Affiliate payment fees are getting out of control.
 

So I'm going through some of my reviews here, and I find av9898, a good site that I promote via CCBill now has a new webmaster URL etc, so I check it out. I see they have Nats now, but my ccbill codes are working so whatever. I just wanted some fresh pictures.

Anyways I looked at their join form, and it says they'll only pay through Paypal, and there's a TEN dollar fee... I don't have a single sponsor that pays me by Paypal to begin with, but then ten dollars? What the fuck are they thinking?

Then I checked a new site submission we received, and I see they're using Nats as well (http://www.adultrealcash.com).

Check fee - $6
Courier fee - $50
Epassporte - $4
Intl Wire - $35
Paypal $4 or 5% (?...)
US Wire $18
WebMoney - $4 or 2.5%

On a $50 min payout, $4 is EIGHT percent! I prefer to get checks too, so that would be 12%...

I mean I couldn't list these sites if I wanted to.

I also "found" around $700 by logging in to 2 sponsors yesterday who for whatever reason weren't paying on time. Sands from ETU Cash got right back to me, and the payment type wasn't setup properly, so props there.

Really gotta do regular checkups on all your sponsors, it's worth money nowadays.

Also I'm seriously gonna have to consider implementing my own fuckin terms and conditions and policies.. I'm sick of losing money to these greedy payment fees, paying money to get paid.. as if I don't pay enough in bank fees already or something

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Aren't they going to get canned paying by PayPal?

Many of the sponsors I have that pay by epass takes $2 or 0.

Socks keeping track of everyone you promote must be a serious pita!

Not if they pay you from a non adult related account to your non adult related account. Some sponsors will pay you how ever you want for some sales :)

Jack off in my minestrone and I'd never know it!

ferrocash has $300 minimal payout

Sure, but if paying by PayPal is the "standard" as opposed to the "exception"... I see someone screwing up somewhere and getting the whole operation canned.

thats funny, webmasterchecks charges us $2 check to get our payments sent out through our nats system

Can't really keep track of them all, just need to spend some time every now and then and go through things to make sure you're somewhat covered. I'll load up all the sites that start with M for example, make sure links work, set dead sites to 0, look for new affiliate program changes.. Then another task for another day is logging into the affiliate programs to make sure things are getting paid out and whatnot.

Excel must be your best friend. :1orglaugh

Alright... Taking notes here... Yeah we're doing it all wrong... I'm going to add all of those and:

1. $3.50 cup of coffee during processing if processed before 10:30am.
2. $7.50 for sandwich if processed between the hours of 11:30-2:30.
3. $10.50 if processed at 4:20
4. $4.50 for beer if processed 5:00 on.

And we simply won't work any time in between. Those are for smoke breaks, and surfing GFY.

And I need some gas for my car too...

lol thats spot on

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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$6 check fee is a little absurd.
WG

be sure to examine your VOD payments very closely from a few companies.
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I get sponsors emailing me or calling me up and telling me I haven't cashed my check in 2 weeks, and wondering if everything is ok. I get sponsors telling me an old check wasn't cashed and asking if they need to resend it, etc.. I always make a point to send them more traffic.

It's completely my fault if I find uncashed checks that have expired, but I still appreciate the sponsor noticing and contacting me. I'll try to push more sales to them.

If I catch missing or late payments myself, I'd be inclined to drop or send less. There's always another sponsor waiting to take the sales.

What VOD Payments? :error

No fees for checks or Epass payments from islanddollars.com

some crappy fees whit some sponsors

That's a totally separate issue. The amount of VOD companies that DO NOT PAY their affiliates or studios would boggle the minds of most.

Why not have your own terms? The Best Porn does.

I agree and it is something I have been noticing for a while now. Somewhere it became okay to have to pay them for paying us.

I am happy to say that Max Cash doesn't charge our affiliates anything for either check or epass payments.

oh wow ... zencash paying only by paypal ... thats something new to me, and i am sure when i signed up there it wasnt only paypal, as i am not signing up to programs that have paypal as i dont have any ... wow, zencash wtf? i need answers now ...

... of course they had other payments, as i cannot signup somewhere where it needs paypal as i dont have any, so how can i input my none paypal? and why the hell nobody noticed me from zencash by email ... cool, zencash is another sponsor fucking with his affiliates ... much ill people last time around ... :321GFY

Way too greedy.

We don't charge a penny, even for the wire transfers. All our affiliates payouts are free of charge.

And if he knew VBA he could automate it all by using the Internet Explorer Object library in his VBA code and run though all in the background.

Just sayin... :thumbsup

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To claim a fee for ePassporte transfer is wretched. Specially when the minimal payment is $100.

fucked up, last cople month I tend to push ccbill sites over many other

if you ask me...charging affiliates for anything is just bogus
they send the sales

Never a payment fee when your an affiliate of ours! Every payment method free! See my sig and make money with our cams!

really? name the VOD companies that don't pay their affiliates and studios.

Soon they'll start charging a membership fee for the right to promote them :1orglaugh

I get emails all the time from new webmasters asking me what the charge is to promote Max Cash.

I wouldn't imagine they'd be able to use Paypal.

Checks should be free, or at most the $2 or so that they actually get charged by the company that cuts the checks.

If you make $XXXX in a pay period, payment of any type should be on them, including wires.

Would be better if they would just raise the minimum payouts and reduce the fees.

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Agreed! :2 cents:

Some programs use a third party payment system such as Webmaster Checks. These companies have 'load' fees, and payout fees based on how the affiliate is paid. Here is an example:

Load by Wire $0
Load by ACH $0
Load by epassporte $3
Load by paypal 0.4%
Load by Check $10

Use of Canadian ACH - $30 PER batch
Epassporte $30 load fee
Webmoney $35 load fee


Then to pay the affiliates:

US Postal Check $1.5-5 per check
Euro/Sterling Check $4-5 per check
Paypal $2-3
US ACH $2-3
Canadian ACH $2-3
Epassporte $3-4
Revup Card $1-3
US Wire $18
International wire $35
Western Union $16-40
Webmoney $2.5 + .8%

Stamps, USPS Priority service, or Courier are also extra.

Which is exactly why you don't promote a company like that