Nasty Dollars has been a good sponsor for me. I never used Bangbros.
assnecks closed my account about a year ago.
Just to bump this thread and warn other people.
This are my stats overall (one of the smaller sponsors):
86 sales, 126 rebills, 3 credits
My account got closed and I mailed Steve who was mentioned on 'login denied' page.
The answer:
"Steve wrote:
> you have a negative amount associated with your account "
So if you want to be fucked, go for it and promote them, good luck...
In my case, shitlisted forever
As I cannot edit and add more here is my conversation, a little ICQ log:
IMPORTANT: This is about BANGBROS not nastydollars that has always been fair to me.Kefir (23:26):
hello, Kefir here re closed account
Kefir (23:27):
you just got mail from me
Steve (23:27):
yeah
Kefir (23:27):
so
regarding your answer
if you prefer to close accounts of affiliates, fine
Kefir (23:28):
I do not think it was the reason, but it is your will
Kefir (23:29):
the stats I sent you are my stats remote 'all time' stats
Steve (23:29):
i have no reason or want to close accounts
i don't sit here, pick out people, and close accounts
Steve (23:30):
i go by information provided by our processors
a negative amount menas
that there were chargebacks or credits
that totaled more than what we paid you
creating an off balance
from a business sense
ti doesn't make senese
Kefir (23:30):
are these stats in any way different in terms of average affiliate stats?
Steve (23:31):
the ones you gave about yourself?
Kefir (23:31):
yes
these are my stats TILL YOU CLOSED MY ACCNT
and since they are not counted
Steve (23:32):
your all time stats, i dont look at those. i look at the pay period
Kefir (23:32):
ok... again...
is my account closed now?
so I cannot login to it
Kefir (23:33):
I have made YOU over $3k, in whole my hostory there happened 3 credits (no chargebacks) according to my stats
Steve (23:33):
your stats could also not be using the same data we use
i don't go by statsremote
Kefir (23:34):
I do go
again
IS MY ACCOUNT CLOSED?
Steve (23:34):
yes
Kefir (23:35):
and thats fine
Kefir (23:36):
if you feel like closing an account for 3 credits (not chargebacks even) in comparison to overall stats is fine, then I am fine... just removed all your remaining links and galleries
Steve (23:36):
i told you we don't go by stats remote for this
we hvae data that isn't available to you
Kefir (23:36):
stats remote were 100% accurate for me 100% of the time
Kefir (23:37):
if you have different stats = your stats DIFFER FROM THE SHOWN TO AFFILIATES, then even more fine
Steve (23:37):
stats
like chargebacks
Kefir (23:38):
stats remote shows YOUR stats I see in my affiliate panel
Steve (23:38):
are done by the processors
stats remote doesn't interface with them 100%
Kefir (23:38):
so what are my stats?
yes, stats remote only shows what YOU show...
Steve (23:39):
stats remote
shows
your hits
your joins
we go by data given by our processors
Kefir (23:39):
am I / was I on recurring or per signup?
Kefir (23:40):
looking on rebills means REVSHARE
so if you have other stats than me, what does it mean?
Steve (23:41):
they are stats used by our credit card and ach processors
Kefir (23:42):
and they are different from stats I see/saw in affiliate panel?
Steve (23:44):
our internal stats that deal with credit card processing are used for internal matters
Kefir (23:45):
do you understand me? do you know what revshare means????????
Steve (23:46):
yes i do
do you understand me?
Kefir (23:46):
I sell = I get x%... My rebill gets billed = I get x% of that... My surfers credits = I get -x%
Steve (23:46):
your rebill stats have nothing to do with our chargeback/credit stas
Kefir (23:47):
so, if I am on REVSHARE
what does it mean? that you have DIFFERENT stats than affiliate?
Steve (23:47):
we use stats that you don't have access to
its really that simple
Kefir (23:47):
ok, as I said fine
Kefir (23:48):
so
you can keep my account closed
Kefir (23:49):
and enjoy the rest of discussion about that on boards... I do really appreciate you tried to help me but, to be honest, something went wrong
Steve (23:50):
i'm sorry?
we have to continue this on boards now?
