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SleazyDream 10-14-2009 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ********** (Post 16426078)
Our average rate at CCBill is about 11.5 to 12%. For that, I get :

- A live, human on the phone every single time I call. A US person at that.
- Instant advice from DougW, Corvette & the crew
- Fast replies to requests, instant action when fraud is suspected.
- Email and phone calls when they suspect an affiliate is being naughty.
- An attentive ear that considers new ideas
- No Velocity constraints (they let us manage our own)
- Actual, Genuine business Help and Support whenever we need it.
- Never, ever, a single late payment.
- Invites to Playboy.

I think this is how they justify the higher fees. Works for me.

plus somehow you just KNOW they won't run off with the money :2 cents:

I'm way more comfortable with a stable US company in processing

xxweekxx 10-14-2009 05:00 PM

does ccbill really have a jet? lol

jcsike 10-14-2009 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 16429121)
your arguments are way off.

sure, there were many reasons ibill went under, money was the biggest, after the original owners sold ibill to the new owners, the road to ruin began, and at some point they were offering and charging their largest clients crazy fees to convince them not to jump ship, wont argue with you there

im just saying everyone is charging 10%+ epoch, verotel, all the other processors.

i want to give it some time before i decide about zombaio, lets say 2 years, maybe more, ive seen some really bad posts about them

After Shock Media 10-14-2009 07:11 PM

With each year zombaio is around it will justify 1% to me. Since they have lasted a year I am willing to add them as a backup biller. With time will come trust and more money with them.

Barefootsies 10-14-2009 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429450)
i want to give it some time before i decide about zombaio, lets say 2 years, maybe more, ive seen some really bad posts about them

We'll see you in two years then.

/thread closed

Barefootsies 10-14-2009 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media (Post 16429458)
With each year zombaio is around

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Our History

The company started in Basingstoke, United Kingdom in 2003 as an acquirer for iGaming Networks. A Swedish division was established in 2005. During the fall 2006 the adoption of an unexpected approval of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, criminalizing the collection of payments (Cross-border) for non US based online gambling networks.

With a reliable and scalable transaction platform we decided to establish in the adult entertainment industry, which we did and opened an US division in 2007 (Zombaio). The brand and product Zombaio.com was released 3rd of October 2007 with a large advertising campaign.

Originally, our two founders come from RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) where they were responsible for structuring the pay platform that today is one of the world's 5 largest platforms. Naturally, we have full redundancy in the systems, whose sites are located in Stockholm (Sweden), Frankfurt (Germany) and Mountain View (CA, USA).

Both the company and the platform are Visa and MasterCard PCI DSS certified by TrustWave.
Certificate of Compliance

Our aim is to continue to provide services that are firmly established in the market based on the latest technology. Zombaio takes an offencive role in the market offering daily payouts, anti fraud insurance and marketable processing prices.
:winkwink:

jcsike 10-14-2009 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootsies (Post 16429461)
We'll see you in two years then.

:2 cents::2 cents:

2MuchMark 10-14-2009 07:34 PM

Does CCBill charge more than others? Actually, no - there are a few out there who charge a bit more. Am I paying too much? MAYBE, but as Scott said, I feel pretty confident that they won't be closing up shop any time soon.

Of course everyone should shop around for processors, I'm not saying not to. What I am saying is that you do not normally want to suddenly switch processors just because someone else is cheaper. If you count on weekly payouts and decide to switch companies, you run the risk of interrupting your cash flow.

The best possible thing to do is to sign-up for multiple processors. This way should anything happen to your main processor you can switch in a hurry.

will76 10-14-2009 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429450)
sure, there were many reasons ibill went under, money was the biggest, after the original owners sold ibill to the new owners, the road to ruin began, and at some point they were offering and charging their largest clients crazy fees to convince them not to jump ship, wont argue with you there

im just saying everyone is charging 10%+ epoch, verotel, all the other processors.

i want to give it some time before i decide about zombaio, lets say 2 years, maybe more, ive seen some really bad posts about them

I think they are getting close to 2 years, i pretty sure it is well over a year that they have been posting here.

What bad stuff have you heard about them? I can't find one post here where someone had a bad experience with them.

Barefootsies 10-14-2009 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 16429523)
I think they are getting close to 2 years, i pretty sure it is well over a year that they have been posting here.

What bad stuff have you heard about them? I can't find one post here where someone had a bad experience with them.

:thumbsup

Barefootsies 10-14-2009 09:47 PM

Fiddy.
:pimp

Sig.

Sausage 10-14-2009 09:54 PM

Amazing what a little competition does isn't it ;)

Been with them for 6 months now, no issues here. Payments regular as clockwork.

Sebastian Sands 10-14-2009 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootsies (Post 16427452)

CCB also vigoriously fights charge backs from what I hear. But when they win a dispute, you do not get the money back. They just keep it.

Is this true? How do you know. If so then that is pretty messed up.

Sausage 10-14-2009 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429450)
i want to give it some time before i decide about zombaio, lets say 2 years, maybe more, ive seen some really bad posts about them

... and ....

