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Originally posted by $5 submissions
Again, this adds pressure to the auditing company, in addition to being on the payroll of the sponsor.
If the auditing company was following 1) precise audit methodologies with 2) publicly available report records and 3) was NOT funded directly by the sponsors, then online auditing may have a shot.
The drawback with the current model is it may just become another TheStatistician.com
Statistician made a big splash a while back but somewhat faded because they were perceived as being tied to companies that buy ad space on their site. In the audit or site review game, perception of bias is always around the corner and every step must be taken to kill it.
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$5...I appreciate your thoughts, and would love to chat more with you on this. We have taken every measure we could think of to not bias ourselves in our reporting.
(1) We do not touch any of the traffic or payouts (i.e. commission)
(2) We perform the same audit to everyone, and we're happy to make that public. The most important feature is the random, blind tests with live traffic which will show on our site as we progress.
(3) We charge a flat fee for every sponsor based on the number of affiliates who choose to promote them and this fee begins at $25/month so we are not beholden to any one sponsor. And, if you think about it, with multiple sponsor programs...we'd have to know exactly how each shaved (to the join detail) and lie for every one as a group, as any discrepancy would be obvious.
(4) Any affiliate can run their own traffic tests, you don't just need to "take our word for it" that a program is clean. We have built a tool to re-direct your own traffic (if you want, it is not required). We can even work with you without the re-director (hit me up if interested).
(5) We have also gotten approval to get the stats directly from the processor. Although, in my opinion, the source of the stats is not the problem if you have random, audit capability.
As I stated above however, we are VERY interested in feedback. The Porn Posse is a third-party consulting firm, we do not run paysites. We handle ACH processing for some of the largest Third-party processors in the business and we frequently organize Marketing efforts for programs such as Flashcash and others. But, above all, we're here to bring sound business practices to the space, make money, and help others make money. To do this, it is in our very best interest to treat everyone honestly.
As always, I can be reached at 173121828 and will be in Vegas with bell's on...:-)
Edge