TCG over limit protection
 

I was taking a look at TCG today and I found this:

"Over Limit Protection

Program which is calculated per day. Should your total traffic not convert better than 0/500 - 0/1000, we pay you $5.00. Conversion ratios over 0/1001 will receive $10.00 and so on."

Damn, I didn't know they offered such a thing! That's great!

Does anyone know since when they offer this and how it works exactly?

BTW: I LOVE TCG!! SEE SIG!!

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Any other program out there offering this?

I think thats a great option for programs to have.

That's very nice as long as people don't abuse this with exit traffic.

I guess there'll always be cheaters. And they will always be caught.

The people over TCG are very professional and competent.

Laura Lee is the best account rep I've ever met (and I've dealt with quite a lot reps)!

:)

that is awesome! I haven't heard of anyone else offering it

They have offered that deal for a couple years now I think. I don't know of any other program that offers besides them :)

Damn! I didn't know that!

Seems like a pretty cool extra for everybody who's promoting them!

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Yup, they've had it since releasing TCG 3 (since May of 2004). I've never used it yet, but its nice to know there's a little something to get if you hit a rainy day.
WG

$5?? WTF am I gonna do with it?

Buy a few beers to forget the bad day?

a few? :1orglaugh

Pretty awesome. And that is per day, or per period?

For US$5 I can buy a 12 pack here in Brazil.

So I guess in the US you'd be able to buy at least a couple, right?

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When that kicks in with me I get a bleeding ulcer (Luckily I only had it happen once). They convert much better then that.

I guess it's per day, but I'm not sure.

I'll let someone that works on TCG answer that.

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Well it's better then nothing :)

Great program. :thumbsup

never even seen that

I've never had to think about that. Conversions stay steady with them.

Stile was doing something like that with blogwars...

my overall ratio from 2003-present is 1:153

I guess Sleazy now has a place to redirect his chinese traffic.

Amazing, isn't it? I'd never seen that before either but I consider that a very nice extra for some webmasters.

If you haven't pushed TCG before do yourself a favor: click my sig and signup!!

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Thanks for the support everyone! To explain a little further..the OLP (over limit protection) is set up so that if by chance you are not converting on any given day/week you would still be paid. It increases in incriments of $5 as listed below..
0/500-01000 = $5
0/1001-0/1500 = $10
0/1501-0/2000 = $15
and so on...

This of course is not an open invitation to send us your worst traffic..more so just our way of saying we believe in the quality of our sites/galleries and due to this integrity we will still pay you if you can't legitimately convert.

As WiredGuy mentions above we have had the OLP in place since TCG III's launch in 2004 :)

clarify this example

I send 480 traffic today
i send 420 tommorow

I earn $0 OLP correct?

edit:
also is this on console free tours?

Since the question was brought...
Those ratios based on join page hits, 1st page raws, 2nd page unqs?...

I think this threads deserves a bump.

I love TCG!

:)

Yes, Laura Lee is very pleasant and helpful.

It is indeed a good idea. But given the 0:800ish i am doing with ZTOD, looks like i may soon be getting that $10... :(

What is ZTOD?

:1orglaugh That'd explain my shitty conversion ratio with them then.

See: http://www.ztod.com

Laura Lee rocks

Let me start by first answering Trent Edison's question.. at TCG we track and display ALL incoming clicks (first page, 2nd page, trailer views, joins page..) however we compute ratio's using the 2nd page uniques.
With that said, using the example teksonline gave above (assuming he is meaning 2nd page clicks 480 and 420) that would not qualify for the OLP payout. The OLP applies to both console or no console links.

Additional OLP Info