QuickBuck folding ?????

[jerryb]

Is another one biting the dust. Stats sez 'account terminated' and accepting no new affiliates. Wonder what about the money they owe us ????????

Sure a lot of aff progies folding lately.

[kush]

http://www.quickbuck.com/news.php?nats=MDowOjY0

5/12/2010 - Affiliate signups closed
"After more than 10 years in the business we regret that we are no longer accepting new affiliates. If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

[beemk]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

[Nikki_Licks]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

[The Porn Nerd]

Two things:

1. Why don't all these Programs that are closing switch to Revshare and keep their affiliates? I mean, why shut down? okay, to keep the $, right, but couldn't they just change their biz model?

2. Time to start promoting CCBill Programs (like PeabodyCash!)

Good luck to those hurt by yet another "one" biting the dust.

[ProG]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

bingo

[seeandsee]

Two things:

1. Why don't all these Programs that are closing switch to Revshare and keep their affiliates? I mean, why shut down? okay, to keep the $, right, but couldn't they just change their biz model?

2. Time to start promoting CCBill Programs (like PeabodyCash!)

Good luck to those hurt by yet another "one" biting the dust.

they dont have anything to offer, this way they will collect all link juice traffic, revshares and much more.

[kane]

Didn't they stop paying people several months ago? I know I can't get them to pay me so this comes as no surprise.

[Robbie]

Two things:

1. Why don't all these Programs that are closing switch to Revshare and keep their affiliates? I mean, why shut down? okay, to keep the $, right, but couldn't they just change their biz model?

Because they had Revshare as well. And when the new income stops and you're paying out a ton of rebills to affiliates and not making anything for yourself...then that's when you close the affiliate program.

Whether we like it or not...an affiliate program is designed to make money for the owner. When it becomes a liability and you are making less than your affiliates, then you close it down.

The Quickbuck sites were generic porn websites. That stuff is everywhere on the tubes and torrents for free. So new "real" sales were pretty much impossible to make for it. Then the squeeze starts on the x-sell model and the smartest thing that they could do is exactly what they did: Shut down the affiliate program and make money.

Sucks for us affiliates. My account is "terminated" too. But since I haven't made any sales with them in the last couple of years since torrents and tubes blew up...I had nothing to lose anyway.

[cherrylula]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

let me quote this one more time for the thread LOL

[baddog]

If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

Okay then.

[xNetworx]

http://www.quickbuck.com/news.php?nats=MDowOjY0

5/12/2010 - Affiliate signups closed
"After more than 10 years in the business we regret that we are no longer accepting new affiliates. If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

[The Porn Nerd]

Because they had Revshare as well. And when the new income stops and you're paying out a ton of rebills to affiliates and not making anything for yourself...then that's when you close the affiliate program.

Whether we like it or not...an affiliate program is designed to make money for the owner. When it becomes a liability and you are making less than your affiliates, then you close it down.

The Quickbuck sites were generic porn websites. That stuff is everywhere on the tubes and torrents for free. So new "real" sales were pretty much impossible to make for it. Then the squeeze starts on the x-sell model and the smartest thing that they could do is exactly what they did: Shut down the affiliate program and make money.

Sucks for us affiliates. My account is "terminated" too. But since I haven't made any sales with them in the last couple of years since torrents and tubes blew up...I had nothing to lose anyway.

I see. I would understand this were I more successful. LOL Thank you.

[Sly]

Because they had Revshare as well. And when the new income stops and you're paying out a ton of rebills to affiliates and not making anything for yourself...then that's when you close the affiliate program.

Whether we like it or not...an affiliate program is designed to make money for the owner. When it becomes a liability and you are making less than your affiliates, then you close it down.

The Quickbuck sites were generic porn websites. That stuff is everywhere on the tubes and torrents for free. So new "real" sales were pretty much impossible to make for it. Then the squeeze starts on the x-sell model and the smartest thing that they could do is exactly what they did: Shut down the affiliate program and make money.

Sucks for us affiliates. My account is "terminated" too. But since I haven't made any sales with them in the last couple of years since torrents and tubes blew up...I had nothing to lose anyway.

So you are saying that they could afford to pay out the large PPS payments for years, but suddenly out of nowhere they wouldn't be able to hack a full transition over to rev-share?

