Why the supersurf is not a good idea – more on StartXchange
This post is not aimed at any other exchange except Tim Linden’s StartXchange. I am writing this because I have found that since this supersurf began the members of StartXchange who are not participants are getting a raw deal.
The first thing that I noticed is that the surf bonus has been drastically reduced. I can surf over 100 pages in a day and find that the next day I am getting a measly 3% bonus. Prior to supersurf I was getting a bonus of something like 23% through to about 44% whilst surfing, but it seems not any more. I presume that Tim Linden is reserving the bonus for those who are participating in this new idea.
I am a free member of this exchange and there is no way that I will upgrade my membership, especially when members are not really get the best possible deal from the exchange. This also means that claiming a prize that is a 5% coupon or any other percent for that matter is just a real waste. It amounts to no prize at all for a free member who has surfed the 100 pages.
Now that I have dealt with the StartXchange issue, I will deal with the rest of the exchanges involved in this scheme. I belong to one other of the exchanges – Dragon Surf. I have no intention of ever belonging to at least one other exchange that is included in the 5 exchanges, and the promise of extra credits for surfing does not cut it with me since I will not join Advertising Know How, and I am unlikely to rejoin either IloveHits or TrafficSplash.
For a long time I have not been in favour of these contests that involve multiple exchanges. A part of that reason has always been due to the fact that I live on the other side of the world and there are time zone differences to consider. I can never get it right as far as the two halves of the day is concerned. It is all just too much to take seriously. Yes, I do know some of the competition winners, but looking at those lists, there were some who took out multiple prizes so what is the point of spending the time surfing to be involved when the same people will be the winners. Personally, I just cannot be bothered with that form of competition because it really is a waste of my time. The same goes for this supersurf. I am not joining in when it really is a waste of my time. I get better results from other exchanges anyway.
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October 4, 2008 at 9:57 am
I posted in the StartXchange forum about this.. SuperSurf did not take over the other bonuses. It was after I came into an agreement with the other exchanges that I realized bonuses were getting out of hand (some members started telling me they were getting 50-70% bonus.. With a 1:1 ratio that’s almost 2 hits for every view they make!).
So something HAD to change. Otherwise, things would get way slow in delivery, and then nobody would be happy (you do want your hits right?).
The bonuses were never meant to be permanent, but a bonus. That way I could increase/decrease them as the inventory went up and down. There is no intention to change that either. I am glad to say that most members are still loyal to StartXchange, as surfing hasn’t dropped since the change. I think many do understand the inventory balance.
Tim Linden
October 6, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I really don’t see why you’re not going to join Traffic Splash or Ilovehits, they are both excellent exchanges, same with AKH.
Ragnar
October 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Ragnar the answer is really quite simple. First of all free members do not get all that good a deal in some of the older exchanges. Not everyone can afford the high prices for upgrades. I have surfed both ILH and TrafficSplash without real results and virtually nothing in the way of getting more credit for the click – it just did not happen.
I find that I get better results from smaller exchanges and have known that for many months. I have also had good results from Traffic Era, and TS25 and TrafficPods.
These exchanges work very much on trying to get people to upgrade and money is very much an issue to me – I do not have my own income. So, chances of rejoining and surfing for little reward again are not very good
Maggie
October 11, 2008 at 11:25 pm