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02-17-2008, 10:29 AM
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#101 (permalink)
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Rule #1 when buying traffic
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Originally Posted by Jimbo007
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Rule #1 when buying traffic. If you can not talk to a live person on the phone, do not purchase. I own a wholesale traffic site and get plenty of calls from new clients and current clients. I always deliver traffic within 24 hours of purchase and m in most cases within 15 minutes. I am not saying this because I need more business.
I am saying this because, although I do not know the owner here in question. This type of service hurts, because alot of you will base your bad experience with this traffic site and lump us all in one black pot!
To the traffic owner, I wish you the best and as a suggestion, refund or free traffic is in order.
Have a great week and prosper,
David Bowie
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02-18-2008, 04:32 AM
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#102 (permalink)
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To date the QTS stats page shows that I have received 2001 visitors but according to Google Analytics I have only received 80.
The QTS FAQ says that there may be a difference but I'm sure it can't be this big.
My conclusions are that this is a scam as you won't get the visitors that you have paid for.
I will be asking for a refund.
Let's see if he lives up to the quote on his website:
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Refunds are given without a hassle. (I have asked other traffic websites to refund me, and it's usually not easy.)
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02-18-2008, 08:12 AM
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#103 (permalink)
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I got the following email from QTS via the GSPAY ticket system:
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Although I can not explain the reason for such a large discrepancy between our ad tracking and yours (in this case Google Analytics), a full refund will be issued to you. We stand behind our word and you will receive a receipt for your refund shortly.
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02-22-2008, 10:27 AM
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#104 (permalink)
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My refund is currently being processed and this is confirmed by the payment processor GSPAY.
Since my request for a refund I got 0 visitors from QTS on the 19th and 20th of February which is as expected as I have cancelled the service but on the 21st and 22nd of February I have 8 visitors for each of the 2 days from QTS!!!
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04-11-2008, 10:54 PM
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#105 (permalink)
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I just purchased traffic from QTS and I did not even receive a payment confirmation, when I tried to contact them I was unable to get a response even though it say 7 days a week. Then I found this forum and now I'm not feeling too confident about receiving traffic from these guys.
Has anyone managed to get a refund from QTS?
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04-12-2008, 06:31 AM
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#106 (permalink)
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I got my refund.
They only seem to reply when sending messages throuigh the payment processor (GSPAY).
Did you get an email from GSPAY with payment and log in details.
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04-12-2008, 06:41 AM
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#107 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Filming Holidays
I just purchased traffic from QTS and I did not even receive a payment confirmation, when I tried to contact them I was unable to get a response even though it say 7 days a week. Then I found this forum and now I'm not feeling too confident about receiving traffic from these guys.
Has anyone managed to get a refund from QTS?
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Apparently, some members of this thread have received refunds. Do your due diligence when purchasing a product or service on the internet. Meaning, send them an email and try to contact them by phone. If you get no response, it will be that much harder to contact them when you are having problems.
There are many forums and I suspect this may allow it too, where you can ask members about a certain service or product before you plop your money down.
Traffic has become somewhat of a scarcity since the first of the year. Not really sure why. I buy traffic in bulk for my clients and for the past two months have found it hard to get a good source of steady traffic at wholesale pricing.
Good luck on your refund. I do not know the owner of the site you mentioned but I suspect he may be having problems getting good quality traffic. He has replied to several posting in this thread.
@me
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04-12-2008, 06:52 AM
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#108 (permalink)
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I didn't get a payment receipt at all
Kidiauk, thanks for your reply and that's the problem I didn't get any payment receipt at all, which is why I tried to contact the site and then found this forum, so it seems that guy may have changed his payment option from GSPAY to avoid having to give refunds.
Also I contacted some of the people who apparently left testimonials on his site and here is the response I got from Turnkeynation.com:
I saw that testimonial...we actually didnt put that there...they apparently just made it up.
Thank you.
Looks like this entire website is a complete scam. Shouldn't there be some way to remove this guy and prosecute him for all this.
Any idea how should proceed now?
thanks
tom
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04-12-2008, 07:23 AM
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#109 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by David_ Bowie
Apparently, some members of this thread have received refunds. Do your due diligence when purchasing a product or service on the internet. Meaning, send them an email and try to contact them by phone.
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You have mentioned the contacting by phone, but I just wanted to say that this isn't always available. I run a full-time business from home (web traffic) and I live in Australia - so I like to sleep when the rest of the world is wanting to do business.
