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1215 · 07-22-2008, 12:35 PM

a lot of vividcash fhg's using butt.com, cunts.com, and i think some others are now redirecting to shitty parked pages with other ads on them.

i've been sending them traffic for months as they were one of my better trusted sponsors last year.

i emailed several of their addresses yesterday and have yet to recieve a response.

i do NOT expect something like this from a sponsor such as Vivid and i am really pissed off about this.

i'm waiting to see how they compensate me for sending traffic to their now defunct pages.

one gallery alone recieved well over 140k...so you can tell i am very unhappy with them.

_Richard_ · 07-22-2008, 12:36 PM

nothing on IM?

1215 · 07-22-2008, 12:37 PM

dunno. i emailed almost everything listed in their contact area, which i've recieved replies from in the past.

Casa Nova · 07-22-2008, 12:39 PM

didn't vividcashs main affiliate page go down for a day or so not long ago because they forgot to renew?

commonsense · 07-22-2008, 12:42 PM

and you used Vivid as a sponsor because ....... ?

They were one of the first studios to fuck over their distributors and sell direct to stores. Not shocking they'd do the same thing to their affiliates online

czarina · 07-22-2008, 12:42 PM

is Vividcash still around? I thought it was history

1215 · 07-22-2008, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by commonsense

and you used Vivid as a sponsor because ....... ?

They were one of the first studios to fuck over their distributors and sell direct to stores. Not shocking they'd do the same thing to their affiliates online

i wasn't aware of that.

i used them for ages and they always paid on time, my experience was good, regardless of not knowing about that little bit of history.

Rednax · 07-22-2008, 12:52 PM

Always been good to me, Mike posts here, I'm sure he'll hit you up.

Andy Servers4Less · 07-22-2008, 01:09 PM

and Sig

1215 · 07-22-2008, 10:11 PM

Rednax - check your fhg's though.

Vivid no longer owns half the domains they place their fhg's on, which are STILL available in the vivid backend, which blatantly shows their disregard for webmasters.

They're basically giving you fhg's that don't exist, so if you were to ever import them into a tgp script, your traffic is gone.

I've had them imported into my tgp script since last year, and trusting them as I did, I didn't think I needed to make sure a company like Vivid would screw us over like this and not even take good measures to make sure all the webmasters know not to send traffic to those domains anymore.

What's going on vivid - did you sell the domains with part of the deal being you won't tell the webmasters and your buyer will consume the remaining traffic till someone notices it? wtf...

I am really pissed off and upset about this.

1215 · 07-22-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rednax

Always been good to me, Mike posts here, I'm sure he'll hit you up.

Was fine for me too, until I noticed I had sent tons of traffic to nonexistant galleries. These are galleries I've had up for ages and never expected someone like Vivid to lose/sell the domains their own content is hosted on...AND NOT TELL US OR MAKE A BIG NOTE OF IT IN THEIR ADMIN.

Now what am I supposed to do with all the traffic lost?

ztik · 07-22-2008, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by commonsense

and you used Vivid as a sponsor because ....... ?

They were one of the first studios to fuck over their distributors and sell direct to stores. Not shocking they'd do the same thing to their affiliates online

Thats called cutting out the middle man. Part of biz as you grow

mailman · 07-22-2008, 10:21 PM

where is baghdad bob when you need him to just let everyone know its just a glitch in the system!

SBJ · 07-22-2008, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rednax

Always been good to me, Mike posts here, I'm sure he'll hit you up.

haha it's been a long day cause i read this post as

Quote:

Always been good to me, Make posts here, I'm sure he'll hit you up.

Evil E · 07-22-2008, 10:29 PM

So did they just forget to renew their domains or what? Anyways traffic leaks sucks.

Hope they fix it.

SomeCreep · 07-22-2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1215

I am really pissed off and upset about this.

Pull all your links and move on. Don't expect compensation or an apology. This same type of thing has happened to me with a few sponsors. I don't start threads about it. I just pull links and move on.

1215 · 07-23-2008, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SomeCreep

Pull all your links and move on. Don't expect compensation or an apology. This same type of thing has happened to me with a few sponsors. I don't start threads about it. I just pull links and move on.

maybe you should start threads like this because if you're getting screwed, then others are too.

would be nice to get a heads up from the general community when this happens.

Niktamer · 07-23-2008, 10:41 AM

sucks .. pulling vivids linsk now

96ukssob · 07-23-2008, 10:43 AM

damn that sucks. i hate when sponsors use other domains for their FHG cause you can see this happening when someone forgets to renew the domain

Nicky · 07-23-2008, 10:49 AM

VividCash has always paid me on time and been good, this thing with the FHG's sounds bad though. I have ICQ'd Mike this thread

Jinx · 07-23-2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1215

maybe you should start threads like this because if you're getting screwed, then others are too.

would be nice to get a heads up from the general community when this happens.

