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Shap · 03-29-2005, 12:40 PM

I may be wrong but Nats has been around roughly the same amount of time that MPA2 was when problems starting going public with them. Right? I'm no expert but that makes perfect sense. MPA2 was the ultimate program. Everybody loved it. Then after 6 to 10 months bugs start happening and everybody goes fuckin nuts. Now nats has been around for about that time and I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing more and more Nats problems pop up.

Here are a few of the problems.
#1 if you want to shave you are going to shave. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a complete noob. If a program wants to shave they'll dish out the bucks and make damn sure they are shaving. You can blame MPA2 all you want for including that feature. Yes I agree it was wrong to make it SO easy to shave. But think about this, if they included it is because there was a DEMAND for it. They made a bad business decision to include it however webmasters are making an even worse business decision by DEMANDING and USING shave functions.

#2 The more features an affiliate software program has the more problems you are looking at. I'm a stats freak. In an ideal world I'd be able to get every stat I could possibly imagine. Unfortunately that doesn't work well in our industry. Sure it's nice to know all your stats and log and track every single thing. However that puts a huge load on your server and greatly increases your chances for disaster. The majority of issues that have come up with other affiliate software programs have been server issues, database issues, mysql issues, corrupt data issues. All the issues seemed to have one thing in common the program was trying to do too much. That is why we decided to use a program that basically tracks only what i need. Hits and Sales and I keep my password management 100% seperate from our affiliate program.

#3 If a program like Nats and Mpa2 is popular and sells well then the company gets bogged down on orders and can't dedicate enough time to you and your problems. I spoke with Oystein about this. They didn't expect the growth they had and as a result they quickly wound up understaffed. That is a tough position to be in. That is why it isn't always best to go with the most popular affiliate software. It's important to go with a company that:
- provides a solid software that will do the job.
- has the man power to do custom work for you and take care of your custom needs in a timely manner.
- has the man power to take care of all your problems in a timely manner.

You have to remember these programs are built to be sold to the masses. Personally I always have custom requests for my programs. Any company that can't respond to that won't get my business.

03-29-2005, 12:40 PM
Shap Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 8,313	I may be wrong but Nats has been around roughly the same amount of time that MPA2 was when problems starting going public with them. Right? I'm no expert but that makes perfect sense. MPA2 was the ultimate program. Everybody loved it. Then after 6 to 10 months bugs start happening and everybody goes fuckin nuts. Now nats has been around for about that time and I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing more and more Nats problems pop up. Here are a few of the problems. #1 if you want to shave you are going to shave. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a complete noob. If a program wants to shave they'll dish out the bucks and make damn sure they are shaving. You can blame MPA2 all you want for including that feature. Yes I agree it was wrong to make it SO easy to shave. But think about this, if they included it is because there was a DEMAND for it. They made a bad business decision to include it however webmasters are making an even worse business decision by DEMANDING and USING shave functions. #2 The more features an affiliate software program has the more problems you are looking at. I'm a stats freak. In an ideal world I'd be able to get every stat I could possibly imagine. Unfortunately that doesn't work well in our industry. Sure it's nice to know all your stats and log and track every single thing. However that puts a huge load on your server and greatly increases your chances for disaster. The majority of issues that have come up with other affiliate software programs have been server issues, database issues, mysql issues, corrupt data issues. All the issues seemed to have one thing in common the program was trying to do too much. That is why we decided to use a program that basically tracks only what i need. Hits and Sales and I keep my password management 100% seperate from our affiliate program. #3 If a program like Nats and Mpa2 is popular and sells well then the company gets bogged down on orders and can't dedicate enough time to you and your problems. I spoke with Oystein about this. They didn't expect the growth they had and as a result they quickly wound up understaffed. That is a tough position to be in. That is why it isn't always best to go with the most popular affiliate software. It's important to go with a company that: - provides a solid software that will do the job. - has the man power to do custom work for you and take care of your custom needs in a timely manner. - has the man power to take care of all your problems in a timely manner. You have to remember these programs are built to be sold to the masses. Personally I always have custom requests for my programs. Any company that can't respond to that won't get my business.