ccbill isn't evolving or upgrading to keep with the times. i could be wrong as i stopped using them a while ago but it just seems like its on autopilot.

Sales are good, but they could be MUCH better. If I were a better business person, or if I were more aggressive, or if I had more investment capital.

If you get a decent amount of sales without much effort for example, it's kind of like panning for gold. You know the gold is there, but it's the better funded guys who can afford to bring in the big trucks and equipment.

If you can make a sale for every 300 unique views, then logically, you should be able to make 10 sales from 3000 views, and so on.

The gold is there, but you have to dig. You have to get the word out, otherwise no one will know you exist.

In my case, I need a cheap designer to churn out promo tools. I have affiliates, but they always want more tools. I don't blame them.

A man sifting for gold crumbs on the side of the river shouldn't expect much more, so to answer your question, March is as mediocre as almost all months are for me. Consistently average. I need to hire a crew, and rent some bigger equipment.

Any cheap designers out there?

On the other hand, if you aren't getting ANY sales at all, then you are having way bigger problems than most.

What sites do you run? Are you a producer or an affiliate? Why no promo links in your sig?

I am a producer. All my content is exclusive and I have seen no drop in traffic.

No one here knows the history of your sales, and no one knows what site(s) you run, so I'm not sure what you are after.

If you have a shitty site that used to do 2 sales a month, and now you're down to zero... oh well.

If you have (a) decent site (or sites), and you've dropped from 500 sales down to zero, then that's a problem, but as you won't even reveal what this site (or sites) are, I don't know how anyone can really help you.

CCBill sales are VERY consistent for me. That's all I can say. March is no exception. :2 cents:

What's the word with this??

Also, this may sound stupid but have you whipped out your own credit card and joined successfully?

I had a kickass JAN but then sales dropped drastically

I was up last month, and slightly up this month based on the same days last month. Surprised to be, but there it is.

The first day of spring was 2 days ago and today is the new moon so sales will pick up tomorrow :thumbsup

2 sales a month doesn't pay for hosting. 2 sales a month will not pay for the visa renewal fee.

I am not asking for your help in that manner. Refer to the title of this thread.

If sales are consistent for YOU, then that just tells me more that there is something fucked up going on.

By telling you what sites I run, will not help you figure out why my sales have tanked. In fact, it would probably confuse you even more, since they are well designed, well promoted, and have considerably more members area content then probably 95% of sites that are similar.

You would certainly not look at them and go.... "ah thats why... shitty content, shitty design, bla bla bla"

What I'm saying here, is my sales were also VERY consistent. All of the sudden dropping off to zero is highly unusual.

Which brings me full circle to the title of this thread. I mentioned wonderful things about CCBill so I am not here trolling, nor do I prefer to have my sites nitpicked for bullshit reasons, when there are other sites out there on CCbill making sales, with shitty content, shitty designs who never update etc etc. In fact right around the same time my sales went to zero I updated a couple members areas with over 10,000 exclusive pics.

Im not trying to be a dick to you, Im here to see if anyone else is having the same issue.

when i stick my head out the window & the temp is 30 degrees above normal, i know exactly why no sales are coming out of the tri state area.

I'm starting to question the motives of the OP.

The reason I said check htpasswd file is that I have had that file go to 644 for no explained reason. When that happened ccbill sales came to a hault. I've actually had a cron installed to check that file 1 time every minute to make sure it is set to 666.

I also asked if he tried to signup to his own site and no answer.

Either he has me on ignore for some reason or, imo, he has another agenda. Not posting the site(s) and claiming sales totally stopped is a red flag in my book.

Sales are okay right now, I suppose they could be worse, or could be better for some, but like you mentioned if its 85 degrees outside and its practically still winter time it could cause some to experience what many have always referred to as the "summer slowdown" except the summer slow down does not normally hit until june

On the bright side if the temperature trend continues this way then you can be assured many will be staying indoors all summer and that could defeat the usual summer slowdown for some...hypothetically of course

We recently changed our account at ccbill to activate account grouping. We added a new site 2 weeks ago and plan to add more. CCBill admin told us we would have to have affiliates sign up all over again. As you can imagine 150 affiliates were less than happy. However, we now see sales from old system and new system accounts. Meaning sales from affils who signed up all over again and from affils who did not. I guess its good...at least I hope it is.