Thanks for the heads up, just disabled them in OpenX network wide until I can check into it further.

Agent 488 · 07-23-2008, 10:53 AM

vivid are top notch stand up bros! i will send them icq! i'm sure it it will corrected and you will be compensated 1215 asap!

Just Mike · 07-23-2008, 11:03 AM

im sure its a mistake. I am sure it will get sorted out.

CS-Jay · 07-23-2008, 11:47 AM

no vivid answers for 1215? Glad I don't use them.

atom · 07-23-2008, 12:18 PM

bump for 1215

Hopefully some answers will be provided but it doesn't look good

Adam

Jinx · 07-23-2008, 12:41 PM

bumpity check sig

Scotty.T · 07-23-2008, 12:48 PM

all the FHG's I checked on the domains 1215 mentioned still work, and go to the relevant join page with ref code still intact.

Is this about FHG URL's that used to be on their FHG list but aren't any longer?

~zombiegirl~ · 07-23-2008, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1215

a lot of vividcash fhg's using butt.com, cunts.com, and i think some others are now redirecting to shitty parked pages with other ads on them.

i've been sending them traffic for months as they were one of my better trusted sponsors last year.

i emailed several of their addresses yesterday and have yet to recieve a response.

i do NOT expect something like this from a sponsor such as Vivid and i am really pissed off about this.

i'm waiting to see how they compensate me for sending traffic to their now defunct pages.

one gallery alone recieved well over 140k...so you can tell i am very unhappy with them.

crap, i promote them too

I figured that their FHG's were on leased domains & that they did NOT own cunts.com etc. so that should've been a warning sign right there. I was not aware of their video companies business reputation before this (about paying distributors, etc)

Manowar · 07-23-2008, 01:50 PM

bump for this

07-23-2008, 03:32 PM

Hey guys,

This has all been taken care of with the guys who administer the domains which the hosted galleries reside on. New webmasters may have noticed that hosted galleries are not available until we activate them for this very reason (I'm not comfortable with a 3rd party hosting/administering for us) and we let them know that we don't control these servers or the domains for that matter. This is a long story as to how this deal came about and I've been against it from the very beginning. Mainly because it makes no fucking sense but I don't make all the decisions. Hit me up if you feel you should be credited and we'll take care of it.

Thanks,
Mike C.

ICQ: 174-223-946

07-23-2008, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scotty.T

all the FHG's I checked on the domains 1215 mentioned still work, and go to the relevant join page with ref code still intact.

Is this about FHG URL's that used to be on their FHG list but aren't any longer?

Downtime was around one day, little less from the info I got on when changes were made to the domains.

1215 · 07-23-2008, 04:21 PM

i've been taken care of and things are fine with me now.

i just think if there's ever going to be possible downtime with vivid's galleries, they need to post a note in the admin for webmasters and send an email too.

thanks vivid.

Just Mike · 07-23-2008, 04:21 PM

Solid response and very fair.

As always mike and Vividcash take care of business

V_RocKs · 07-23-2008, 05:07 PM

I fucked Vivid in the ass... Two times.

fris · 07-23-2008, 06:31 PM

hopefully you got compensated 1215 for your traffic sent

Iron Fist · 07-23-2008, 07:26 PM

I guess this is what I get from popping in late.... thread over.

07-22-2008, 12:35 PM	#1
1215 Boner Party Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,376	Warning about VividCash a lot of vividcash fhg's using butt.com, cunts.com, and i think some others are now redirecting to shitty parked pages with other ads on them. i've been sending them traffic for months as they were one of my better trusted sponsors last year. i emailed several of their addresses yesterday and have yet to recieve a response. i do NOT expect something like this from a sponsor such as Vivid and i am really pissed off about this. i'm waiting to see how they compensate me for sending traffic to their now defunct pages. one gallery alone recieved well over 140k...so you can tell i am very unhappy with them. __________________ Best Hosting

07-22-2008, 12:37 PM	#3
1215 Boner Party Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,376	dunno. i emailed almost everything listed in their contact area, which i've recieved replies from in the past. __________________ Best Hosting

07-22-2008, 12:39 PM	#4
Casa Nova Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,867	didn't vividcashs main affiliate page go down for a day or so not long ago because they forgot to renew? __________________ ICQ: 405 009 573

07-22-2008, 01:09 PM	#9
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07-22-2008, 10:11 PM	#10
1215 Boner Party Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,376	Rednax - check your fhg's though. Vivid no longer owns half the domains they place their fhg's on, which are STILL available in the vivid backend, which blatantly shows their disregard for webmasters. They're basically giving you fhg's that don't exist, so if you were to ever import them into a tgp script, your traffic is gone. I've had them imported into my tgp script since last year, and trusting them as I did, I didn't think I needed to make sure a company like Vivid would screw us over like this and not even take good measures to make sure all the webmasters know not to send traffic to those domains anymore. What's going on vivid - did you sell the domains with part of the deal being you won't tell the webmasters and your buyer will consume the remaining traffic till someone notices it? wtf... I am really pissed off and upset about this. __________________ Best Hosting

07-22-2008, 12:36 PM	#2
_Richard_ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 30,989	nothing on IM?

