ccbill's new shopping cart thingie pretty lame? - GoFuckYourself.com

pamphage · 08-13-2003, 08:33 PM

So going straight to ccbill.com and then choosing the adult ticket, i searched for "Tranny" just for fun (no really! just for fun. no other reason! ;) and a bunch of subscription sites come up like this one:

Choose a Subscription:
transsexualnights.com - Learn More Here http://www.transsexualnights.com
We cater to those who have an insatiable hunger for TS/TV. Don't settle for less - Get the Best! See hot she-males strip down and show all! The most beautiful trannys offering up their hot fine bods!
Pricing: $24.95 for 30 days then $24.95 recurring every 30 days
Select A Subscription

so it has the the little pull down menu and i can add to my shopping cart...and yet...none of the urls are actually hotlinked?? what's up with that? people are expected to either a) add stuff to a cart w/o looking at the site, or b) required to cut and paste an url?? and so everyone who signs up for a ccbill site now has the option of going through this lovely shopping cart system?

I don't get this. seems unbelievably lame to me. maybe someone can enlighten me.

arial · 08-13-2003, 08:36 PM

Sure why not.

cash69 · 08-13-2003, 08:58 PM

i think it's pretty cool.. it's what master card wanted.. but i think it will bring alot of charge backs.. if i was a regular user and i was browsing some sites and saw that i could sign up to like 100 at once i'd sign up to them all

TheSaint · 08-13-2003, 10:27 PM

It is lame beyond belief. Like you said, urls don't link to the site.

Useless, basically. I expect Visa will get 2 or 3 sales a year out of this.

I suspect the guys at CCBill were laughing their asses off at Visa whenever they got off the conference call, this is such a stupid waste of time.

andi_germany · 08-13-2003, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheSaint
It is lame beyond belief. Like you said, urls don't link to the site.

Useless, basically. I expect Visa will get 2 or 3 sales a year out of this.

I suspect the guys at CCBill were laughing their asses off at Visa whenever they got off the conference call, this is such a stupid waste of time.

Delete VISA , insert Mastercard

corvette · 08-14-2003, 11:51 AM

Sorry for the delay in commenting on this.

The interface that you are referring to was not created as a functional tool designed to compete with our webmasters. We are not here to steal traffic or become referrers to CCBill sites. We are a payment processing company, there are specific requirements that we needed to follow and we made the appropriate changes to follow those requirements.

If your site gets additional exposure from being displayed in the search results, then that?s great?

Burnie · 08-14-2003, 02:24 PM

Is VERY LAME. I searched for my site by key words AND by the domain name, it didn't come up. That Sucks...

TheSaint · 08-14-2003, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by corvett
Sorry for the delay in commenting on this.

The interface that you are referring to was not created as a functional tool designed to compete with our webmasters. We are not here to steal traffic or become referrers to CCBill sites. We are a payment processing company, there are specific requirements that we needed to follow and we made the appropriate changes to follow those requirements.

If your site gets additional exposure from being displayed in the search results, then that?s great?

We know, we aren't laughing at you, we are laughing at Mastercard for being so niave as to think people put memberships in a shopping cart with no tour or even text.

skitten · 08-18-2003, 05:28 AM

It's REALLY lame - I typed in several keywords which are totally descriptive of my site (as well as dozens of other CCBill sites) and it came up with ZERO results!

And my custom form site description was submitted and approved almost two weeks ago!

What's up CCBill?

lagwagon · 08-18-2003, 05:33 AM

ccbill rules. we use them

Carrie · 08-18-2003, 05:52 AM

How many people do you think are actually going to go straight to CCBill and search for a site? I submit zero.

Board Voyeur · 08-18-2003, 05:55 AM

Interesting though lets think about this for a second......

CCBill know ALL the affiliate programs codes who use their system and, by coincidence, they also know ALL the linking codes.

Wonder who exactly gets the credit when 'surfer a' joins dirtytrannymidgets.com through the affiliates join page and THEN searches for a paysite, finds one and then signs up to that paysite WITHOUT the original webmasters referring code in it......

