Message From Yug @ Sharedearnings.com :
While we understand your frustration, we were left with little choice on this one. We have had to move over 60 paysites, membership sites and tracking system over to an entirely different host and tracking system in just under 24 hours.
The new tracking system we have migrated to is completely different right from the ground up. First of all , the old SharedEarnings 3.0 system was a static user id system. This means that you signed up for an account and then used your 'username' as the code in your links. For example, if your account name was "webmaster", then your link would have looked like this.
http://www.interracialz.com/?webmaster
On the new system , we have moved to a dynamic link system, meaning that you sign up to the program and get a username and password. Once you have that password, you can log in and then the program generates an excrypted link for you
on the fly. For example
http://www.sharedearnings.com/_5ad6f...3fd482604239e/
So , what this means is that for the linking codes are <b>generated dynamically</b> by the new system. This makes it extremely difficult to have a script parse the old link, detect the Webmaster ID and Site URL for over 7000 webmasters and 70 paysites and generate the new linking code on a per hit basis.
We discussed the merits of running a script/database to be able to handle the link substitution, but we unfortunately did not have the time , or database grunt to handle these kind of transactions, whilst running the hit tracking and sales tracking simultaenously.
As soon as we found out about the change, we imported all the webmaster accounts into the new system automatically and all webmasters were emailed notifying them of the coming changes.
We also contacted all the major TGP sites on our webmasters behalf explaining the situation, and the need for us to change our linking structure in a very short time. The general response from over 120 emails was "no problems, contact us with their details and we will not blacklist them"
Please be aware that we will support each and every one of our webmasters personally if they have any troubles with TGP blacklisting.
All webmasters were supplied with their
existing SharedEarnings.com username and password and the link to login and grab the new linking codes from the new system.
The webmasters were also notified in this first email to change out their links in their pages to the new linking structure as soon as possible. We also made ourselves completely contactable for the next 24 hours via email and ICQ for any webmaster who needed any assistance with any aspect with changing links, or queries with the new system.
While we understand that some webmasters are upset about the short amount of notice given for the changes, or the possibility of being blacklisted with TGP gallery owners, we also have done everything possible to minimise the impact on our webmasters, whilst providing them with a faster, and more functional tracking system.
Changing an entire webmaster program to another network is a logistical nightmare in any case, and we feel we have done our best with the limited time we had.
Please be aware that over the next few days, we will be doing our utmost to make sure that our webmasters are compensated for the downtime in the changeover.
Lastly, we apologise for this rough time for us and all our webmasters, but we assure you there is no 'fishy' motive here, just simply a need to move our entire system quickly that inevitably created some issues. Please also note that the new SharedEarnings v4.0 system will be stronger and more reliable for all of our webmasters, a benefit we are willing to take some heat for any day of the week.
As always, if you need any assistance changing your links, or if you have any questions then please feel free to contact me on (
[email protected]) or ICQ (41724219)
Regards
Yug