Have had a ticket into ccbill through tier2 for two weeks now. I am told to expect an answer by end of this week, I presume tomorrow.

Something is up. Our sales were rocketing before but not in March...

Any detectives familiar with how to detect malware on servers?

Or is the Visa/MC lawsuit already affecting porn peeps?

this one ?
http://www.creditcards.org/article/m...-lawsuit-.html

I pretty sure that there is also a problem with visa (that's probably why ccbill declines so much transactions)

?? You do not need another *account* to enable account grouping. That is an option to set on your account. Not sure what you were told. Maybe you have certain levels of *payout* percentages to affiliates and you do not want them to change? That is one problem with ccbill... if you enable account grouping you cannot change the affiliate payout per sub-account. That is an issue... rather large one.

CCBill needs to lighten up on the scrub... for sure. All this fraud detection is interfering with legit sales...

back to OP though... I stick by my previous post. How about a reply?

jesus fucking christ.... how dare I leave my fucking computer for a few hours.

Not posting my sites and claiming no sales, is me not fucking telling you what my sites are and that I have had no sales.

You were wrong about me ignoring you, so maybe, just maybe, you are wrong about the red flag? Fuck.

Are you having problems with no sales using CCBill? If not, then this thread doesn't concern you. Get the fuck out of here and go be a dick in another thread.

Im so sick and fucking tired of fucking assholes who think everyone owes them something.

If you feel like your just trying to help, well I appreciate it, but stop being a fucking asshole and thinking there is more to the story. I actually fucking like a few people Ive met from CCBill, so Im not trying to fucking troll and hurt their business. If you read the fucking thread you would see that.

As far as my password file, it shows the mark of the beast.

And to answer your other question..... because Im not a fucking cunt... yes, I did sign up to one of my own sites and the transaction went through. So in your fucking book, that must mean my sites are shit. In your book, it must mean "problem solved"

You should really get another book.

Bottom line, Im frustrated like a motherfucker. Im pulling my fucking hair out. I pay money for hosting, I pay money for visa. I put a lot of hard work and effort into my sites and to see sales come to a sudden stop is not something you take lightly.

This is supposed to be a webmaster community. But is it really? Do you really have to second guess EVERY motherfucking post someone makes?

Maybe this thread is beneficial for someone else that is having the same problem? How in the fuck do you or I know unless someone makes a fucking thread like this?

Thanks for the clarification... I get many stories from many people over there. its frustrating.

Can you send me a mail beaner, please about the cgi bin thing you talked about 644 to 666? I need to check our servers...webgeisha at goldengeisha dot com
thanks a lot.

i think you are correct...theres a great thread about it over at helmy's board.

by the way, what are your sites? I notice you don't have them in your sig either.

Not that I really care, Im just trying to make a point.

Thank you. The reason I thought you were ignoring my questions is because you were ignoring my questions and responding to other posts eluding to much *deeper* meanings.

So you have no problems with signups, *on your end*, yet signups came to a halt.

This is what I suggest... 100% of **1million = $0. 50% of $$actual dollars = $$$$

Do you see what I'm suggesting? Sometimes it takes another source to make things happen.

Hey Astronut, one can read your post and definitely absorb the frustration you are feeling.

When you put the work into your craft, you expect equal results and it can be beyond frustrating when you have done all of your own hard work and still come up short.

I can assure you that this place is still a webmaster community even if it has been over run by asshats, fraudsters,trolls,cheats still don't be discouraged there are goods resourceful people here who can help and will help.

Beaner is definitely one who is worthy of my respect as are several others. I can also suggest that you take some time and check out sliiing http://sliiing.com

With the frustrations you are having I can almost guarantee the gentlemen at sliiing can help ease some of your frustrations regarding what you are experiencing

Good luck and keep us posted

Wow, you see... You got it all figured it out.

