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  • Mutt
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Sep 2002
    • 34431
    #1

    Trial Leeches

    just reading R.A.M.E, here's two posts teaching more newbies how to fuck over paysites by taking a trial and sucking the whole site down to your harddrive then cancelling before the trial recurs to montly.

    Galling thing is that one post is from a webmaster!

    I think anybody who is running a paysite where they have leased content being billed by bandwidth usage or their own content needs to meter their customers bandwidth usage and when your software detects a leech kick him out before he gets costs too much. I think i saw that the new Pennywize has this feature.

    No it was a recent one. Rodney has always been inconsistent
    with the quality of girls he hires. Some good, some not so good, and
    once in a while a zinger. The best girl he ever had <imo> was Nadia
    Nyce. Frankly, I watch less and less porno these days. But here's a
    suggestion; Rodney's going along with that new trend of promoting a
    trial run for a few days <3?> for about $6. If you've got a cable
    modem and a few days off you can download tons of material and save it
    onto the hard drive. <I did ....... with a telly modem> Just cancel
    and you've acquired mucho content for a mere $6. Or maybe it's $10. Im
    not sure. Im too lazy to go over there right now. $5.95 or $9.95.
    Either way well worth it.

    arch stanton
    and the second one

    Want a tip, join the site and immediately cancel once
    inside if you don't want to be charged again. You'll still have access to
    the site for the trial period, but you won't be charged the rebill price...
    that is unless you enjoy the site and wish to remain a member.

    - PornAddict
    http://www.pornaddict.com
    I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!
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    • quiet
      we'll miss you our friend. RIP
      • Sep 2001
      • 25115
      #2
      simple solution. don't use trials. limiting bw usage will only piss of your member.
      we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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        • Mutt
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Sep 2002
          • 34431
          #3
          some people still believe in trials.

          and i bet it would be possible to detect true leeches from members who are merely heavy users. so i think you could work it that you wouldn't scare or piss off customers you can make a profit on, meanwhile getting rid of leeches.

          how many simultaneous connections can a member make on your site quiet?
          I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

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            • some_idiot
              Confirmed User
              • May 2002
              • 1511
              #4
              Trial leeches are fine, atleast I get the $2.

              It's the fuckers that KNOW Cardnet will decline them
              and spider the whole site during the grace period that
              steams me! I wish the processors would small claims
              the repeating a-holes and make an example of them.

              Hello, GB guys, your grace period is TOO long... As soon
              as an offline manual is given, the account SHOULD be
              suspended and the user emailed as to why.

              This AVS pays my mortgage!

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                • [The Leader]
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 1026
                  #5
                  What the fuck, does the guy from pornaddict.com post here? What a fuckface. Just 'cause he's smart enough to not use trials, doesn't mean he should help fuck over the PPS sponsors.
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                    • pennywize_v3
                      Registered User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 55
                      #6
                      Hi Steve from Pennywize here

                      Yes, the new Pennywize can limit the amount of data your members can download per day. We currently see our clients set limits of anything from around 100Mb to 1Gb.
                      (you can of course not set any limits!)

                      When they exceed their limit, you can display a custom page explaining why they are blocked.


                      Thanks,

                      Steve

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                        • dirtyone
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 3706
                          #7
                          Originally posted by [The Leader]
                          What the fuck, does the guy from pornaddict.com post here? What a fuckface. Just 'cause he's smart enough to not use trials, doesn't mean he should help fuck over the PPS sponsors.
                          Let him know how you feel right here .

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                            • kenny
                              Confirmed User
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 7245
                              #8
                              Originally posted by pennywize_v3
                              Hi Steve from Pennywize here

                              Yes, the new Pennywize can limit the amount of data your members can download per day. We currently see our clients set limits of anything from around 100Mb to 1Gb.
                              (you can of course not set any limits!)

                              When they exceed their limit, you can display a custom page explaining why they are blocked.


                              Thanks,

                              Steve
                              Can you limit the amount of download data for trial members only? That why if they exceed the set amount your custom page can read:

                              Trial memberships are limited in the amount of data that can be transfered per member. This is to protect our site from fradulent activities that has been accuring in the adult internet industry. You have exceeded the maximum amount set. If you feel this is a mistake you may contact blahh blahh
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                                • Mutt
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Sep 2002
                                  • 34431
                                  #9
                                  that's an excellent idea. people on trials get capped, when they cap out you give them the big upsell page telling them that full members get UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS. Much more elegant solution to what some people are doing now, having a trial to a cut down version of the site......much better to let them have free run of the site, just cap them at a pretty low threshold.
                                  I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

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                                    • inthestars
                                      Registered User
                                      • Sep 2002
                                      • 2021
                                      #10
                                      As far as trials, how about having a much smaller scaled down version of your site in the trial area? I think it is a better option.

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