Ok, since i was forced to open an i-payout account
 

I received an email from a sponsor telling me that my i-payout account had been set up and that I needed to login and finish registration.

The registration was a pain in the ass. I went through 20 pages of questions that i had to fill out.

Anyway, how do I find my 'username' in the i-payout system? (the sponsor is asking for it to send payments)

They sent I-Payouts your name and e-mail?

Yes. Got two emails, from i-payouts telling me i now have an accoutn with them and from a sponsor, telling me to update my payout info to i-payout.

:1orglaugh These middlemen get craftier each time... Fuck them all.

Your EMC2Payouts username will be the email address that the Sponsor Program who created your Ewallet has on file.

20 pages of questions? What kind of questions?

Thats more than shady unless they have your permission to share user info with third parties without notification from their side. In fact, in some areas of the world I-Payouts and the sending part would be fined heavily.

I-Payouts. Are you actively supporting this practice?

Neg repped for stupidity.

:thumbsup

The sponsor did notify affiliates, he must have missed the memo.

I just went through this process myself, use your email address for that sponsor. Be sure to change that sponsors payout information to I-Payout which if it is the sponsor I am thinking of, that is the only option. If you don't change it, they won't send checks.

They're electing the company to handle their payouts.

How is it any different than Webmaster Checks before they had their problem?

Different systems, both third parties, which is where you seem to have the problem.

Including wires and checks? If they are just transferring everything payout to them I guess things would be different.

WMC didn't make everyone send in W9 forms or ask so many questions.

EMC2Payouts does not require a W9.

Which sponsor is this?

Something tells me a thread like this will come for every other sponsor besides Paxum soon. *yawn*

I was notified by the sponsor a few days ago, yes. They just told me: you naow have an account in i-payout. But i didn't want to open an account there.

But whatever. I-payout is confusing to use and there are security risks i am not comfortable with.

Who is the sponsor?

Program owners can set up an account for their affiliates/payees by loading basic information into the EMC2Payouts system. All that is required is the name and email address so the information can be sent to the users. At that point the user receives an email inviting them to establish their account. It is up to the user to decide if they would like to activate the account and enter the appropriate information depending on how they choose to receive their funds. They can link to their bank account just about anywhere in the world, place the funds on a card, and receive a check, wire, send P2P, or sign up for a new debit card.

Sounds very shady.

Would you encourage sponsors to not load affiliates information into your system before the affiliate have agreed and given the green light?

EMC2Payouts powered by IPS is SAS 70 Type 2 Compliant.

We work with 134 banks around the world that would not be doing business with us if we had any security shortfalls. What security risks are you concerned about?

Also, what part of the process was confusing for you? It should take no longer than 5 minutes to set up your account from scratch.

Thank you,
LL

What part of the process is confusing to you? The entire process of signing up for an account and entering your information should take about 5 minutes.

having to enter my name in every transaction and having my primary email as a username

how exactly do you work with them? you mean you re able to send/receive wired to/from these banks?

We have had some programs sign up who have opted to utilize EMC2Payouts exclusively for international payouts. That is their business decision. People can transfer funds anywhere they want from the EMC2 e-wallet account. We are confident we have the most flexible, secure, and cost effective product available in the market today. We believe you will be very pleased with the flexibility, payment options, and tools you?ll have to manage your funds.

Based on proprietary technology and contractual relationships with these banks, we are able to do credits to just about any country via EFT as well as Swift Payouts.


Thank you,
LL

maximum amount you can receive in a month is 8k?
or just yoru balance cant go over 8k?

Indeed. However, if you want to make sure you keep your path absolutely clean towards European authorities you should send out a memo...

I signed up some weeks ago so no need to sell me. I wish you the best of luck and hope you will stick around and compete with the rest of the bunch.

Imho first thing you should do is to waive all signup, monthly maintenance, closure and dormant fees for the first 6 months. In todays post epass situation it comes across as not very user friendly when ppl are searching for a solution that suits them. Right now I figured I owe you some 10-20 bucks (depending on what I decide) just for looking around before I decide who will be my main e-wallet solution. :2 cents:

Why the hell would a sponsor create an account for someone without them requesting it... Morons... I already have an account, don't need more because some sponsor thinks they're doing me a favour.

If multiple programs create and account for you they will be combined into one. You will not have multiple accounts.

Well maybe you are over-reacting or maybe the sponsor acted a little inappropriately in pre-registering your details but I think you will find they were trying to be helpful.

In any case, I don't think you can blame i-payout for this. They don't know what process the sponsor goes through before pre-registering people.

How do I change the email address and/or add additional email addresses?

Thank you.

i don't get this i-payout shit. being forced to use it sucks. why can't sponsors cut their own damn checks. i am being charged 4 bucks for a check!?! what the hell. thats a rip off when no other program charges me anything...it just seems like another clusterfuck waiting to happen like webmasterchecks and all of these other ewallet programs that have no known background.

i-payout sucks ..

i requested a eWallet to Credit Card $ transfer on 19/10/2010 and still didn't got it.. 8 days now (the $ were of course taken from my account)

As it stands the ewallet to credit card (not our pre paid card) transfers take 3-5 business days.

Was your transfer request to a Payoneer card? Because we did have a problem that created a delay for those type of transactions 2 weeks ago. It has since been fixed.

If you can icq, skype or email me, I will personally look into it.

Thank you,
LauraLee

Very well thank you. What I am sipping in the avatar is Captain Tony's Key West world famous Rum Punch :pimp

If you would like to change the email address that is also your ewallet username, then we would need to create a new ewallet for you with the new email address.
If you would like to do this, please send me an email.

lauralee AT i-payout DOT com

Thank you,
LL

This sucks.

Most adult affiliates either take their funds into a bank account via Electronic Funds Transfer (which is only $6 international and $3 domestic, compared to the high cost of wires, usually $30 or more), or they transfer funds onto a Debit Card for only $2, also very competitive. I agree, having us write you a physical check for $3.95 is not the best choice. But the truth is, it is much less than the average cost of a payroll check, and for many of our clients, it is a good option for billl pay, regular payments, etc.
EMC2Payouts offers many good, cost effective choices for Affiliates to manage their funds.

Thank you,
LL

Agreed.. After all these years I just don't get how any company would use an email address as the username.

At the very least they should have it set up so you can add additional email addresses like PayPal and even Paxum.