As an affil I gave up on CCbill about a year ago. No offense but if all I had to promote was CCBill I would be long out of biz.

So those who say they only trust CCBill.. I dont agree.

These were my BEST progs since promoting CCBill since what 1999.. (progs that payed as well as ND, Top Bucks, Scorecash ect in their prime.

in order, best ever on top:

- Porn Mega Bucks (early days, sites are way outdated now)
- Online Booty Call (recurred forever and converted like nuts, gone to Pepperjam and pay only $25 pps which killed them for an affil)
- See My Bucks (prob the best prog lately)
- Blue Pixels Profits (nice prog for a while)
- FTV Cash (still pretty good prog I hear)

So there were some REAL good CCBill progs as shown above but a LOT of non converters too.

And in fairness a ton I never tried. Just like many of you never tried Online Booty Call, there are always diamonds in the rough.

send me an email any time. mjmj 00 at the aol

What I found was permission settings got changed on that file, 3 times I found it. I have no idea why... could be just the anomoly of having a server, could be sentry, could be a server transfer (unlikely since I found it 3 times)....

But just contact ccbill if you don't know where your htpasswd file is located and make sure your permissions are set correctly. I first found this issue back in 2008 so it is not new.

:winkwink:

Even someone being an asshole about some particular reason can be a resource. I am very respectful to those who "offer help". Beaner tried to call me out for having a hidden agenda.

My agenda is to see if other people are experiencing the same results I am getting right now.

Anyhow best luck to the OP. Shit crashing and burning (sales stopping) is everyone's nightmare so hope they pick up. :)

The one good thing about CCBill is they give long term honest recurs which over time usually do well so I havnt really given up on them just havnt found any super good sites to promote.

Off porn stuff does well like Online BC and also Utherverse did GREAT when they were with CCBill then tanked when they went on their own (altho some still did ok after).

So I think as Frank said maybe it is more.. someone has got a better product and taking your sale rather than CCBill being at fault. Maybe.

My agenda is to help you out and get you back on your feet. There is a million and 1 reasons why you may be experiencing no sales. I started with the most basic.

If you want to hop on board... let me know. I can help you out.

astronaut has some of the best sites in his niche hard to believe no sales

Maybe so.

However, I have been at this a long time. I started out as an affiliate back in 96. When you are making sales on a consistent basis and still maintain decent traffic sources, and then all of the sudden, come to a 100% stop for an extended period of time, you might tend to ask others if they are getting the same results as well.

That's what this thread is all about. I just want to know, if anyone else has experienced a complete shutdown in sales.

I see some negative feedback from people that promoted ccbill programs, but I want to hear from people who run ccbill affiliate programs.

here it is...

you have been given every opportunity to divulge your sites.

This is what I have noticed with ccbill.. https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1062100

Sara who responded earlier is a person I helped out/ (am helping out) right now. From starting from scratch to making a living.

Do you want my help or is your techniques better?

Can't we all just play the accordion, eat a sandwich, and get along?

http://buffetoblog.files.wordpress.c...ion-player.jpg

The beginning and middle of this month have been good actually. But all this means is that I might as well sell off all my traffic for the rest of the month because I am going to be converting at 1:20,000 until then. That's the way it always is with CCBill.

beaner knows his shit astronaut i would let him have a look, you have too much traffic to get zero sales

I mentioned this in another thread, but it seems fitting it should also be mentioned here.... Feb 13th was the day they implemented the phone verification process. Ironically, that is the day my sales died.

this week is really bad (ratio 1/7000)
The last week was good (ratio 1/1350, with 15 sales)

Yeah, everything is fine... money is in motion... i know i know
I know CCBill, everything works like it should.... bla bla bla

Hey... Just saw this. Thank you very much. I will send you an email. I believe we can check the file... funny, today got a "barrage" of signups and denials...

got 2 rebills for today only ((
referral earnings are still ok

still no good: 2 sales, 2 rebills, 3 refunds -$9 in total
fuck CCbill



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