ebird
New Member
Hi all,
This is about the ridiculous business model from popuptraffic.com, which is part of SI (www.standardinternet.com)
I used popuptraffic from October 2001 and I earned more than $80 in November, and then more than $100 in December 2001.
This is what happened.
According to the schedule, they should mail the check to me by the mid dec. 2001. I still haven't got the check last week, so I wrote to ask popuptraffic to check the status for me. I was so surprised to find that my account was deleted yesterday and got a reply from Tony (from popuptraffic) telling me my account was deleted because all the traffic was from China.
I was very angry and felt being cheated.
1. According to the webtrendslive, more than half of the traffic was from North America. Even if popuptraffic don't count the traffic from China, they should count the traffic from the other countries, like Canada and US. Why my whole account was deleted?
2. It was a lie from popuptraffic that all my traffic was from China. I used to have zoneedit's service to redirect my domain to an IP, and as you may or may not know, zoneedit's service was blocked by China Telecom, which means whoever reached my site, most of them were not from China.
3. Why they didn't tell me earlier???!!! According to the schedule, they should mail me the check by the mid December, which also means they had the excuse to delete my account at that time. But they didn't do anything but let the banners popped up on my web, until I asked for my status last week.
I think popuptraffic delibrately planned to use my site to generate money for them, even they know they will delete my account later.
I posted the problem at its own forum, and my post got deleted within minutes, I posted again, they deleted again. I asked why they deleted my post and why they are afraid of the truth to be heard, they deleted my post and delete my account at the forum.
It's not an honest way to do business!!! I trusted it, so I didn't make any copies. Now everything is gone and they don't reply my messages anymore.
I think they are cheating people and I am asking for your guys' opinions.
1. Is there any way to get the money back?
2. Besides reporting it to BBB, what other busienss department can I report this problem?
3. What are the websites and forums that people diccuss the online ads? I would like to spread the word there.
Thank you very much for the help!
By the way, my web is about the smilies and avatar collections. I am trying to re-do the site, so it's just a plain web now.
www.hiforums.com.
This is about the ridiculous business model from popuptraffic.com, which is part of SI (www.standardinternet.com)
I used popuptraffic from October 2001 and I earned more than $80 in November, and then more than $100 in December 2001.
This is what happened.
According to the schedule, they should mail the check to me by the mid dec. 2001. I still haven't got the check last week, so I wrote to ask popuptraffic to check the status for me. I was so surprised to find that my account was deleted yesterday and got a reply from Tony (from popuptraffic) telling me my account was deleted because all the traffic was from China.
I was very angry and felt being cheated.
1. According to the webtrendslive, more than half of the traffic was from North America. Even if popuptraffic don't count the traffic from China, they should count the traffic from the other countries, like Canada and US. Why my whole account was deleted?
2. It was a lie from popuptraffic that all my traffic was from China. I used to have zoneedit's service to redirect my domain to an IP, and as you may or may not know, zoneedit's service was blocked by China Telecom, which means whoever reached my site, most of them were not from China.
3. Why they didn't tell me earlier???!!! According to the schedule, they should mail me the check by the mid December, which also means they had the excuse to delete my account at that time. But they didn't do anything but let the banners popped up on my web, until I asked for my status last week.
I think popuptraffic delibrately planned to use my site to generate money for them, even they know they will delete my account later.
I posted the problem at its own forum, and my post got deleted within minutes, I posted again, they deleted again. I asked why they deleted my post and why they are afraid of the truth to be heard, they deleted my post and delete my account at the forum.
It's not an honest way to do business!!! I trusted it, so I didn't make any copies. Now everything is gone and they don't reply my messages anymore.
I think they are cheating people and I am asking for your guys' opinions.
1. Is there any way to get the money back?
2. Besides reporting it to BBB, what other busienss department can I report this problem?
3. What are the websites and forums that people diccuss the online ads? I would like to spread the word there.
Thank you very much for the help!
By the way, my web is about the smilies and avatar collections. I am trying to re-do the site, so it's just a plain web now.
www.hiforums.com.
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