NOTAPORNSTAR.COM

For the most part, I’ve had a pretty good experience in the online adult industry so far, especially when it comes to affiliate programs - they’re usually helpful, pay me on time and accurately, some even go the extra mile and help me get specific content for a themed website or give me promotional passwords (I’ve got to give Kate from Prissy Pays some props right now, she recently sent me some gamer-themed content from the Natalie Sparks member’s area for me to put up on Gamer Fetish).

Unfortunately, the time has come for me to face facts - I seem to have found a dud. It’s even more disappointing because Cash Uncovered converted really well, even on the small amount of traffic I sent their way. All time, I’m 1:216 with them, with 7 signups. That’s pretty awesome. Unfortunately, it’s not so awesome when I’ve had to drop their links because they’ve never bothered to pay me.

I even contacted them a few months ago, asking what was up and why I’d never seen a dime from them, saying that I’d hate to have to stop promoting them because they have great content, great sites, and a great ratio. At first, I got some replies from them - stating that they had “records” of sending me the checks, and when I suggested that perhaps they had gotten lost or there was a mix-up (because truly, I’ve never gotten anything from them), they offered to check with their bank to see if the supposedly mailed checks (sorry, I’m a bit suspicious they ever existed now) had ever been cashed. So I thanked them, and then waited… waited…

I’m still waiting, MONTHS later. I’ve shot them a few more e-mails, trying to touch base, but no response. And of course, no checks from them have arrived, even though I had made more sales with them in between that conversation and the time I finally decided it was time to pull their links from my websites. I’ve sent them one last e-mail today, and I think that if I don’t hear anything from them within a week, I’ll have to take it to the webmaster boards and do the whole drama thread/internet hissy fit thing, which I really don’t want to do… I am a very (probably too much so) non-confrontational person with this sort of thing, but after my last “real” job deciding to never pay me my promised raise that went with my promotion even though I had still been doing the extra work, I’ve come to realize that people WILL take advantage of that fact and bank on my distaste for drama overcoming my rights/things that I’ve earned or been promised.

So cross your fingers this gets worked out and I get paid. Ugh.