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  • Fizzgig
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    • Feb 2004
    • 9649

    #1

    If your sponsor drops NATS now

    Will you drop your sponsor? Would you take it as a sign that your sponsor has been shaving and is afraid of being exposed?
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  • fris
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    • Aug 2002
    • 55789

    #2
    i doubt someone would drop nats.
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    • d00t
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      • Sep 2002
      • 3766

      #3
      Originally posted by Fris
      i doubt someone would drop nats.
      because they can't without major hastles.

      it's the perfect model.

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      • Wiggles
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        • May 2004
        • 14423

        #4
        depends on the sponsor i suppose.
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        • gooddomains
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          • Jul 2003
          • 10127

          #5
          hmmmm, let me think about that one for a minute

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          • DaLord
            Confirmed User
            • Aug 2001
            • 3318

            #6
            I don't like NATS one bit. It's an annoying system in my opinion.


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            • marec
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              • Sep 2001
              • 681

              #7
              would never drop nats ...
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              • Big_Red
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                #8
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                • scottybuzz
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                  • May 2006
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                  #9
                  probably - yes
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                  • Satan
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jun 2005
                    • 1626

                    #10
                    Nats is the best program I have tried out for Affilaite, both admin and affilaite ends of it are great. I would never drop nats
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                    • Basic_man
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                      • Oct 2003
                      • 27360

                      #11
                      I'll probably stop sending them traffic !
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                      • Doctor Dre
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                        • Jan 2001
                        • 51692

                        #12
                        Nobody will drop nats... way too complicated. If they do, yeah tehre is something shady goign on.
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                        • modF
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                          • Aug 2002
                          • 1888

                          #13
                          I can't imagine a reason why anyone would want to drop NATS after being up an running. I have been using the program for almost 2 years now, it is well out of the infancy stage, and has improved with leaps and bounds. Even if someone wanted to go with a custom solution, it would take them a huge amount of time, money, and resources to get up to par. They might as well just have TMM do whatever customizations they desire.

                          So if a program switched, I'd be really curious as to why.

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                          • fris
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                            • Aug 2002
                            • 55789

                            #14
                            i hear executive stats is very popular
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                            • Brujah
                              Beer Money Baron
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 22157

                              #15
                              I have a Love/Hate relationship with Nats.

                              I hate clicking 100 times to get some fucking link codes.
                              I hate not being able to grab a list of my link codes all at once.

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                              • bigdog
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jul 2001
                                • 6964

                                #16
                                If one of your worst converting sponsors was to drop nats now one might think they are up to something shady and don't want to be found out.

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                                • Damian_Maxcash
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 12745

                                  #17
                                  The problem is that NATS was sold and priced because it was 'unshavable' - now that has been lost can they still charge a premium for what has become just a good affiliate management system?

                                  Now they are in a different market, with more than one player - good but shavable affiliate systems.

                                  It would make sense for a program to move to a cheaper option now - although the hassle involved might make it more trouble than its worth.

                                  It will be interesting to see if/when someone does move away how NATS deals with it - will they make it easy or hard for the program to make the transition?

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                                  • modF
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                                    • Aug 2002
                                    • 1888

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by damian2001
                                    The problem is that NATS was sold and priced because it was 'unshavable' - now that has been lost can they still charge a premium for what has become just a good affiliate management system?
                                    No one from TMM ever said that NATS was "unshavable", or "shave proof" they said that they will not write a module for it like other companies, and if you get caught doing it, you are fucked.

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                                    • Adult Warden
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                                      • Jul 2006
                                      • 1822

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by modF
                                      No one from TMM ever said that NATS was "unshavable", or "shave proof" they said that they will not write a module for it like other companies, and if you get caught doing it, you are fucked.
                                      Exactly...He's been trolling all the NATS threads

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                                      • Damian_Maxcash
                                        So Fucking Banned
                                        • Oct 2002
                                        • 12745

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by modF
                                        No one from TMM ever said that NATS was "unshavable", or "shave proof" they said that they will not write a module for it like other companies, and if you get caught doing it, you are fucked.
                                        Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                        It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.

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                                        • Damian_Maxcash
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 12745

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Adult Warden
                                          Exactly...He's been trolling all the NATS threads
                                          Just trying to inject a little balance into an otherwise one sided debate.

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                                          • bigdog
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jul 2001
                                            • 6964

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by damian2001
                                            Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                            It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.
                                            If you are going to shave you would have to be idot to do it through nats. I wouldn't try to shave anyone unless i had total control of the software.

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                                            • Tempest
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • May 2004
                                              • 10217

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Brujah
                                              I hate not being able to grab a list of my link codes all at once.
                                              I highlighted that with them a couple weeks ago and I think they're going to add an option.

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                                              • fuzebox
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                                                • Oct 2003
                                                • 22363

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Brujah
                                                I have a Love/Hate relationship with Nats.

                                                I hate clicking 100 times to get some fucking link codes.
                                                I hate not being able to grab a list of my link codes all at once.
                                                NATS has the ability to do this, it is up to the sponsor program to enable it.

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                                                • fuzebox
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                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                  • 22363

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by damian2001
                                                  Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                                  It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.
                                                  Anyone who thought this way is not very smart

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                                                  • nastymed
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                                                    • Oct 2005
                                                    • 150

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by damian2001
                                                    Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                                    It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.
                                                    so the whole question is : does a sponsor using NATS have the possibility to shave ? I thought too that it was just impossible for anyone using NATS not to report sales or change the numbers. any clear info about this would be appreciated
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                                                    • VicD
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                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                      • 13245

                                                      #27
                                                      no, nats is not the standard

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                                                      • testpie
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                                                        • Apr 2006
                                                        • 3231

                                                        #28
                                                        I'm fairly indifferent - most of the smaller programs seem to use NATS, whereas the larger ones seem to have custom-coded backend systems. At the end of the day, if you can't trust your sponsor not to shave, then why trust them to pay you anyway?