This is where you post some links and proof of these bad things you have seen btw. Curious minds want to know. I couldn't find anything ... links please.

jcsike 10-14-2009 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sausage (Post 16429749)
... and ....

This is where you post some links and proof of these bad things you have seen btw. Curious minds want to know. I couldn't find anything ... links please.

sure, first rule of thumb for me is to be wary of new processors, no exceptions. you really have to earn my trust with processing

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Originally Posted by areagirls (Post 16424779)
Out of the many thousands of sites/sponsors I've categorized for WhoPaidMe I think I've only ever seen one site that used Zombaio, and they hated it so they switched back.

There might be more though that use them as a backend that I wasn't aware of.

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Originally Posted by xenigo (Post 16218823)
I'm calling. Pick it up. Thanks. 40+ minutes on hold so far.

http://www.ghettothugs.com/zombaio.jpg



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Originally Posted by InsaneMidget (Post 15821188)
Used them awhile ago, setup a paysite and had a few affiliates sending traffic. After a few days realized their affiliate system didn't give affiliates credit for any sales so they never got a payout. When it was time for them to make wire transfers to us, every time it was weeks late and took 3-5 phone calls each time to get it settled between them and our bank. At one point, we waited over a month PAST the date we were suppose to receive the payment. They just put blame on their headquarters in Sweden. At the time they also seemed to have a chip on their shoulder when taking criticism, like I was bothering them by telling them their affiliate script was not functional. After waiting months for them to fix it, they constantly told me their programming team was working on it. Fuck them, go with ccbill, epoch, or your own merchant account for paysites.

Jesper you can suck my cock.


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Originally Posted by jcowens2007 (Post 16218860)
Yeaaaah... I am on the cusp of signing up for them. I sent a simple sales questions 3 days ago..no response. I followed up with a call to the sale dept. They said they would get an answer for me today....

6pm est...still no reply. Hmmm..

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Originally Posted by xenigo (Post 16218870)
I sent them an email yesterday at around 7:30pm Pacific, and I haven't gotten a reply either.

Ok I'll just say what my question is: Epoch has text they want on every page of your site that says "Please visit Epoch.com, our authorized sales agent." I'm not sure what the text needs to be for Zombaio. I'm sure they require something similar, right?

Anyone know?


will76 10-14-2009 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429866)
sure, first rule of thumb for me is to be wary of new processors, no exceptions. you really have to earn my trust with processing

I wouldn't call that " really bad posts". To me, really bad posts are stuff like:

- My check is a couple weeks late.
- They have been down for "x" amount of time.
etc....

somene saying they haven't seen them on many other sites, or they know someone who wasn't happy with it, someone didn't get back with me... etc... not good posts about a company. I guess "really bad" means different things to different people.

Phil 10-14-2009 11:00 PM

Zombaio: any other options paying out besides wire transfer?

jcsike 10-14-2009 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 16429899)
I wouldn't call that " really bad posts". I guess "really bad" means different things to different people.

i may be looking at it from a different perspective than you.

here is now i see it. 10 years. 35 or so billers attempted this game. 4 billers still around. you put your money with the wrong biller, you lose all the rebills youve invested and you start from scratch again

your risk of waiting around for a few years until your comfortable is 5%, if you fuck up and lose your money + everyone laughs at you for being an idiot and playing against the odds

jcsike 10-14-2009 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 16429899)
I wouldn't call that " really bad posts". To me, really bad posts are stuff like:

- My check is a couple weeks late.
- They have been down for "x" amount of time.

will those are not bad posts those are fatal "oh lord what the fuck have i done" posts

perhaps im not as cavalier with my finances and lifeline as you mr fortune won/fortune lost

NinjaSteve 10-14-2009 11:11 PM

The fees are nice sure and Thomas responded to my ICQs pretty quickly each time, but I'm using CCBill because it's been around for a long time and pays out to my affiliates and to me. (I don't remember if Zombaio does this).

For those that say they've been using Zombaio for months or a year+ I wish you would have some links in your signature or post links to your affiliate program. I'm interested in seeing it in action.

Sausage 10-15-2009 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429866)
sure, first rule of thumb for me is to be wary of new processors, no exceptions. you really have to earn my trust with processing

Though where are the posts you referred to. I am sending sales through them in my cascade and your post was pretty clear that you had read many bad posts about them. Please can you post the links up ... you were 100% clear in what you wrote.

If there is something we should know please share. You have made enough comments to sew the seeds in my mind anyway, and give the impression they aren't all that stable, the least you can do is give some links or some credible information or even leads so we can look into it.

jcsike 10-15-2009 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sausage (Post 16429999)
Though where are the posts you referred to. I am sending sales through them in my cascade and your post was pretty clear that you had read many bad posts about them. Please can you post the links up ... you were 100% clear in what you wrote.

