... make sure your sponsors hear how you feel about this.
First off, ePassporte,
you guys fucking suck. Not sending wires for a week... what in the fucking hell is wrong with you people? Its Christmas yes but this is a god damned business and an online one at that. You are EXPECTED to remain operational even during holiday periods. Closing for the day of a recognized holiday is acceptable, everyone does it. Hell, even the spammers take holidays off. But this is just bullshit. Would you please post a scedule of your other bullshit extended closures so everyone can fucking plan around them?
Second of all, Sponsors, you should be
mad as hell about this. It makes it look like your organization is run out of someone's basement. You should make sure that ePassporte hears how you feel about this. And regardless of this fact, it is your choice to use ePassporte to pay your affiliates. There are, of course,
better options but this is the one you choose. Yes, you should pay out early even if you have not been paid yourselves. Commissions are due to affiliates on time, every time. The fact that you partnered up with a shitty disbursement solution is not your affiliates problems,
its yours.
Finally, affiliates, you should take your business to someone who values it. Payments are due you when your agreement says they are, just because the vendor they decided to use to process disbursements makes the incredibly unreasonable and stupid decision to close most of it's operations for a week using the holidays as an excuse for doing so does not mean that you should have to wait for your money.
Props to
Intense Cash, which just announced that they are paying their affiliates
early so that they have their money
on time. You guys deserve a pat on the back for
taking care of your affiliates and doing whats in your power to make sure they don't suffer because of someone else's stupid choices. Intense Cash is the only company I have seen thus far to announce that they are taking care of the situation and making sure their affiliates are taken care of.