NATS Question About Rebill Totals

[emmanuelle]

While we're building a nats wishlist, how about a detailed check breakdown? You know, things like

-processing % charged to the affiliate
-check writing fees
-other 'operating expenses' charged to the affiliate

I like transparency :-)

[lassiter]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

-other 'operating expenses' charged to the affiliate

Oh, yes. A $3.00 "check processing fee"?? Tell ya what, sponsors. I'll fill out the checks for ya personally & you can pay me a mere $1.00 per check for the service, thereby saving your affiliates $2.00 per pay period and making me a nice $30-$40 an hour.

If processing checks really costs you $3.00 per, you're getting ripped off by your processing firm.

[xxxjay]

Originally Posted by lassiter

Oh, yes. A $3.00 "check processing fee"?? Tell ya what, sponsors. I'll fill out the checks for ya personally & you can pay me a mere $1.00 per check for the service, thereby saving your affiliates $2.00 per pay period and making me a nice $30-$40 an hour.

If processing checks really costs you $3.00 per, you're getting ripped off by your processing firm.

A lot of sponsors don't even pay on checks becasue so many of them bounce. Up until recently, my favorite program ever didn't pay on checks unless their ratios started to suck and they needed to make the numbers look better.

Sad but true.

[lassiter]

Originally Posted by xxxjay

A lot of sponsors don't even pay on checks becasue so many of them bounce. Up until recently, my favorite program ever didn't pay on checks unless their ratios started to suck and they needed to make the numbers look better.

Sad but true.

Oh, that's not what I mean. I mean a $2.95 deduction for processing the check the sponsor sends the affiliate! MNP Enterprises (MeatCash) does that, and they aren't the only one.

[xxxjay]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

While we're building a nats wishlist, how about a detailed check breakdown? You know, things like

-processing % charged to the affiliate
-check writing fees
-other 'operating expenses' charged to the affiliate

I like transparency :-)

I'm not sure about other sponsors, but we eat all of those costs after you pay you your percentage.

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by xxxjay

I'm not sure about other sponsors, but we eat all of those costs after you pay you your percentage.

That's great
I wish that nats made those numbers transparent though. It would enhance affiliate confidence in the programs they promote. From what I've seen, there are so many variables, and this combined with a lack of disclosure might cause affiliates to distrust programs using nats.

[xxxjay]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

That's great
I wish that nats made those numbers transparent though. It would enhance affiliate confidence in the programs they promote. From what I've seen, there are so many variables, and this combined with a lack of disclosure might cause affiliates to distrust programs using nats.

Honestly, it would be fairly hard to fudge the processing fees in NATS. There is a data link straight to Paycom and CCBill that computes the transaction amounts. So, whatever you get from the program will show in NATS pre-deductions.

When we get the checks from the billing companies...that is when you see the 12-13% missing.

[Wizzo]

No you can't, even as a program without looking at a individual user the rebill data you can't get a breakdown of length of rebills etc, just total processed that day...

Nats is awesome affiliate software, and it actually collects alot of data, now we just need to be able to have that data in more reports, which I'm told they are going to be adding them in the near future...

[Wizzo]

Originally Posted by xxxjay

Honestly, it would be fairly hard to fudge the processing fees in NATS. There is a data link straight to Paycom and CCBill that computes the transaction amounts. So, whatever you get from the program will show in NATS pre-deductions.

When we get the checks from the billing companies...that is when you see the 12-13% missing.

Exactly, NATS does great job of protecting affiliates, almost to the point it makes it tough for honest programs sometimes to do certain things(like pay a affiliate early), but in the end its good to know it does a excellent job of making sure affiliates get paid whats due them...