Things that make you go hmmmm!

CCBill are going to rake it in from this MC BS.

skitten · 08-18-2003, 06:01 AM

After trying several more search terms which completely describe my site - It finally yielded four pages of results - none of which had dog balls to do with the search terms I typed in...nor was my site included in those results.

It almost seems "fixed" - but I do not see who is going to benefit from this poorly functioning search tool!

I like CCBill, but this is really disappointing.

BVF · 08-18-2003, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Board Voyeur
Interesting though lets think about this for a second......

CCBill know ALL the affiliate programs codes who use their system and, by coincidence, they also know ALL the linking codes.

Wonder who exactly gets the credit when 'surfer a' joins dirtytrannymidgets.com through the affiliates join page and THEN searches for a paysite, finds one and then signs up to that paysite WITHOUT the original webmasters referring code in it......

Things that make you go hmmmm!

CCBill are going to rake it in from this MC BS.

imbecile....didn't you read what corvett said...To dumb it down for you, CCbill did what they had to do to follow the mastercard rules. By not creating clickable links, it makes it harder for the surfer to leave the site and lose YOU money.

an even simpler translation ..They did JUST ENOUGH to get mastercard off of their back.

Board Voyeur · 08-18-2003, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BVF

imbecile....didn't you read what corvett said...To dumb it down for you, CCbill did what they had to do to follow the mastercard rules. By not creating clickable links, it makes it harder for the surfer to leave the site and lose YOU money.

an even simpler translation ..They did JUST ENOUGH to get mastercard off of their back.

Dickwad...

look at the <h1>BIGGER</h1> potential of what they have created though

Board Voyeur · 08-18-2003, 06:09 AM

And who said anything about clickable links?

They HAVE top parse some info through the join form to identify the sale to both an affiliate OR a merchant OR both.

Has anyone actually viewed the join form source codes on the other sites that surfers can choose to see what aff id's are being parsed through?

Board Voyeur · 08-18-2003, 06:12 AM

and just to simplify what i mean even more as i know the info i have already posted is probably to complex for your tiny pea-sized brain to understand........

1 link code to promote THOUSANDS of paysites

This idea is copyrighted and is my intellectual property this post is now proof of that.

skitten · 08-18-2003, 06:22 AM

I just received the following from CCBill in reply to my complaint email regarding the E-Ticket search:

Dear Webmaster,

We are currently categorizing upwards of 30,000 sites. Once we come across your site it will be entered into the search engine.

Regards,
Paul K.
CCBill Client Support

At least there is some reasonable explanation...

corvette · 08-18-2003, 08:40 AM

Board Voyeur, I am going to encourage you to test this theory out and post the results.

That?s all I am going to say about that

08-13-2003, 08:33 PM	#1
pamphage Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 3,569	ccbill's new shopping cart thingie pretty lame? So going straight to ccbill.com and then choosing the adult ticket, i searched for "Tranny" just for fun (no really! just for fun. no other reason! ;) and a bunch of subscription sites come up like this one: Choose a Subscription: transsexualnights.com - Learn More Here http://www.transsexualnights.com We cater to those who have an insatiable hunger for TS/TV. Don't settle for less - Get the Best! See hot she-males strip down and show all! The most beautiful trannys offering up their hot fine bods! Pricing: $24.95 for 30 days then $24.95 recurring every 30 days Select A Subscription so it has the the little pull down menu and i can add to my shopping cart...and yet...none of the urls are actually hotlinked?? what's up with that? people are expected to either a) add stuff to a cart w/o looking at the site, or b) required to cut and paste an url?? and so everyone who signs up for a ccbill site now has the option of going through this lovely shopping cart system? I don't get this. seems unbelievably lame to me. maybe someone can enlighten me. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60. Let me repeat... A 120 x 60 button and no more that 3 lines of DEFAULT SIZE AND COLOR text.

