ARS having cash issues. Reward Orders over 1 month delayed!!!

[patrack]

Looks like ARS is having some SERIOUS issues.....they still havent managed to send out or confirm my reward order from May 4th, 2004! They have a backlog of some 500+ rewards to give out now and are getting to the point where they are now giving lower priority to webmasters who've stopped sending traffic but still have points and overdue reward orders!


I'd be really wary if you're still promoting ARS...proceed with caution.

Check out the following, for example, posted on their boards by one of their staff. Still on the 3rd after 10 days!! Does it really take 10 days to send out orders from just one day?

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:38:00 -0700
Your order was received in the orde queue on the 19th and I am currently
making orders for the 3rd, this will give you an idea of how backed up
we are.

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:10:48 -0700
It will be a while yet, I am still working on the orders that came in on
the 3rd.

[TheFrog]

ars are solid

[Chris]

Originally posted by patrack
Looks like ARS is having some SERIOUS issues.....they still havent managed to send out or confirm my reward order from May 4th, 2004! They have a backlog of some 500+ rewards to give out now and are getting to the point where they are now giving lower priority to webmasters who've stopped sending traffic but still have points and overdue reward orders!


I'd be really wary if you're still promoting ARS...proceed with caution.

Check out the following, for example, posted on their boards by one of their staff. Still on the 3rd after 10 days!! Does it really take 10 days to send out orders from just one day?

do you want to do there job ? running the rewards section of a major affilate program is not so easy

give them some break

I say 1 month is acceptable for a free gift

2 months question it

3 months icq about it

4 months email about it

5 months post on gfy about it if you are that hard up for free shit

[Mutt]

if i give you a cookie will you shut the fuck up and stop whining?

[Fabuleux]

ARS having cash issues.

Watch out what you put in the title. And it's a FREE GIFT to YOU, so be patient.

[EviLGuY]

Yeah.. they aren't in the REWARDS business. Thats just a bonus.

As long as your checks are on time....

[jact]

Can you imagine the volume of rewards they have to deal with after however long they had rewards disabled? Come on, get a fucking clue you vulture.

[cherrylula]

maybe they need the cash for sigs

[jacked]

for real they're doing it as an incentive to be in the program even if it takes a while who cares its not like you paid for it you know... no bid deal man

[jimmyf]

Originally posted by jact
Can you imagine the volume of rewards they have to deal with after however long they had rewards disabled? Come on, get a fucking clue you vulture.

i can't even imagine GFY with there T-shirts, hoody's and panties much less ARS and rewards,

[WiredGuy]

Your thread title is very misleading. They are behind on their rewards, not cash. If they weren't paying affiliates, there would have a shit storm.

WG

[PrivateEye]

Never got a bounced check yet ;-)

[webgurl]

Originally posted by WiredGuy
Your thread title is very misleading. They are behind on their rewards, not cash. If they weren't paying affiliates, there would have a shit storm.

WG

i finally ordered my 2 gift cards

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by Fabuleux
Watch out what you put in the title. And it's a FREE GIFT to YOU, so be patient.

free gift? its part of the compensation for sending them joins. so i guess my cheques are gifts too?

thank you marc de for being so genorous to mere mortals like me...

[mastamind]

as long as the paychecks keep coming on time I wouldnt stress out that your reward is a little late

[angelsofporn]

i put in an order 2 months ago and last week i decided to check on it cuz it's not here. And the order was cancelled for some reason..no explanation. Have way more rewards points then needed to cover the item. Didnt even bother to go through it again.

[Mr Pheer]

I keep cashing in my cecash points for home depot gift cards

[WiredGuy]

Originally posted by webgurl
i finally ordered my 2 gift cards

It's about time
WG

[GonZo]

Wheres Amber when you need some ARS answers?

[Sly_RJ]

Didn't they put a hold on the program a couple months back so that they can get structured and reorganized?

And to everyone that says "be happy you're getting free stuff!", don't kid yourself. The rewards program was created as an incentive to send traffic to ARS and not other programs. It isn't just "free stuff", it's part of payment and anyone wondering where their reward items are is perfectly justified.

[KRL]

The day ARS starts having cash problems is the day its time to exit this industry.