That really doesn't compute. However, best of luck to whatever they go on to next.

[kristin]

All these programs should send their links to TopBucks so we can map their IDs, that way we can take over the WM payments and keep the WMs making money!

Ahh, my dream world. It's fun inside.

[TheDoc]

Two things:

1. Why don't all these Programs that are closing switch to Revshare and keep their affiliates? I mean, why shut down? okay, to keep the $, right, but couldn't they just change their biz model?

2. Time to start promoting CCBill Programs (like PeabodyCash!)

Good luck to those hurt by yet another "one" biting the dust.

Those programs don't rely on affiliates...they have less active than a small affiliate program. They purchased traffic and circle jerked the transactions through groups of friends. Once you take away the ability to cj the sales the chaining of income fails, the purchased traffic fails, and the entire network falls.

[Fletch XXX]

new program coming soon guys dont worry LOL

[bdld]

"If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work"
that's a line of BS, they were the failures here with their cookie cutter tours, old boring content, no updates. that stuff worked in '99 but not now.

[goodsites]

If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

Lolz, Im just getting started in 2010. Anyone want the real info of who you should be promoting, start by hitting my sig, then icq 48721721

This game is just getting started, and starting to get very interesting.

The weak are folding, and the winds of change say, You need a NEW affiliate broker!

[ProG]

new program coming soon guys dont worry LOL

PornGraph?

[GUNNER]

All these programs should send their links to TopBucks so we can map their IDs, that way we can take over the WM payments and keep the WMs making money!

Ahh, my dream world. It's fun inside.

hahaha, love it

[Dwreck]

quick buck and weg were champions of alternative revenue resources

[spazlabz]

Ahh, my dream world. It's fun inside.

are there hot air balloons? You should definitely have some hot air balloons

[Roald]

do a simple google search and the biggest pile of shit comes up on them. chat scams, dating scams, fraud reports etc etc Ofcourse this all doesn't have to be true but hey where there is smoke .....

[Relentless]

quick buck and weg were champions of alternative revenue resources

'alternative revenue resources' - best euphemism... ever.

[Jarmusch]

[SteveHardeman]

are there hot air balloons? You should definitely have some hot air balloons

And clowns, don't forget the clowns.

And you can find many right here on GFY.

:-)

[GTS Mark]

Wiseman for president!!!

[BlackCrayon]

the quickbuck guys are so known for doing as much shady shit for as long as they can get away with it. they do it in mainstream, here in adult too. good riddens.

[Martin]

quick buck and weg were champions of alternative revenue resources

haha well put.

[kristin]

quick buck and weg were champions of alternative revenue resources

LOL,

[Klen]

Well,quickbuck was kind a weird sponsor,starting with wiseman and his chair throwing,their annoying flashing banner on gfy,open calling to fuck surfer,demanding id's from webmasters,making a parody site to gfy,etc,etc,etc...

[Robbie]

So you are saying that they could afford to pay out the large PPS payments for years, but suddenly out of nowhere they wouldn't be able to hack a full transition over to rev-share?

That really doesn't compute. However, best of luck to whatever they go on to next.

Yeah, if you payout a big ass PPS but you're monetizing that join and still making a profit off of it then it's all gravy. Millions of dollars worth of gravy. But if things changed and now you're just paying out a few rebills from old traffic I would say that they see no reason to keep paying it out.

Their content wasn't gonna draw (already free everywhere) and their affiliates (including me) don't have enough traffic anymore (most traffic is now at pornhub, redtube, etc.) to make it worth it to keep paying on those rebills.

It sucks. But that's what is happening and before it's all said and done I'm sure that many of the programs with generic non-exclusive content are gonna pull the plug in the same way.

Best any of us can do as affiliates is try to ride the storm out and see what's left in the end.

[Barefootsies]

If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

[beerptrol]

so will they change their name to nobuck

[Mickey_]

I'll go ahead and rephrase

"If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

to

If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you start focusing on webcam affiliate programs.

[candyflip]

These were the first guys I thought of when the "closed for affiliates tomorrow - but still taking all that traffic" scheme started popping up.

[geedub]

I recommend masturbation and quality marijuana, in regular dosage.

