The fact of the matter is, this company made a major mistake. Did we make a mistake in our dealings with Visa? No. We made a marketing mistake which in turn created a mess. By not charging, we attracted webmasters whose sole interest was to avoid the Visa fees; hence, we attracted a sector of webmasters who weren?t serious. For the past 2 months, I have hoped and wished that we would start charging because I believe that it will serve to interest those that are serious and hopefully weed out the non-serious webmasters.
The $350 is intended to create an atmosphere that allows us to process for serious webmasters. In this industry, paysites in general are not for people who are not serious; that is what affiliate programs and avs sites serve as. Most of you have rambled on and on about this charge yet we haven?t accepted a check from anyone of you guys
. If you have a decent idea of what is going on, you won?t be charged. This issue is a non-issue until it is applied, in my opinion.
To further on with my opinion, I would like to explain to you in the most straightforward manner I know how what many non-serious webmasters do: they waste time, effort, energy and play keyboard warriors. AC Pay is focused on dealing with webmasters that understand the dynamics of running a vast and profitable business.
Plain and simple, business cost money. You can?t open a bar for free, you need to give 100k in application fees and then you may get turned down; your fee being non-refundable. We know who wants to run a legit, upstanding and intelligent bar as opposed to some fly-by-night operation that doesn?t make any real earnings and in many cases, puts the ?neighborhood? at risk.
?Someday, the little webmaster will be a large one!?
I understand this. And this is accounted for. If you are a little webmaster and know what you are doing, I doubt you are charged. Again, this fee is a non-issue.
Canadian webmasters:
It is my understanding that Canadian webmasters fall within the US Banking region. If we are wrong, this will be changed. I am having it investigated.
I am probably a bit more agitated than need be right now because of this quitting smoking thing so I am sorry upfront if it seems that I am being a bit harsh. I also thank many of you guys for being supportive of my non-smoking challenge. The fact of the matter is that these are very complicated times. I believe that it is in our best interest to work together; rather than harbor the tempest.
It is funny to me these days, how so many webmasters jump down our throats before fully understanding the nature of the beast. Posting things like ?I heard AC Pay pissed off Visa? is so completely irresponsible. People, these boards are read by EVERYONE. Trust me when I say this. I, no different from our competitors, are subjected to briefings on a daily basis. Believe it or not, I have seen many of you post negative things about our competitors that have made me cringe. Like Chris (Epic) stated on GFY, competition is a good thing. We don?t wish for Epic or CC Bill to go out of business. I mostly wish that people who don?t understand things would unplug their keyboards. I wish that I could say more in regard to that, but I just can?t.
I in no way, shape or form want to insult any of you. I consider many of you friends; but, I am a straightforward guy. Because of my direct nature, some people interpret me as an asshole; this is not true, I am just extremely aggressive and as many people can attest for, I have made many people out there a lot of money. If you want to be sensitive, you will likely be best off not dealing with me, if you want to make money, maybe a guy of my nature can help. I haven?t been answering my icq all morning because I have been busy; I am now open for messages