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Originally Posted by ServerGenius
I wasn't talking about CCbill, I was talking about high traffic volumes + Nats
and high volume sales + leasing Nats.  |
Most of the industry is short sighted/funded and would never have the funds to put down $12k-$20k for a software (or any) purchase. Many won't have the extra $150-$1k a month to lease any software. The percentage of programs doing high volume of sales is way smaller than most people realize.
The point I was trying to make (and failed miserably lol) is that any extra expenditure for most programs is difficult to do and it is easier/cheaper to do without them entirely (regardless of leasing/purchasing question). Case in point is there's 100's of programs using Nats (under 400?), and 10's of thousands of programs (or more) using the CCBill/Epoch/Verotel provided scripts.
I don't know how many programs use the other often mentioned scripts (MPA3, Partnersoft/clickman/ Monolith/Executivestats/Truestats,/Ultimate Affiliate/IdevAffiliate/RSclickthru/Traffic Farmer/custom/etc), since it's not often advertised that using those is a program feature to affiliates. I'm sure they are great scripts nonetheless. You're right, if you (program) are doing heavy sales and certain that you won't be switching scripts and have long term goals, purchasing is the best option. Providing the software company will be around to support the product.