Almost daily i see post about scrub rates and CCbill or Epoch and i serious doubt the fluctuations have a lot to do with just scrubbing.
We have our own merchant account as well as CCbill programs and Epoch programs and having your own merchant account is by no means the answer to higher sales. For example if you don't use someone's verification portal ( scrub list ) you will have to do this yourself 24/7 it isn't easy believe me.. I would guess CCbill and Epoch have the most comprehensive verification system on the web and its necessary to control charge backs.
Sign-ups are influenced by so many factors including holidays, time of year, site design, speed of access to site, quality of tour, position of join buttons ( CCbill on top of Epoch or vice versa makes a big difference ), proliferation of adult site over the last 5 years, quantity of free images available on the web, keeping site up to date, number of updates per week, exclusive or shared content, traffic sources, time surfers receive their paychecks, The list goes on and on and while im sure the scrub rates change and do have some influence on sales it is not the main reason sales fluctuate daily