There is no way I want to be contacted via phone in the middle of the night! I have two kids at home.. lol - I don't wanna do anything to wake them!
I think that contact is definately important - but if a person doesn't make their phone number available, it doesn't mean that you can't - or shouldn't do business with them, but you should make sure that it's a real live person around.
With internet businesses - you do need to make sure that they are still 'alive'.. lol - lots of times people set up a site and enjoy it while it's fun and new - but get bored of it and forget to take care of it.
P.S. Is your name really David Bowie?? 
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04-12-2008, 07:52 AM
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#110 (permalink)
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It`s my name but I had no say so in the matter
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Originally Posted by Carter
You have mentioned the contacting by phone, but I just wanted to say that this isn't always available. I run a full-time business from home (web traffic) and I live in Australia - so I like to sleep when the rest of the world is wanting to do business.
There is no way I want to be contacted via phone in the middle of the night! I have two kids at home.. lol - I don't wanna do anything to wake them!
I think that contact is definately important - but if a person doesn't make their phone number available, it doesn't mean that you can't - or shouldn't do business with them, but you should make sure that it's a real live person around.
With internet businesses - you do need to make sure that they are still 'alive'.. lol - lots of times people set up a site and enjoy it while it's fun and new - but get bored of it and forget to take care of it.
P.S. Is your name really David Bowie?? 
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Yes, David Bowie is my real name. Our family( 100 + First Cousins), took the name Bowie years ago. Remember the Alamo and Jim Bowie? Even his famous Bowie Knife could`nt get him out that scrap.
The singer, by the same name was born Davy Jones and changed his name due to the popularity of the monkees lead singer of the same name. It does not mention how or why he picked the name Bowie.
As for the phone call, I have a free goggle phone service that picks up all my calls and I decide if I want to return their calls. If you are answering your e-mails promptly (which I suspect you do) there is no problem.
P.S. Nice website you have there. I may stop by again as I am always looking for new traffic resources in bulk.
Have a great weekend and prosper.
@me
Last edited by David_ Bowie : 04-12-2008 at 08:00 AM.
Reason: Wanted to ad P.S.
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04-12-2008, 08:54 AM
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#111 (permalink)
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interesting but what's the verdict on QTS?
Hey I will check out traffic bunnies, though I read that it doesn't really deliver sales since it's just a bunch of people like me trying to gain credits but not in a purchasing mood or interested in my product.
Hey David Bowie, is there really then a reliable source of traffic that is actually relevant to my product and will create sales?
And what's the verdict on a company that just makes up testimonials and then used other people's websites without their knowledge? Isn't that somewhat illegal?
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04-12-2008, 10:40 AM
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#112 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Filming Holidays
I just purchased traffic from QTS and I did not even receive a payment confirmation, when I tried to contact them I was unable to get a response even though it say 7 days a week. Then I found this forum and now I'm not feeling too confident about receiving traffic from these guys.
Has anyone managed to get a refund from QTS?
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We sent two emails to you regarding your payment and account and got this:
This is the Postfix program at host hotmail-out.livemail.co.uk.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
I assume your email is either down or not setup correctly. This is probably why you didn't get a receipt from GSPay.
I will PM you your payment details.
As for the testimonial, some are imported from old sites we had. I will contact the site owner and have the testimonial taken down if they no longer want it.
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04-12-2008, 11:08 AM
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#113 (permalink)
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The Real Truth About Traffic Exchanges
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Originally Posted by Filming Holidays
Hey I will check out traffic bunnies, though I read that it doesn't really deliver sales since it's just a bunch of people like me trying to gain credits but not in a purchasing mood or interested in my product.
Hey David Bowie, is there really then a reliable source of traffic that is actually relevant to my product and will create sales?
And what's the verdict on a company that just makes up testimonials and then used other people's websites without their knowledge? Isn't that somewhat illegal?
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There are many reliable sources of good traffic. The hot sellers are expired domain and exit traffic, I do have a few clients who purchase 100,000 expired domain traffic each month. They have been around the block a time or two so I would suspect they would not keep returning if it didn`t work.
I would not count out TE`s like Traffic Bunnies. Apparently, with a ranking of 48,000, she must be doing something right. You don`t grow a 10,000 membership overnight. As with all TE`s, direct sales very seldom works. If you use a service, like Traffic Bunnies, set up a L.C. page, offering a real nice free gift.
This will help build your downline for future use. Have your special gift tied to an autoresponder which can say something like " Here is you free Gift" By the way are you frustrated by..... But you already know that.
