do i have bad trades?

[Ramster]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Most good trade scripts only count traffic that actually clicks. If the surfer you send them does not click on anything on their site, then it does not count. If you are sending blinds, the majority will not click, so will not be counted.

That's not true at all!!!!! If the surfer goes to a site it is counted as an in hit (some are always lost) then from there the script counts clicks.

Theory 1:
If you are sending more hits to your trades then one possible reason is your traffic is not clicking on their site. If I send 500 hits to a trade and those hits generate 1000 clicks that is a 200% prod and his script SHOULD send me a lot of hits back since my trade is "good". BUT...if those 500 hits only generate 300 clicks then that is a bad trade and I will likely not get anywhere near 500 hits back from him.

In short, maybe the problem is your site. Maybe when they get to your trades they are not clicking much so the trades do not send much back.

Theory 2:
You do not have enough trades. Add more!!! (which you should always do anyway). Maybe the trades you have cannot handle as many hits as you have so they simply do not have the traffic to send back. Add more trades.

[Linkster]

In addition to what Ramster said - Know Your Trades!!!
If youre sending traffic to someone that trades with just anyone - likely you are not going to get much productivity as they might not have the traffic or they might be just building "using other people".
Take a look at their sites and see what type of traffic trading they are doing before you send them traffic - see who is sending them traffic and then check those sites to see if theyre really trading with them or if they are just pumping their toplists

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Ramster

That's not true at all!!!!!

????????? You say that what I said is not true, then you spend a long paragraph going into great detail saying exactly the same thing as I just said. I simplified it to one sentence so as not to confuse a newbie, but your "theory one" is exactly what you said was "not true" at the start of your post. ??????????

[devilthreads]

yea i get what you guys are saying, the thing about adding trades is, if i add too many it seems like i cant handle it right now, correct me if im wrong but if i get say only 1-2k a day right now, shouldnt i wait to add like 10-20 trades until i have sufficient traffic to send them all, i mean i dont want to have alot of trades and send them all 5-10 hits a day right?

just for some info right now
my prod is at about 205 it bounces arouna little bit
reurn is at 55
skimming at about 70%

another question is, what should i be looking at for individual trade prod?

for example my sites prod is a little above 200, but my trades prod are all at or below 100 sometimes peaking above 100 and my bookmarkers are what brings it up higher. is this how things are supposed to work, or should i be looking for higher individual trade prod?

[Ramster]

Originally Posted by ecchi

????????? You say that what I said is not true, then you spend a long paragraph going into great detail saying exactly the same thing as I just said. I simplified it to one sentence so as not to confuse a newbie, but your "theory one" is exactly what you said was "not true" at the start of your post. ??????????

Sorry, I misread what you were saying.

"Most good trade scripts only count traffic that actually clicks. If the surfer you send them does not click on anything on their site, then it does not count. If you are sending blinds, the majority will not click, so will not be counted."

It looks as though you were saying that if the surfer does not click then the hit is not counted... when indeed the hit is counted but no clicks are. You weren't clear about that but no worries.

[otter]

I would also add that you need a decent trade script. It is very hard these days to find good trades due to all the cheaters and free scripts out there. established sites are not going to answer your icq until they see you on top lists of established sites, in my opinion. Once i started getting on toplists i just keep icqing and they start to reply later than sooner though