[JFK]

All these programs should send their links to TopBucks so we can map their IDs, that way we can take over the WM payments and keep the WMs making money!

Ahh, my dream world. It's fun inside.

To DREAM.......................

[SleazyDream]

not so quick

[Nasty]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

pretty much how I read it

[Ethersync]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

Quoted For Truth. Another sketchy sponsor bites it. Good.

[BV]

Because they had Revshare as well. And when the new income stops and you're paying out a ton of rebills to affiliates and not making anything for yourself...then that's when you close the affiliate program.

Whether we like it or not...an affiliate program is designed to make money for the owner. When it becomes a liability and you are making less than your affiliates, then you close it down.

The Quickbuck sites were generic porn websites. That stuff is everywhere on the tubes and torrents for free. So new "real" sales were pretty much impossible to make for it. Then the squeeze starts on the x-sell model and the smartest thing that they could do is exactly what they did: Shut down the affiliate program and make money.

Sucks for us affiliates. My account is "terminated" too. But since I haven't made any sales with them in the last couple of years since torrents and tubes blew up...I had nothing to lose anyway.

partially right

not being able to pay revshare part i don't agree with you

that's the easiest thing ever to do (ie look at all the ccbill revshare sponsors)

I think you hit the nail on the head tho about not being able to convert & retain with old sites and generic content though.

IMO it could be done but it's just not as lucrative as it once was. so not worth the time or hassle of dealing with afiliates and the costs that come with that, plus having to start shooting some new content and new niches, etc etc

I'm sure Hooper has made his porn fortune by now anyways.

[LickMyBalls]

[signupdamnit]

http://www.quickbuck.com/news.php?nats=MDowOjY0

5/12/2010 - Affiliate signups closed
"After more than 10 years in the business we regret that we are no longer accepting new affiliates. If you make your living promoting adult affiliate programs, we recommend you find a new line of work."

What a bunch of dicks.

There's no excuse for not paying rebills to your affiliates (whether this is the case with them or not, I don't know, I have no business with them. I am just going by what others have insinuated.) if you are still processing them. No excuse. If you pocket the money, you're a scumbag and I hope a pissed affiliate finds your personal information and spreads it along with how you ripped them off all over the internet as well as your hometown so you can't even open up a mainstream program or a physical business without being shit on. I know there's no way I'd just roll over if someone took off with my cash in that way.

[Robbie]

not being able to pay revshare part i don't agree with you

I didn't say they couldn't pay the rebills. I'm saying they don't see any future in it for them, and see no reason to pay out even one more dollar from it. And no, I'm not saying it's "right". But businesses do that kind of shit all the time.

Just watching the local news here in Vegas and the Norwalk furniture store where I got some of my furniture here in Vegas...shut it's doors and left about a dozen people screwed. They showed this one woman who had ordered $2600 worth of furniture a few months ago, and they just closed up shop and kept her money.

Unfortunately, shit like that happens all the time.

[will76]

translation:

"after 10 years of relying on cross sales and shady billing tactics the regulations have changed, we can no longer support affiliates while doing honest business, sorry for the inconvenience"

bingo....

[will76]

I didn't say they couldn't pay the rebills. I'm saying they don't see any future in it for them, and see no reason to pay out even one more dollar from it. And no, I'm not saying it's "right". But businesses do that kind of shit all the time.

Just watching the local news here in Vegas and the Norwalk furniture store where I got some of my furniture here in Vegas...shut it's doors and left about a dozen people screwed. They showed this one woman who had ordered $2600 worth of furniture a few months ago, and they just closed up shop and kept her money.

Unfortunately, shit like that happens all the time.

thats fraud. The women likely paid with a credit card and can charge it back. Affiliates can't do that. Any company not continuing to pay out on revshare is fraud pure and simple and should be reported to the AG in that state, if they are in the US. I would throw them under the bus personally as well if any company pulled that shit with me on revshare.

[JamesK]

nice... I just learned how to fold

[crockett]

So you are saying that they could afford to pay out the large PPS payments for years, but suddenly out of nowhere they wouldn't be able to hack a full transition over to rev-share?

That really doesn't compute. However, best of luck to whatever they go on to next.

Because they didn't "rebill" they did cross sales.. No one would rebill on shit sites like those..at least not on purpose.