[SeTec]

Originally posted by GonZo
Wheres Amber when you need some ARS answers?

man, why did you have to day THAT name (different amber, but still)

i have faith in ars, btw

[BRISK]

Originally posted by cherrylula
maybe they need the cash for sigs

[HAPPYPEEKERS]

Originally posted by JupZChris
do you want to do there job ? running the rewards section of a major affilate program is not so easy

give them some break

I say 1 month is acceptable for a free gift

2 months question it

3 months icq about it

4 months email about it

5 months post on gfy about it if you are that hard up for free shit

[SomeCreep]

Originally posted by TheFrog
ars are solid

Yeah, sponsors that are solid shut down all their sites and screw over thousands of webmasters

People like you who have no idea what they're talking about should not be allowed to have sigs.

[sinkiss]

Originally posted by JupZChris
do you want to do there job ? running the rewards section of a major affilate program is not so easy

give them some break

I say 1 month is acceptable for a free gift

2 months question it

3 months icq about it

4 months email about it

5 months post on gfy about it if you are that hard up for free shit

sounds like very good advice

[serious]

Originally posted by Sly_RJ
Didn't they put a hold on the program a couple months back so that they can get structured and reorganized?

And to everyone that says "be happy you're getting free stuff!", don't kid yourself. The rewards program was created as an incentive to send traffic to ARS and not other programs. It isn't just "free stuff", it's part of payment and anyone wondering where their reward items are is perfectly justified.

I agree, I think he has a right to complain, even though the title was a bit misleading. It shouldn't take a month to send out the orders for a single day.

[crockett]

Dude don't give all the ARS sig whores a heart attack..

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by SomeCreep
Yeah, sponsors that are solid shut down all their sites and screw over thousands of webmasters

People like you who have no idea what they're talking about should not be allowed to have sigs.

they made changes for the better. one step back to take three steps forward.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by JupZChris
do you want to do there job ? running the rewards section of a major affilate program is not so easy

give them some break

I say 1 month is acceptable for a free gift

2 months question it

3 months icq about it

4 months email about it

5 months post on gfy about it if you are that hard up for free shit

not easy? a fucking monkey could do it.

[Doctor Dre]

Ars program got droped by a shitload of webmasters ... I guess they just stoped using it and everybody is ordering rewards at the same time ... but they are still rocking

[Illicit]

Originally posted by Mutt
if i give you a cookie will you shut the fuck up and stop whining?

are your checks there every week on time ? mine are !

[YentaGirl]

I get my check every week on time...

[merlin77]

WTF?? It's free! Do we know what FREE means? It means they chose to give you a perk, they are not obligated to do it. Checks come, who cares about freebies!!!!!

[Illicit]

You know what this means right ???? People are making alot of $$ with ARS. Rewards are the result of making money. If you too want to make money, see the freakin sig

[sexxxychat69]

that sucks I'm sure they will get it resolved

[clickhappy]

we need a chicken little emoticon

[SomeCreep]

Originally posted by FlyingIguana
they made changes for the better. one step back to take three steps forward.

ARS changed their sites in an attempt to "make things better" for themselves. In the process they lowered webmaster payouts and stopped giving credit for traffic being sent to their old sites. Looking at it from a webmaster perspective, these changes were not for the better.

Whats most lame, is they are not even doing anything unique. They are simply copying a business model that has already been done by every other sponsor out there.

This is my interpretation of ARS...
"Lets cash in on reality sites, there are lots of sheep and newbies who will continue to promote us no matter how many times we fuck them over."

[Sylver7]

Originally posted by SomeCreep
ARS changed their sites in an attempt to "make things better" for themselves. In the process they lowered webmaster payouts and stopped giving credit for traffic being sent to their old sites. "

Very true. Add that to the fact that they didn't even give notice of what they were going to do when they had the opportunity to do so. ARS is a bad choice to send traffic to. They will most likely screw you over eventually.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by merlin77
WTF?? It's free! Do we know what FREE means? It means they chose to give you a perk, they are not obligated to do it. Checks come, who cares about freebies!!!!!

stfu idiot

[lazycash]

Originally posted by SomeCreep
ARS changed their sites in an attempt to "make things better" for themselves. In the process they lowered webmaster payouts and stopped giving credit for traffic being sent to their old sites. Looking at it from a webmaster perspective, these changes were not for the better.

