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2007-11-06, 09:28 AM | #1 |
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Is this normal? Sponsor Stats
I wander if this is common when checking sponsor stats.
On Sunday Morning I was checking some stats for one sponsor and it showed no sales for the previous day. Then, later in the day I went back to get some banners and since the front page has a graph that shows the sales, I noticed a spike and checked again. Now I had 3 sales for the previous day. Does it take a full day to show your sales? Same sponsor this Morning, it shows that yesterday I had no hits on any of their sites. Since this is most likely not the case I went back about 3 hours later, and my God, it showed that I had a bunch of hits. WTF is going on? Any ideas? Is this normal? This is the only sponsor that this is happening to. Anyone else see this? Anyway, I think I just had to vent since I don’t think this is normal. |
2007-11-06, 01:57 PM | #2 |
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Sometimes it can take up to a day for the payment processors to report the sales back to the sponsor.
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2007-11-06, 03:29 PM | #3 |
Are you sure this is the Sci-Fi Convention? It's full of nerds!
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I have seen this happen often with pps, and much more with rebills on a few very reputable sponsors.
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2007-11-06, 03:38 PM | #4 |
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TekAngel,
I know of at least one program that had a glitch in the stats reporting due to the time change. You might check the message board for that sponsor if they have one. |
2007-11-06, 03:43 PM | #5 |
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Do time zones make a difference? If your sponsor's host (data center) is on the west coast and you are on the east coast, are the stats lagging? Was this a dumb question?
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2007-11-06, 06:26 PM | #6 | |
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I know a few very successful people in this biz who only check their cheques Which also makes sense because it frees up even more time for working on new sources of income.
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2007-11-07, 01:59 AM | #7 | |
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For TekAngel, its a pain in the ass when you notice those things. Been printing out period closes to verify against when the check arrives. If its different I go back and check stats. A few extra bucks on a check that I was not expecting puts a on my face. |
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2007-11-07, 03:49 AM | #8 |
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would you ever run into this problem with a processor?
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2007-11-16, 09:49 AM | #9 |
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Well, I have not checked the stats for over a week, last lime I had 2 sales and 2 trials for the first week of November. Guess what, today I show absolutely no sales for the month.
I guess my sales are just going away after a few days. I did e-mail the sponsor and I am waiting for an answer. |
2007-11-16, 10:32 AM | #10 |
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That would drive me crazy.
I am wondering is it a revshare program where maybe all constumers, seems unlikely, did a charge back in which sponsor just removes the sale? Unlike CCbill sites most that have their own program/nats do not have a column for returns/chargebacks. |
2007-11-16, 10:35 AM | #11 |
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That doesn't sound right, i'd be questioning whether that sponsor is honest.
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2007-11-16, 10:40 AM | #12 |
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Yes it is a revshare program with their own nats program, but I doubt that all four of them did a charge back. Then again what do I know. |shocking|
And like I first posted, I can have 0 hits for yesterday, and in one hour I have 1000 hits for yesterday. It does drive me crazy, and I stoped promoting them. I am just waiting to see if I get an answer to the e-mail I sent, and decide if I should pull the free sites I made promoting them. |
2007-11-16, 10:44 AM | #13 |
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Name the sponsor and see what others who are promoting think.
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2007-11-16, 10:48 AM | #14 |
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Like I said before, I will wait for an answer and then if I am not satisfied, I might.
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