

During this time frame, its online services will be unavailable, and some corresponding transactions for CCBill EU-based clients that occur during the maintenance window will be batched.

Please note: during this short maintenance no transaction data will be lost, and following the maintenance, regular transaction activity will resume.

If you experience any issues or prolonged interruptions of service from this maintenance, please contact CCBill Client Support 24/7 at [email protected], 800-510-2859, or by Live chat.

Many thanks,

CCBill Management

now 7 days later.. still 70% down..

same traffic same tour... and ccbill is the last link in the game.. so they may explain!

You are fucking right man!
XXXverdomme nog aan toe!

My dip started on the 16th but that day I made double sales than on the 17th...
And since the 17th I make only a few sign ups per day...
I had my very worst ccbill week last week (from Sunday to last Saturday) since I first started in adult and it is NOT getting better now...
If this situation continues I will have a new record next Saturday...

I've sent this morning a e-mail.. they take their time to come up with an answer

************

Hello,

After the maintenance on 17 May I’m seeing a decrease of 70% in new transactions..
I’m also wondering if the fraud scrubbing is set higher since then.. because on my side traffic and layout on my sites has remained untouched.

Is this something that’s affecting only my account?

With kind regards,
Patryk

************

I'm waiting for my fucking reply and I'm fucking ichty today.. but lucky me got an date with an model tonight.. hope she will make me chill.

G-domme!!


If this continues I'll have to start testing Epoch with my own traffic.. and then eventually make that switch from CCbill to Epoch once again.. i did that with succes with my first program. (But I prefer to not do that again)

Hey Pat, Let us all know if you get a reply from ccbill. In the meantime I wish you have a good date tonight... but keep your money in the wallet as if this continues you will gonna need it...

HAHA.. you're so right!! :thumbsup thank you.


Yes every reply will be posted here!!

You guys need to get NATS (or even MPA!) and take control of your business.

Relying one processor no matter who it may be is not a good idea. I've seen customers increase sales & lower ratios dramatically by using 5, 6, 7, or even more different processors depending on geo information, the site, time frame, etc. Its not just a simple matter of being able to go to another processor on a decline, its much more than that. Those who understand and practice this have very good overall ratios.

Plus, putting all of your eggs in one basket, pointing your links/affiliate links at a domain you don't own, and letting a 3rd party own/control your affiliate data is never ever a good idea.