Whats most lame, is they are not even doing anything unique. They are simply copying a business model that has already been done by every other sponsor out there.

This is my interpretation of ARS...
"Lets cash in on reality sites, there are lots of sheep and newbies who will continue to promote us no matter how many times we fuck them over."

Do you even know what the fuck happened? The old sites were never ARS sites to begin with, they were simply marketing them for GIM. Once they severed their relationship with GIM they could no longer market those sites and had to produce their own. They didn't fuck over anyone, they gave plenty of notice as to when their contract was up with GIM and affiliates would no longer be able to market them. Funny how you are scolding others for not knowing what they are talking about when you seem completely clueless on the situation.

[lazycash]

Originally posted by Sylver7
Very true. Add that to the fact that they didn't even give notice of what they were going to do when they had the opportunity to do so. ARS is a bad choice to send traffic to. They will most likely screw you over eventually.

Bullshit, they gave over 2 months notice to their webmasters as to when they would no longer be paying on the old GIM sites.

[lazycash]

Originally posted by patrack
Looks like ARS is having some SERIOUS issues.....they still havent managed to send out or confirm my reward order from May 4th, 2004! They have a backlog of some 500+ rewards to give out now and are getting to the point where they are now giving lower priority to webmasters who've stopped sending traffic but still have points and overdue reward orders!

They received over 300k in orders after they reopened their new rewards store and are working their way through the orders.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by lazycash
Do you even know what the fuck happened? The old sites were never ARS sites to begin with, they were simply marketing them for GIM. Once they severed their relationship with GIM they could no longer market those sites and had to produce their own. They didn't fuck over anyone, they gave plenty of notice as to when their contract was up with GIM and affiliates would no longer be able to market them. Funny how you are scolding others for not knowing what they are talking about when you seem completely clueless on the situation.

amen

at least someone knows whats going on and doesn't just post bullshit on a msg board for sig views...

[Sylver7]

Originally posted by lazycash
Bullshit, they gave over 2 months notice to their webmasters as to when they would no longer be paying on the old GIM sites.

I must have missed the email that said "we are going to feed our new ppc engine with all your existing links and pay you pennies for your traffic"

[Nyght]

Originally posted by lazycash
Do you even know what the fuck happened? The old sites were never ARS sites to begin with, they were simply marketing them for GIM. Once they severed their relationship with GIM they could no longer market those sites and had to produce their own. They didn't fuck over anyone, they gave plenty of notice as to when their contract was up with GIM and affiliates would no longer be able to market them. Funny how you are scolding others for not knowing what they are talking about when you seem completely clueless on the situation.

Sounds like you have not been around too long if you think that is where the timeline really starts for those sites and their relationship to each other.

[lazycash]

Originally posted by Nyght
Sounds like you have not been around too long if you think that is where the timeline really starts for those sites and their relationship to each other.

Been with ARS since the beginning and am fully aware of their relationship with GIM, where did I talk about their history timeline in my previous post?

[SomeCreep]

Originally posted by lazycash
Do you even know what the fuck happened? The old sites were never ARS sites to begin with, they were simply marketing them for GIM. Once they severed their relationship with GIM they could no longer market those sites and had to produce their own. They didn't fuck over anyone, they gave plenty of notice as to when their contract was up with GIM and affiliates would no longer be able to market them. Funny how you are scolding others for not knowing what they are talking about when you seem completely clueless on the situation.

I dont care if they were marketing sites for GIM or Pope John Paul II. That doesnt change the fact that they made a business decision which screwed over thousands of webmasters. Do you think webmasters that built 100's of AVS sites, 100's of TGP galleries, 100's of free site galleries promoting ARS websites did not feel like they were screwed over once they heard the news that ARS was shutting down all their old sites? I cant believe you have the nerve to say "They didnt fuck over anyone".

[smokingdawn]

My checks are always on time!

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by SomeCreep
I dont care if they were marketing sites for GIM or Pope John Paul II. That doesnt change the fact that they made a business decision which screwed over thousands of webmasters. Do you think webmasters that built 100's of AVS sites, 100's of TGP galleries, 100's of free site galleries promoting ARS websites did not feel like they were screwed over once they heard the news that ARS was shutting down all their old sites? I cant believe you have the nerve to say "They didnt fuck over anyone".

they didn't convert anyways, who cares. the GIM sites were so 2001