08-14-2003, 11:51 AM	#6
corvette Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: scottsdale Posts: 7,880	Sorry for the delay in commenting on this. The interface that you are referring to was not created as a functional tool designed to compete with our webmasters. We are not here to steal traffic or become referrers to CCBill sites. We are a payment processing company, there are specific requirements that we needed to follow and we made the appropriate changes to follow those requirements. If your site gets additional exposure from being displayed in the search results, then that?s great? __________________ If you need a good company for check writing services, then check out checkissuing, and for webhosting, check out Phoenix NAP

08-18-2003, 05:33 AM	#10
lagwagon Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: az Posts: 8,464	ccbill rules. we use them __________________ FTVGirls - FTVMilfs - DanielleFTV Last edited by lagwagon; 08-18-2003 at 05:44 AM..

08-18-2003, 08:40 AM	#19
corvette Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: scottsdale Posts: 7,880	Board Voyeur, I am going to encourage you to test this theory out and post the results. That?s all I am going to say about that __________________ If you need a good company for check writing services, then check out checkissuing, and for webhosting, check out Phoenix NAP

08-13-2003, 08:36 PM	#2
arial Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area Posts: 4,012	Sure why not.

08-13-2003, 08:58 PM	#3
cash69 So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chandler, az Posts: 1,052	i think it's pretty cool.. it's what master card wanted.. but i think it will bring alot of charge backs.. if i was a regular user and i was browsing some sites and saw that i could sign up to like 100 at once i'd sign up to them all

08-13-2003, 10:27 PM	#4
TheSaint Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Everywhere at once Posts: 991	It is lame beyond belief. Like you said, urls don't link to the site. Useless, basically. I expect Visa will get 2 or 3 sales a year out of this. I suspect the guys at CCBill were laughing their asses off at Visa whenever they got off the conference call, this is such a stupid waste of time.

08-14-2003, 02:24 PM	#7
Burnie Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hurricane Florida Posts: 205	Is VERY LAME. I searched for my site by key words AND by the domain name, it didn't come up. That Sucks...

08-18-2003, 05:28 AM	#9
skitten Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 217	It's REALLY lame - I typed in several keywords which are totally descriptive of my site (as well as dozens of other CCBill sites) and it came up with ZERO results! And my custom form site description was submitted and approved almost two weeks ago! What's up CCBill?

08-18-2003, 05:52 AM	#11
Carrie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Virgin - nee Posts: 3,162	How many people do you think are actually going to go straight to CCBill and search for a site? I submit zero.

08-18-2003, 05:55 AM	#12
Board Voyeur Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 130	Interesting though lets think about this for a second...... CCBill know ALL the affiliate programs codes who use their system and, by coincidence, they also know ALL the linking codes. Wonder who exactly gets the credit when 'surfer a' joins dirtytrannymidgets.com through the affiliates join page and THEN searches for a paysite, finds one and then signs up to that paysite WITHOUT the original webmasters referring code in it...... Things that make you go hmmmm! CCBill are going to rake it in from this MC BS.

08-18-2003, 06:01 AM	#13
skitten Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 217	After trying several more search terms which completely describe my site - It finally yielded four pages of results - none of which had dog balls to do with the search terms I typed in...nor was my site included in those results. It almost seems "fixed" - but I do not see who is going to benefit from this poorly functioning search tool! I like CCBill, but this is really disappointing.

08-18-2003, 06:09 AM	#16
Board Voyeur Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 130	And who said anything about clickable links? They HAVE top parse some info through the join form to identify the sale to both an affiliate OR a merchant OR both. Has anyone actually viewed the join form source codes on the other sites that surfers can choose to see what aff id's are being parsed through?

08-18-2003, 06:12 AM	#17
Board Voyeur Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 130	and just to simplify what i mean even more as i know the info i have already posted is probably to complex for your tiny pea-sized brain to understand........ 1 link code to promote THOUSANDS of paysites This idea is copyrighted and is my intellectual property this post is now proof of that.

08-18-2003, 06:22 AM	#18
skitten Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 217	I just received the following from CCBill in reply to my complaint email regarding the E-Ticket search: Dear Webmaster, We are currently categorizing upwards of 30,000 sites. Once we come across your site it will be entered into the search engine. Regards, Paul K. CCBill Client Support At least there is some reasonable explanation...