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swedguy · 02-09-2005, 03:11 PM

Since no one from CCBill wanted to comment on my question here: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...=3#post6554988 I decided to try it out myself.

I clicked on my CCBill link code. Went to the join form and clicked JOIN and was sent to CCBill. When I viewed the source, my ID was there. Everything looked normal.

Now I clicked on my CCBill link code again. Went to the join form that had an added form variable that had another persons webmaster ID in it. Clicked JOIN and was sent to CCBill. Now MY webmaster ID in the form was changed to the other persons ID.

The cookie had my ID in it and the CCBill join form had the other persons ID. Now I wanted to see who actually got the credit. After I had bought a membership, THE SIGNUP WAS CREDITED TO THE OTHER PERSON.

1. I send surfer to sponsor A
2. Sponsor A adds a hidden form variable with their own webmaster ID on 10% of the surfers.
3. The cookie has MY ID in it, but the sponsors hidden form variable overrides the cookie.
4. They get the full credit for those surfers

Conclusion. It is possible for shady CCBill sponsors to shave signups from honest webmasters.

I don't see a legit reason for this behavior. CCBill care to shed some light on this?

02-09-2005, 03:11 PM
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	Proven way to shave with CCBill! Since no one from CCBill wanted to comment on my question here: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...=3#post6554988 I decided to try it out myself. I clicked on my CCBill link code. Went to the join form and clicked JOIN and was sent to CCBill. When I viewed the source, my ID was there. Everything looked normal. Now I clicked on my CCBill link code again. Went to the join form that had an added form variable that had another persons webmaster ID in it. Clicked JOIN and was sent to CCBill. Now MY webmaster ID in the form was changed to the other persons ID. The cookie had my ID in it and the CCBill join form had the other persons ID. Now I wanted to see who actually got the credit. After I had bought a membership, THE SIGNUP WAS CREDITED TO THE OTHER PERSON. 1. I send surfer to sponsor A 2. Sponsor A adds a hidden form variable with their own webmaster ID on 10% of the surfers. 3. The cookie has MY ID in it, but the sponsors hidden form variable overrides the cookie. 4. They get the full credit for those surfers Conclusion. It is possible for shady CCBill sponsors to shave signups from honest webmasters. I don't see a legit reason for this behavior. CCBill care to shed some light on this?