Kinky Dollars - no stats for the past 3 days

[InfoGuy]

The last day of stats shown in my Kinky Dollars account is September 27th. Do any of you see any stats for Kinky Dollars for September 28th and after?

[femdomdestiny]

Same as you, missing a few days

[nikki99]

oopsy doopsy

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by nikki99

oopsy poopsy

Enter CurrentlySober . . .

[celandina]

waiting for developments and of course for Currently Sober

[Forkbeard]

I've seen the KinkyDollars stats run a few days behind in the past; they've always caught up eventually with numbers that look normal. However, they're currently 4-5 days behind and have been behind for more than a week. Concerning.

[femdomdestiny]

It was happening before. Anyway, they are back at this moment

[Sharon1974]

Originally Posted by femdomdestiny

It was happening before. Anyway, they are back at this moment

Yes, happened before. Nothing to worry about. But I do not see them back yet.

[Forkbeard]

Originally Posted by Sharon1974

Yes, happened before. Nothing to worry about. But I do not see them back yet.

This. I have no October stats visible yet.

[femdomdestiny]

Originally Posted by Forkbeard

This. I have no October stats visible yet.

yeah, me too. September is back, but still no October.

[JustBiz]

Their stats have had their gone tits up moments plenty of times before. Admittedly, this one's running a little long. But am sure they'll sort it. Never missed a wire from them in years.

[celandina]

still waiting

[BigFurry]

Damn, still lots of stats missing.

Not just the last week even. There's a stats gap in the middle of October.

[JustBiz]

Originally Posted by BigFurry

Damn, still lots of stats missing.

Not just the last week even. There's a stats gap in the middle of October.

Yup, you're right. Quite a lot of October days still missing when just checked. And the number of uniques reported on days that are there seem a lot down.

Their payments are going out as usual though. I got a wire for September.

Case you missed it, there's this post in admin area from 6 Oct:

"Hi Everyone!

We wanted to give an update on the current issue some of you may have already noticed with your campaigns.

Towards the end of September, it came to our attention that the stats in KinkyDollars were being delayed by a few days. The good news is no data has been lost; it’s simply taking much longer to appear for affiliates than it should. However, we realize that this isn’t optimal for you or your business, so getting that fixed is our top priority.

We are also prioritizing the calculation and verification of September stats; once ready, we’ll send out payments to qualified affiliates who have reached their payment threshold. Please take a moment to make sure your tax information on file is current by logging in and going to your Tax tab.

As soon as we have further updates on the issue, I’ll post them here. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected], and I’ll be happy to go over them with you.

Cheers!

Paris Carter"

An update would be nice.

[BigFurry]

The missing data appeared now!

This is their statement in the News section of KinkyDollars:

Update on KinkDollars Stats (FIXED) 11/10/2020

Hi everyone!

First things first, we are so sorry for the stats problems in KinkyDollars for the past month. We completely understand that there’s nothing optimal about being in the dark as stats are a vital part of any affiliate program. Thank you so much for your patience as we worked through this, but today we can happily say that the issue has been resolved!

What happened?

A combination of several factors caused a gradual slowdown in the calculation of KinkyDollars events. Practically, the data set grew to a size that the current optimizations were insufficient to keep up with the volume of data we were storing! It’s good that traffic is up, but obviously calculation should keep up as well. After efforts across multiple teams, optimizations were made that speed up calculations without changing the underlying logic. At the end, our calculations are now 2-3 times faster than they were in 2016, despite a much higher volume of data.

Scope

There was a delay in the calculation of statistics for the affiliate program. Raw data storage was not affected, and no data loss occurred. Detailed statistics from 2015 to 2018 have been archived, and in the coming weeks will be made available through modifications to existing interfaces. Payouts, their history, and related calculations are not affected and are currently available.

Timeline

Two changes that triggered a gradual slowdown were tracked down to August 29, 2020 (a change in archiving) and a change that broke an optimization (September 10, 2020). Internal monitoring noted problems beginning on September 16, 2020. A number of changes were made since September 16, 2020, culminating in the eventual fix on November 9, 2020. The backed-up calculations were completed on November 10, 2020.

What comes next?

The KinkyDollars Terms and Conditions policy will be updated with some practical guidelines around data retention. Once in place, an automated system for archiving will be implemented to minimize the potential for unchecked data growth.

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me (affiliates@kink) and I’ll be happy to go over them with you.

All the best,

Paris Carter
Affiliate Marketing Manager
Kink.com

[Forkbeard]

I'm not 100% confident in the stats now that they are back. I'm up to nine days running with zero transactions (subscriptions, purchases, rebills, or cancels). In October I averaged 1.5 transactions a day. It's odd, and seems unlikely.

[BigFurry]

Originally Posted by Forkbeard

I'm not 100% confident in the stats now that they are back. I'm up to nine days running with zero transactions (subscriptions, purchases, rebills, or cancels). In October I averaged 1.5 transactions a day. It's odd, and seems unlikely.

For the last nine days?

For what it's worth they look normal on my end, I do have transactions, both joins and rebills.

[Forkbeard]

Huh, thanks. Maybe it’s just one of those weird patterns then.

[J.R.]

Hmmm. Interesting.

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by celandina

waiting for developments and of course for Currently Sober

. . .