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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
I think that is one of the real questions which should be asked. Did they communicate the policy change on gift cards to affiliates prior to putting it in place?
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I've been with pimproll since 2004 and never received any warning about changes to the ToS. One week I checked my sales and like 60% were 0.00 and never converted.
I'm torn on the issue really. To side with Pimproll, if they're losing money on likely 95%+ of pre-paid cards, you have to make the change otherwise you'll be out of business. And instead of being a shitty company and just skimming, they at least give us the chance to make money if they're legit sales (and I have actually had some rebills from them).
What upset me is how I didn't receive any notice until I bitched and posted and bitched some more and finally got a solid answer after a few 'We're looking into it' replies. To be fair, this was early in the process and the person I was bitching to probably didn't know why my sales turned to trash one specific week (which was part of a thread on pornosells). Once he found out the reason, he gave me the details.
Still annoyed it was slipped in, and that won't change, but right now PR still converts pretty well even with the pre-paid sales, and they're doing the smart thing by making sure they're going to be in business another 10+ years.
Another thing that does bother me is it's still misleading to new people. You go to their site, under 'programs' and there is not one mention of pre-paid sales converting to revshare. It's all 'payout
per signup' .. not qualified signup, just signup. So most webmasters would be under the impression they are supposed to send sales through the link, get someone to pull out their credit card and sign up. Boom, $25-$50 commission.
It's only when you go to their terms of service page will you find out the info, and it's not even formatted properly. They put the asterisk by the PPS amounts, but the footnote directly below the table refers to the 10+ sale bonus. They then add a random footnote lower down the page talking about the pre-paid card,
after discussing the webmaster program and cross sale details.
It's very misleading and could lead to a lot of frustration on the part of webmasters, regardless of how smart the move is in order to stay in business.
Again, all that said, PR sites still convert better than other sites and still highly recommended.