Trial Leeches - GoFuckYourself.com

Mutt · 12-04-2002, 02:51 PM

just reading R.A.M.E, here's two posts teaching more newbies how to fuck over paysites by taking a trial and sucking the whole site down to your harddrive then cancelling before the trial recurs to montly.

Galling thing is that one post is from a webmaster!

I think anybody who is running a paysite where they have leased content being billed by bandwidth usage or their own content needs to meter their customers bandwidth usage and when your software detects a leech kick him out before he gets costs too much. I think i saw that the new Pennywize has this feature.

Quote:

No it was a recent one. Rodney has always been inconsistent
with the quality of girls he hires. Some good, some not so good, and
once in a while a zinger. The best girl he ever had <imo> was Nadia
Nyce. Frankly, I watch less and less porno these days. But here's a
suggestion; Rodney's going along with that new trend of promoting a
trial run for a few days <3?> for about $6. If you've got a cable
modem and a few days off you can download tons of material and save it
onto the hard drive. <I did ....... with a telly modem> Just cancel
and you've acquired mucho content for a mere $6. Or maybe it's $10. Im
not sure. Im too lazy to go over there right now. $5.95 or $9.95.
Either way well worth it.

arch stanton

and the second one

Quote:

Want a tip, join the site and immediately cancel once
inside if you don't want to be charged again. You'll still have access to
the site for the trial period, but you won't be charged the rebill price...
that is unless you enjoy the site and wish to remain a member.

- PornAddict
http://www.pornaddict.com

quiet · 12-04-2002, 02:52 PM

simple solution. don't use trials. limiting bw usage will only piss of your member.

Mutt · 12-04-2002, 02:57 PM

some people still believe in trials.

and i bet it would be possible to detect true leeches from members who are merely heavy users. so i think you could work it that you wouldn't scare or piss off customers you can make a profit on, meanwhile getting rid of leeches.

how many simultaneous connections can a member make on your site quiet?

some_idiot · 12-04-2002, 03:02 PM

Trial leeches are fine, atleast I get the $2.

It's the fuckers that KNOW Cardnet will decline them
and spider the whole site during the grace period that
steams me! I wish the processors would small claims
the repeating a-holes and make an example of them.

Hello, GB guys, your grace period is TOO long... As soon
as an offline manual is given, the account SHOULD be
suspended and the user emailed as to why.

[The Leader] · 12-04-2002, 03:08 PM

What the fuck, does the guy from pornaddict.com post here? What a fuckface. Just 'cause he's smart enough to not use trials, doesn't mean he should help fuck over the PPS sponsors.

pennywize_v3 · 12-04-2002, 06:49 PM

Hi Steve from Pennywize here

Yes, the new Pennywize can limit the amount of data your members can download per day. We currently see our clients set limits of anything from around 100Mb to 1Gb.
(you can of course not set any limits!)

When they exceed their limit, you can display a custom page explaining why they are blocked.

Thanks,

Steve

dirtyone · 12-04-2002, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by [The Leader]
What the fuck, does the guy from pornaddict.com post here? What a fuckface. Just 'cause he's smart enough to not use trials, doesn't mean he should help fuck over the PPS sponsors.

Let him know how you feel right here .

kenny · 12-04-2002, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pennywize_v3
Hi Steve from Pennywize here

Yes, the new Pennywize can limit the amount of data your members can download per day. We currently see our clients set limits of anything from around 100Mb to 1Gb.
(you can of course not set any limits!)

When they exceed their limit, you can display a custom page explaining why they are blocked.

Thanks,

Steve

Can you limit the amount of download data for trial members only? That why if they exceed the set amount your custom page can read:

Trial memberships are limited in the amount of data that can be transfered per member. This is to protect our site from fradulent activities that has been accuring in the adult internet industry. You have exceeded the maximum amount set. If you feel this is a mistake you may contact blahh blahh

Mutt · 12-04-2002, 07:49 PM

that's an excellent idea. people on trials get capped, when they cap out you give them the big upsell page telling them that full members get UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS. Much more elegant solution to what some people are doing now, having a trial to a cut down version of the site......much better to let them have free run of the site, just cap them at a pretty low threshold.

inthestars · 12-04-2002, 07:51 PM

As far as trials, how about having a much smaller scaled down version of your site in the trial area? I think it is a better option.

12-04-2002, 02:57 PM	#3
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	some people still believe in trials. and i bet it would be possible to detect true leeches from members who are merely heavy users. so i think you could work it that you wouldn't scare or piss off customers you can make a profit on, meanwhile getting rid of leeches. how many simultaneous connections can a member make on your site quiet? __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

12-04-2002, 03:08 PM	#5
[The Leader] Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Van City Posts: 1,026	What the fuck, does the guy from pornaddict.com post here? What a fuckface. Just 'cause he's smart enough to not use trials, doesn't mean he should help fuck over the PPS sponsors. __________________ <br> <embed src="http://www.bigleaguebetting.com/ph.swf?http://www.prohosters.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="120" height="60" menu="false" quality="high"><br>

12-04-2002, 07:49 PM	#9
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	that's an excellent idea. people on trials get capped, when they cap out you give them the big upsell page telling them that full members get UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS. Much more elegant solution to what some people are doing now, having a trial to a cut down version of the site......much better to let them have free run of the site, just cap them at a pretty low threshold. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

12-04-2002, 02:52 PM	#2
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	simple solution. don't use trials. limiting bw usage will only piss of your member.

12-04-2002, 03:02 PM	#4
some_idiot Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Doesn't matter, I'm not buying you another pint! Posts: 1,511	Trial leeches are fine, atleast I get the $2. It's the fuckers that KNOW Cardnet will decline them and spider the whole site during the grace period that steams me! I wish the processors would small claims the repeating a-holes and make an example of them. Hello, GB guys, your grace period is TOO long... As soon as an offline manual is given, the account SHOULD be suspended and the user emailed as to why.

12-04-2002, 06:49 PM	#6
pennywize_v3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 55	Hi Steve from Pennywize here Yes, the new Pennywize can limit the amount of data your members can download per day. We currently see our clients set limits of anything from around 100Mb to 1Gb. (you can of course not set any limits!) When they exceed their limit, you can display a custom page explaining why they are blocked. Thanks, Steve

12-04-2002, 07:51 PM	#10
inthestars Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: California Posts: 2,021	As far as trials, how about having a much smaller scaled down version of your site in the trial area? I think it is a better option.