07-22-2008, 12:42 PM	#5
commonsense So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,790	and you used Vivid as a sponsor because ....... ? They were one of the first studios to fuck over their distributors and sell direct to stores. Not shocking they'd do the same thing to their affiliates online

07-22-2008, 12:42 PM	#6
czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	is Vividcash still around? I thought it was history

07-22-2008, 12:52 PM	#8
Rednax Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 162	Always been good to me, Mike posts here, I'm sure he'll hit you up.

07-22-2008, 10:21 PM	#13
mailman Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,311	where is baghdad bob when you need him to just let everyone know its just a glitch in the system!

07-22-2008, 10:29 PM	#15
Evil E Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lazyness is a lifestyle Posts: 3,201	So did they just forget to renew their domains or what? Anyways traffic leaks sucks. Hope they fix it. __________________ A girl once told me "Give me 8 inches and make it HURT". So, I fucked her twice and hit her with a brick.

07-23-2008, 10:41 AM	#18
Niktamer Lord of the Leads Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3,021	sucks .. pulling vivids linsk now __________________

07-23-2008, 10:43 AM	#19
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	damn that sucks. i hate when sponsors use other domains for their FHG cause you can see this happening when someone forgets to renew the domain __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

07-23-2008, 10:49 AM	#20
Nicky Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 30,070	VividCash has always paid me on time and been good, this thing with the FHG's sounds bad though. I have ICQ'd Mike this thread __________________ gfynicky @ gmail.com

07-23-2008, 10:53 AM	#22
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	vivid are top notch stand up bros! i will send them icq! i'm sure it it will corrected and you will be compensated 1215 asap!

07-23-2008, 11:03 AM	#23
Just Mike Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In a land FAR FAR away Posts: 3,726	im sure its a mistake. I am sure it will get sorted out. __________________ EMAIL: [email protected] / ICQ: 56205262 AWEMPIRE

07-23-2008, 11:47 AM	#24
CS-Jay Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Command Central, West Palm Beach, Fl Posts: 1,794	no vivid answers for 1215? Glad I don't use them. __________________ I do stuff - aIm CS_Jay_D

07-23-2008, 12:18 PM	#25
atom Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 2,740	bump for 1215 Hopefully some answers will be provided but it doesn't look good Adam __________________ Have Chargebacks? Send me a message. ChargebackHelp.com

07-23-2008, 12:41 PM	#26
Jinx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 636	bumpity check sig __________________ ICQ: 360-63-200

07-23-2008, 12:48 PM	#27
Scotty.T Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,062	all the FHG's I checked on the domains 1215 mentioned still work, and go to the relevant join page with ref code still intact. Is this about FHG URL's that used to be on their FHG list but aren't any longer? __________________ .

07-23-2008, 01:50 PM	#29
Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	bump for this

07-23-2008, 03:32 PM	#30
esnem Guest Posts: n/a	Hey guys, This has all been taken care of with the guys who administer the domains which the hosted galleries reside on. New webmasters may have noticed that hosted galleries are not available until we activate them for this very reason (I'm not comfortable with a 3rd party hosting/administering for us) and we let them know that we don't control these servers or the domains for that matter. This is a long story as to how this deal came about and I've been against it from the very beginning. Mainly because it makes no fucking sense but I don't make all the decisions. Hit me up if you feel you should be credited and we'll take care of it. Thanks, Mike C. ICQ: 174-223-946

07-23-2008, 04:21 PM	#32
1215 Boner Party Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,376	i've been taken care of and things are fine with me now. i just think if there's ever going to be possible downtime with vivid's galleries, they need to post a note in the admin for webmasters and send an email too. thanks vivid. __________________ Best Hosting

07-23-2008, 05:07 PM	#34
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,421	I fucked Vivid in the ass... Two times.

07-23-2008, 06:31 PM	#35
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,372	hopefully you got compensated 1215 for your traffic sent __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

07-23-2008, 07:26 PM	#36
Iron Fist Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,400	I guess this is what I get from popping in late.... thread over.