Greenguy's Board - View Single Post - password protecting affiliate section while using ccbill?

juggernaut · 2006-10-25, 10:22 PM

CCBill allows you to customize your affilate sign up form. Of which they give you the entire html. You could always hire someone from india to look over the code and figure out how to retreave the post back, enter it into your database and then redirect the user to your content. Although I think this would be really hard to do as their sign up is a post to a differant cgi page, hosted by them. You could always ask them if they could provide you with a way of doing the post back like they do with the paying customer, but good luck on that. I would think they would only work with someone who is dropping them some big $$ and trust.

Or if it was me I would do it the easy way. The FREE WAY. CCBill allows you to set up your program so that your affils can get the code for your banners once they log on to the affil section of ccbill. In that section of the affiliate set up, you have an option of puting in your own url for where your banners are hosted (banner farm), or you can have ccbill host them (not sure of this option as I host my own). But I just ran a test on this, in that section down at the bottom they have an area where you can put in a url for your banner farm. This is just a simple url, any page can go in there. I would put up a directory with a page/site that has all my content that is downloadable for the WM. Make it nice so they can preview what they are going to DL. Let CCBill manage their accounts. You also have an option of setting up a custom sign up form for them, or a custom email (I would use both) set it up with instructions, explaining to the WM that in order to get the URL for the content they must log on ccbill an go to get your banners. In that area they will see the link to your content area.

Its not a full on user management system, but it does a few things for a newly started program of which I presume yours is being you don't have the $500 to spend on that other software. Which is cool everyone needs to start someplace. So this way is FREE!! Cost you nothing. But it also allows you to not have to deal with the headache of managing your affils accounts. CCBill will have a much better system, maintained and protected a lot better when what you can manage or provide. And it helps to weed out the badguys. Not all of them but with this many loops to go into, most will lose the hardon by the time they are done and just give up. If your sites are really good and the content is good then the pro's know they will have a good chance of selling it.
I have had issues with signing up with sponsers. For me when I am signing up, I don't really care if I have to jump over 1 or 2 barrels to get the content. What I don't like is signing up and getting an email saying they will review my account and get back to me. FUCK OFF. I move on. If they get back to me with in 24 hours. MAYBE if I'm in the mood I will go look over their content and build something. But most of the time I want the content that night or day. Hope this helps.

2006-10-25, 10:22 PM	#10
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	CCBill allows you to customize your affilate sign up form. Of which they give you the entire html. You could always hire someone from india to look over the code and figure out how to retreave the post back, enter it into your database and then redirect the user to your content. Although I think this would be really hard to do as their sign up is a post to a differant cgi page, hosted by them. You could always ask them if they could provide you with a way of doing the post back like they do with the paying customer, but good luck on that. I would think they would only work with someone who is dropping them some big $$ and trust. Or if it was me I would do it the easy way. The FREE WAY. CCBill allows you to set up your program so that your affils can get the code for your banners once they log on to the affil section of ccbill. In that section of the affiliate set up, you have an option of puting in your own url for where your banners are hosted (banner farm), or you can have ccbill host them (not sure of this option as I host my own). But I just ran a test on this, in that section down at the bottom they have an area where you can put in a url for your banner farm. This is just a simple url, any page can go in there. I would put up a directory with a page/site that has all my content that is downloadable for the WM. Make it nice so they can preview what they are going to DL. Let CCBill manage their accounts. You also have an option of setting up a custom sign up form for them, or a custom email (I would use both) set it up with instructions, explaining to the WM that in order to get the URL for the content they must log on ccbill an go to get your banners. In that area they will see the link to your content area. Its not a full on user management system, but it does a few things for a newly started program of which I presume yours is being you don't have the $500 to spend on that other software. Which is cool everyone needs to start someplace. So this way is FREE!! Cost you nothing. But it also allows you to not have to deal with the headache of managing your affils accounts. CCBill will have a much better system, maintained and protected a lot better when what you can manage or provide. And it helps to weed out the badguys. Not all of them but with this many loops to go into, most will lose the hardon by the time they are done and just give up. If your sites are really good and the content is good then the pro's know they will have a good chance of selling it. I have had issues with signing up with sponsers. For me when I am signing up, I don't really care if I have to jump over 1 or 2 barrels to get the content. What I don't like is signing up and getting an email saying they will review my account and get back to me. FUCK OFF. I move on. If they get back to me with in 24 hours. MAYBE if I'm in the mood I will go look over their content and build something. But most of the time I want the content that night or day. Hope this helps.