If there is something we should know please share. You have made enough comments to sew the seeds in my mind anyway, and give the impression they aren't all that stable, the least you can do is give some links or some credible information or even leads so we can look into it.


all the posts i quoted were from gfy during the past few months, you can do a search for the keywords in the quote for the exact url, they are on this board, i assure you

xenigo 10-15-2009 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sausage (Post 16429999)
Though where are the posts you referred to. I am sending sales through them in my cascade and your post was pretty clear that you had read many bad posts about them. Please can you post the links up ... you were 100% clear in what you wrote.

If there is something we should know please share. You have made enough comments to sew the seeds in my mind anyway, and give the impression they aren't all that stable, the least you can do is give some links or some credible information or even leads so we can look into it.

A couple of the posts he quoted were from a problem I was having getting in contact with them. I should note that it was a one-time occurrence and every time I've tried to contact them since, I've had no issues.

Every experience I've had with them since has been a good one.

Trixxxia 10-15-2009 03:23 AM

xenigo, do you know if Jesper is still with them? If yes, do you have his contact info? Thanks

Barefootsies 10-15-2009 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429866)
sure, first rule of thumb....

You're a little early.

By two years, to be exact.

Pipecrew 10-15-2009 05:21 AM

1 million new biller threads/companies and skins and contests over the years. At the end of the day, it is always the same 2-3 standing.

nekrom 10-15-2009 06:22 AM

I've been fucked over by numerous billers over the last 8 years, the same as many others have been as well, no doubt.

I added zombaio to my cascade on the 29/01/2008 and am still using them today with no issues. Come 29th of Jan next year and that will be two years using them.

Now I can't be sure of what the future will bring, but as of current, I do feel comfortable in using them.

-N

will76 10-15-2009 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16429923)
i may be looking at it from a different perspective than you.

here is now i see it. 10 years. 35 or so billers attempted this game. 4 billers still around. you put your money with the wrong biller, you lose all the rebills youve invested and you start from scratch again

your risk of waiting around for a few years until your comfortable is 5%, if you fuck up and lose your money + everyone laughs at you for being an idiot and playing against the odds

preaching to the choir.... i've lost money with drm/web800 10 years ago, glowbill, and ibill. I wont touch segpay because it is basically the same people running it that ran/owned ibill.

The "really bad posts" you found about zombaio I am sure could be found about ccbill as well. I am sure some people on here have had problems with them too.

It seems to come down to 1 thing. ccbill has been around for 12+ years so they proved they are doing something right. zombiao has been around 2-3 years, they are still new. All in all I would say 99.9% of the posts I have seen about them so far was good. Does this mean they wont go out of business? no. But you can't guarantee that ccbill wont go out of business either. A lot of people thought ibill was too big and had been around for a long time so they were ok too, that didn't turn out good obviously.

No matter which company you go with you take a risk. This thread was about why does ccbill and other third party processors charge 15%+ processing fees. So it sounds like from you and everyone else they do and can mainly because they have been in business for over 12 years.

jcsike 10-15-2009 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 16430476)
This thread was about why does ccbill and other third party processors charge 15%+ processing fees. So it sounds like from you and everyone else they do and can mainly because they have been in business for over 12 years.

i just think its weird that pretty much all the processors(ccbill/epoch/ibill/etc) charges the same amount, thus that was the market rate, then this one processor, zombaio comes out with what seems like a lower rate

just want time to pass to make sure they know what they are doing, they still need to build up credibility, id like see some big programs using them as well first

will76 10-15-2009 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jcsike (Post 16430568)
i just think its weird that pretty much all the processors(ccbill/epoch/ibill/etc) charges the same amount, thus that was the market rate, then this one processor, zombaio comes out with what seems like a lower rate

just want time to pass to make sure they know what they are doing, they still need to build up credibility, id like see some big programs using them as well first

We all know the round about numbers, what they are paying to visa and what they are collecting from their clients. If ccbill has its own jet and is making hundreds of millions of dollars, that right there tells you that there is a lot of profit that could be cut out by another company who is aggressively looking to get some market share of their own. If Zombaio charged 15% why in the hell would any one want to use them instead of ccbill? They knew they had to offer much better, competitve rates to try to get some market share and get people to want to try them. Why all the others offer a much higher rate like ccbill does? I guess the simple answer is because they can and they are happy making a lot of money.

Even if some huge companies uses Zombaio, it doesn't mean they wont crash and burn 2 years from now. A lot of really big companies used ibill. Ibill was around for what 8-9 years ? It's a gamble when you deal with any 3rd party processor. That's why after being burned 3 times over 3 years I not only shut down my own membership sites I stopped promoting revshare all together. The only thing you are truely safe on is pps. What attracted me to Zombaio was that they had been around for a couple years and I couldn't find any "major" bad feed back about them. Also nice to not have to pay the $750 Visa fee. I got everything set up in just a couple hours. I am not promoting the site a lot but so far everything seems to be going well.

I can tell you this much, if Zombaio turns out to be a solid company and eats up market share over the next 5+ years I bet the other 3rd party processors start to lower their rates across the board.


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