Kefir (23:50):
yes, I will post you a link in seconds
Steve (23:50):
k
Last edited by kefir; June 24th, 2009 at 03:59 PM.
kefir
i discussed this with you, and as you can see from our convo, i repeated several times. i'm sorry we don't reveal our sales stats to the public, since we are a private business. our sales stats include ALL of our chargebacks, credits, etc. Statsremotes shows you a certain percentage. your stats your citing are from all time. our system doesn't go by all time but smaller time intervals. i'm sorry you feel like we screwed you over, but you essentially cost us more money than you helped us make in a pay period.
This is screenshot from my stats, sorry it's from SR but as my account is closed I cannot make it from the program stats. What I keep reading on ICQ is, that I make more loss to bangbross than profit. Just in case you do not see it, I am on REVSHARE not per signup.
Sorry, wrong stats posted... By accident I have posted wrong sponsor... Seems that I was on per signup with bangbros what in fact, sounds even more shitty... Guess why.
Correct stats:
84 signups, no chargebacks, no credits in SR
Just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. If a guy sends you sales for years and then happens to fall on the negative side of chargebacks for one pay period you close his account and don't inform him of it so you can steal his traffic until he figures out he needs to remove your links?
If that is the case your program should win The Scumbags of the Year award.
Just to make things clear:
1. Steve tried to help and I do really appreciate that
2. Bangbros closes accounts just because they feel so - point blank... They do not give you numbers as the reason just say that you cost them more than they earn on you.
3. Bangbros closes accounts without any notice nor warning to gather the traffic before the stupid webmaster notices he gets no credit for it
4. Bangbros is private company so their stats are private - fine![]()
And just some final words. What I understand is that 'my' members charged back more than I ever made to bangbros. What does it mean? It means, that either the members area people get after they pay is piece of shit and does not fit the advertised or there is other reason why people charge back like xsells or any other 'negative practice'.
Sorry to say that, but even if my account got enabled, I would not be able to trust such a program again.
Thanks for the offer to speak about this more, but I send almost no traffic to BB so it's not important to me personally.
I will say that the worst part of this situation is not informing an affiliate when his account is closed, even worse when the guy has been sending sales for a long time. IMHO it's stealing pure and simple. It couldn't be very hard to draw up a form email and zap it to the affiliate when you can his account.
Bump to warn others. My BangBros account got frozen today too. Luckily I don't have much sales with them. Removing all their galleries now and I suggest everyone do the same before they screw you over too.
I assume they shave, that would explain why Steve so hardly "claims" their stats looks different... perhaps it was but 200 sales, 300 rebills and 25 credits or so..
but why would they close your account then?... either way: fuck them![]()
I think whats going on here is that bangbros has access to stats which is not reported to webmasters. Perhaps when someone chargebacks after 3 months or something? I don't think they would cancel an account because they made less that what they earned for 1 month - I think they might look at 6 months stats. And I think it's fair to say that all that info can't be easily incorportated into the stats they report to webmasters, which in turn ends up on stats remote.
However the question then has to be asked why are people charging back so much - what is bang bros doing wrong that nasty dollars sites are not doing. I'd assume it's probably the fact that they have a site which sells better and they are trying to exploit it with cross sells left right and centre which is causing the chargebacks. If you're sending them experienced surfers then the surfers will charge back and bang bros cancels your account. If you have lots of inexperienced surfers (ie lots of google traffic for certain keywords) then they won't know about chargebacks and shit.
I have never ever had a problem with nasty dollars though which is the same company I believe. They have consistently paid me on time for at least 8 years.
I can only imagine the reason a person
The reason I was given for my account cancellation was NOT because of chargeback but because they say my account looks "suspicious", they request my IDs. I told them to fuck off, and I rather promote something else.
I also removes all Nastydollars and shit. I don't need their shit, there are other affiliates out there to promote.