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  • Xplicit
    Confirmed User
    • May 2003
    • 3558
    #1

    Iwantu.com .... something strange....

    Like any webmaster whos been in the business, before I send traffic I look into the sponsor as much as I can. (basically since InsiteAdult screwed me out of thousands by claiming bankruptcy).

    So I did the iwantu.com 2.50/email promotion. Looking at a new sponsor of corse the main issue is how long theyve been around.

    iwantu's webmaster program says "Total Payout since 1996: $15,043,250.58"

    Ive been in this industry since 1996, and thought it was strange that I hadnt heard of them until several months ago. But then I thought, maybe I just didnt notice them, since ive only been doing the dating sites thing for a year or so and ive been happy with my usual sponsors.

    But then out of curiosity, I did a whois on thier domains...

    CashRing.com
    Record created on 04-May-1999

    Iwantu.com
    Record created on 24-Mar-1997

    So my only question is, if the site didnt exist yet, how were they paying webmasters in 1996?

    Or are they backed or owned by another company/affiliate program that i'm not aware of?

    Just curious and overly paranoid, not accusing anyone of anything, but if you guys have had some of the bad experiences with sponsors like InsiteAdult, you'd be asking the same thing. Tried to ICQ them and no response.
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    • ProjectNaked
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2004
      • 4309
      #2
      You know too much...they are coming for you now

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        • axelcat
          Adult Locals
          • Jun 2002
          • 25450
          #3
          Originally posted by ProjectNaked
          You know too much...they are coming for you now
          haha

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            • Alex
              So Fucking Banned (YEA!!)
              • Jun 2004
              • 10963
              #4
              Originally posted by ProjectNaked
              You know too much...they are coming for you now
              Care about me?
              Who?
              Me!
              Who?

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                • Rich
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 11486
                  #5
                  Good eye. An archive of their site from 1998 says that they're a "cupidnet.com" affiliate. That domain was created on 07-Feb-1995.

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                    • polish_aristocrat
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 40377
                      #6
                      Originally posted by ProjectNaked
                      You know too much...they are coming for you now
                      I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                        • Antonio
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Oct 2001
                          • 14136
                          #7
                          Different company under different name perhaps?

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                            • KRL
                              Entrepreneur
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 31429
                              #8
                              Keith showed me the original way way back I Want U first version site.

                              I laughed with him for over 5 minutes.
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                                • Varius
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jun 2004
                                  • 6890
                                  #9
                                  Hey Xplicit,

                                  I don't see any ICQs from you...

                                  I wasn't with the company way back in 1996, but I do know that the domain cashring.com only started getting used later (I guess in 1999). Originally CashRing was built to offer many types of products, from hosting to dating...kind of like a commission junction. Only in the past few years has it focused on IwantU now.

                                  In 1996/1997 IwantU did have some affiliates, basically from word of mouth. So, we did payout money in those years, just probably not much

                                  If you go checkout the site in Alexa' Wayback machine, you're gonna laugh at some of the earliest versions ...they converted somehow though! It doesn't seem to have the very first version of ours or some other sites in their 'wayback machine' though.
                                  Skype variuscr - Email varius AT gmail

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                                    • MickeyG
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2004
                                      • 4134
                                      #10
                                      just for the record, I've been an affiliate for over 2 years now and been paid on time everytime.. and quite well I might add

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                                        • ssp
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jan 2005
                                          • 7990
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by KRL
                                          Keith showed me the original way way back I Want U first version site.

                                          I laughed with him for over 5 minutes.
                                          http://web.archive.org/web/199801220...ww.iwantu.com/

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                                            • iwantu
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 570
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Xplicit
                                              Like any webmaster whos been in the business, before I send traffic I look into the sponsor as much as I can. (basically since InsiteAdult screwed me out of thousands by claiming bankruptcy).

                                              So I did the iwantu.com 2.50/email promotion. Looking at a new sponsor of corse the main issue is how long theyve been around.

                                              iwantu's webmaster program says "Total Payout since 1996: $15,043,250.58"

                                              Ive been in this industry since 1996, and thought it was strange that I hadnt heard of them until several months ago. But then I thought, maybe I just didnt notice them, since ive only been doing the dating sites thing for a year or so and ive been happy with my usual sponsors.

                                              But then out of curiosity, I did a whois on thier domains...

                                              CashRing.com
                                              Record created on 04-May-1999

                                              Iwantu.com
                                              Record created on 24-Mar-1997

                                              So my only question is, if the site didnt exist yet, how were they paying webmasters in 1996?

                                              Or are they backed or owned by another company/affiliate program that i'm not aware of?

                                              Just curious and overly paranoid, not accusing anyone of anything, but if you guys have had some of the bad experiences with sponsors like InsiteAdult, you'd be asking the same thing. Tried to ICQ them and no response.

                                              Good eye.

                                              we have been paying affiliates since we started, but the cashring.com domain was created only in 1999, to add other products

                                              We have been in that indsutry for a while and we also have been 'screwed' many times, especially by processors. We take our precautions now, and you should do the same.


                                              $100 PPS Promotion



                                              --------
                                              Michael M
                                              ICQ: 551-376
                                              http://affiliate.IwantU.com
                                              Our members get laid, our affiliates get paid

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                                                • Alex
                                                  So Fucking Banned (YEA!!)
                                                  • Jun 2004
                                                  • 10963
                                                  #13
                                                  http://web.archive.org/web/199801220...ww.iwantu.com/

                                                  Care about me?
                                                  Who?
                                                  Me!
                                                  Who?

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