starting a paysite but need a few pointers

RawAlex · 2005-07-25, 09:22 PM

One point about CCBill: If you go this route, I would NOT recommend using a CCBill link code directly. No offence to CCBill, but if you ever decide to change your billing or add other options, your existing webmasters will be forced to change link codes and basically makes a major mess of the situation.

At bare minimum, provide the webmasters a short URL feature through your own domain the redirects through ccbill. That way you can redirect them again later if you need to for other billing options.

Affiliate admin software is a better choice, but costs money. The difference though is often the feeling of "pro" versus "amateur". CCBill is quick and dirty, and gets the job done. Other options are larger and take longer.

Many webmasters perfer ccbill programs because they like to try to play cookie games.

Alex

2005-07-25, 09:22 PM	#30
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	One point about CCBill: If you go this route, I would NOT recommend using a CCBill link code directly. No offence to CCBill, but if you ever decide to change your billing or add other options, your existing webmasters will be forced to change link codes and basically makes a major mess of the situation. At bare minimum, provide the webmasters a short URL feature through your own domain the redirects through ccbill. That way you can redirect them again later if you need to for other billing options. Affiliate admin software is a better choice, but costs money. The difference though is often the feeling of "pro" versus "amateur". CCBill is quick and dirty, and gets the job done. Other options are larger and take longer. Many webmasters perfer ccbill programs because they like to try to play cookie games. Alex