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                                                        • Brujah
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                                                          • Jan 2001
                                                          • 22157

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by fuzebox
                                                          NATS has the ability to do this, it is up to the sponsor program to enable it.
                                                          If this is correct, does NATS have an FAQ or Tips section for sponsors to be able to read about how to do this and get it done easily? I can't imagine sponsors would purposefully make it harder for affiliates to get linkcodes, etc.. and may just not know how to make it easier yet.

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                                                          • Phoenix
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                                                            • 35475

                                                            #30
                                                            custom backends allow for greater statistical analysis plain and simple
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                                                            • Nad
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                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                              • 503

                                                              #31
                                                              Does it really matter what the back end software is? I think it is more the program that you have to worry about not the software... most people like to cater the software to their own personal likings... regardless if it is nats, es, mpa3, affiliatetracking, x3....
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                                                              • TheSenator
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                                                                • Feb 2003
                                                                • 13330

                                                                #32
                                                                People not using NATS might as well kiss a good percentage of webmasters away.
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                                                                • XxXotic
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                                                                  • Jun 2002
                                                                  • 8500

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by damian2001
                                                                  Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                                                  It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.
                                                                  Hands up morons who think anything is shave proof.

                                                                  It doesnt matter how many bells and whistles you add to thwart shit like that, people can/will ALWAYS find a way to rip people off if that's what they intend to do. You seriously can't be THAT naive?
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                                                                  • Damian_Maxcash
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                                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                                    • 12745

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by XxXotic
                                                                    Hands up morons who think anything is shave proof.

                                                                    It doesnt matter how many bells and whistles you add to thwart shit like that, people can/will ALWAYS find a way to rip people off if that's what they intend to do. You seriously can't be THAT naive?
                                                                    I didnt say anywhere I ever believed it - I said affiliates "where led to believe" - after a few years seeing the antics on here do you really think I could be "that naive"?

                                                                    but I bet more than a few affiliates where - and it was sold to them on that basis.

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                                                                    • Snuzzlebunnies
                                                                      Registered User
                                                                      • Jul 2005
                                                                      • 12

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by Brujah
                                                                      If this is correct, does NATS have an FAQ or Tips section for sponsors to be able to read about how to do this and get it done easily? I can't imagine sponsors would purposefully make it harder for affiliates to get linkcodes, etc.. and may just not know how to make it easier yet.
                                                                      kb.toomuchmedia.com/idx/77/330/How_to/article/Listing_link_codes_for_all_programs_and_sites.html

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                                                                      • vvq
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                                                                        • Feb 2004
                                                                        • 2732

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Switching from NATS to something else would be far more trouble than it's worth.

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                                                                        • JD
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                                                                          • Sep 2003
                                                                          • 22651

                                                                          #37
                                                                          i wonder why BBO/ND use custom...........

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                                                                          • uno
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                                                                            • Dec 2002
                                                                            • 18450

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by damian2001
                                                                            The problem is that NATS was sold and priced because it was 'unshavable' - now that has been lost can they still charge a premium for what has become just a good affiliate management system?

                                                                            Now they are in a different market, with more than one player - good but shavable affiliate systems.

                                                                            It would make sense for a program to move to a cheaper option now - although the hassle involved might make it more trouble than its worth.

                                                                            It will be interesting to see if/when someone does move away how NATS deals with it - will they make it easy or hard for the program to make the transition?
                                                                            They have NEVER claimed to be 'unshavable'.
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                                                                            • uno
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                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                              • 18450

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by damian2001
                                                                              Hands up affiliates who felt they where led to believe thats sponsors using NATS couldnt shave.....

                                                                              It was the whole point of NATS - affiliate programs made it a major feature - "Your safe with us because we use NATS" was the catchphrase of 2005.
                                                                              Just because enough people believe something is true or spread misinformation does not make it true. Except on Wikiality/.

                                                                              Anyway... That is just good, positive marketing. If people hype it beyond the claims of the company itself, its not the fault of NATS.
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                                                                              • andrej_NDC
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                                                                                • May 2004
                                                                                • 7760

                                                                                #40
                                                                                There are programs who dropped NATS and switched to a different system. Nothing special at all, not everyone has to like it, there are more affiliate systems out there.

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                                                                                • andrej_NDC
                                                                                  Registered User
                                                                                  • May 2004
                                                                                  • 7760

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by SPeRMiNaToR
                                                                                  i wonder why BBO/ND use custom...........
                                                                                  They don't.

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                                                                                  • Brujah
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                                                                                    • Jan 2001
                                                                                    • 22157

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by Snuzzlebunnies
                                                                                    kb.toomuchmedia.com/idx/77/330/How_to/article/Listing_link_codes_for_all_programs_and_sites.html
                                                                                    Does that output show the link codes in a seperate (form) 'input' per linkcode? That makes it difficult to copy/paste more than one at a time.

                                                                                    If not, great. Can you tell me a sponsor using this so I can take a look at the results?

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                                                                                    • JD
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                                                                                      • Sep 2003
                                                                                      • 22651

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                                                                                      They don't.
                                                                                      the wtf do they use? X3 or whatever? I've not seen another program using a similar setup before

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                                                                                      • andrej_NDC
                                                                                        Registered User
                                                                                        • May 2004
                                                                                        • 7760

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by SPeRMiNaToR
                                                                                        the wtf do they use? X3 or whatever? I've not seen another program using a similar setup before
                                                                                        Yes, X3

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