Testimonials can be tricky. I once got an e-mail offering to sell me testimonials. Needles to say I passed. So far I have not found the need to use them or put a page up. Usually, I get a phone call from someone who says, "So and So rec commended you"
I do wish you the best. I plan on checking out Traffic Bunnies but I do not surf. I will attempt to purchase traffic, since I found this more convenient as opposed to surfing.
@me
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04-12-2008, 04:12 PM
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#114 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bluecircle
We sent two emails to you regarding your payment and account and got this:
This is the Postfix program at host hotmail-out.livemail.co.uk.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
I assume your email is either down or not setup correctly. This is probably why you didn't get a receipt from GSPay.
I will PM you your payment details.
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thanks for the details and I just had someone test my email, and it works properly, so if you could try again please, but just in case send me your email in a PM (I can't PM on this forum) and I'll write to you.
I have read quite a bit of info in this forum that makes me doubt that you can deliver 25,000 hits in 30 days. Can you guarantee that you can deliver this or do you think it will be difficult with those key words? If you can deliver then please send me the login details as soon as they become available.
Last edited by Filming Holidays : 04-12-2008 at 04:16 PM.
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04-12-2008, 06:49 PM
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#115 (permalink)
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Holy cow, is Brian aka BlueCircle getting raked over the coals or what. Although I didn't have the greatest experience, buying from QTS, he did, eventually, deliver, as promised, and what he promised. Unlikely, I'd buy from QTS, again, but my experience wasn't as bad as this thread suggests. I'm not defending him, just trying to balance the impression, a bit.
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04-12-2008, 08:51 PM
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#116 (permalink)
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Good to know
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Originally Posted by sclick
Holy cow, is Brian aka BlueCircle getting raked over the coals or what. Although I didn't have the greatest experience, buying from QTS, he did, eventually, deliver, as promised, and what he promised. Unlikely, I'd buy from QTS, again, but my experience wasn't as bad as this thread suggests. I'm not defending him, just trying to balance the impression, a bit.
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Well that's good to know, after all that's what I was hoping for. It's just that I received 100s of emails under my address and he couldn't send one and then the guy responds saying they did not write that testimonial and I see this forum, but hopefully this is just the exceptions. Am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Still haven't received any login details but it is the weekend, so hopefully soon.
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04-12-2008, 09:11 PM
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#117 (permalink)
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Hi "Filming Holidays" ... what you describe is much the same as my experience, with Brian at QTS. A flurry of attention then nada, for weeks, and, suddenly, my campaign began and moved along as expected. My sense is his supplier wobbles and, in almost 2 years, he hasn't learned how to handle that problem (build inventory) or improve his customer service skills. QTS is likely his source for pocket money, and he works it when he needs a few bucks. I think, David Bowie, who contributed to this thread, deals some website visitor campaigns. If he's the same David Bowie I think he is, his supplier is the most reliable in the biz; no kidding. The point isn't to hustle his services or product, but to underscore there are high end, reliable suppliers of substantial website visitor campaigns, which are effective. QTS, in my experience, isn't among the A-list, sadly. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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04-12-2008, 09:41 PM
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#118 (permalink)
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David Bowie
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Originally Posted by sclick
If he's the same David Bowie I think he is, his supplier is the most reliable in the biz; no kidding. The point isn't to hustle his services or product, but to underscore there are high end, reliable suppliers of substantial website visitor campaigns, which are effective. QTS, in my experience, isn't among the A-list, sadly. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Thanks for the info sclick, and I think there won't be that many David Bowies around, so chances are that it's the same one. Though it seems even David has been having problems getting reliable traffic since the first of the year, as he mentioned in a post further up this page. So I'm going to hope that Brian delivers. I mean the idea of contextual traffic seems like a good one, since it should in theory created interested traffic, but lets see what happens.
Last edited by Filming Holidays : 04-12-2008 at 09:50 PM.
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04-12-2008, 09:42 PM
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#119 (permalink)
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If anyone does know some reliable wholesalers or suppliers that have decent prices, send me a pm if you're willing to share.
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04-12-2008, 10:12 PM
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#120 (permalink)
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Still delivering Traffic Though
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Originally Posted by sclick
Hi "Filming Holidays" ... what you describe is much the same as my experience, with Brian at QTS. A flurry of attention then nada, for weeks, and, suddenly, my campaign began and moved along as expected. My sense is his supplier wobbles and, in almost 2 years, he hasn't learned how to handle that problem (build inventory) or improve his customer service skills. QTS is likely his source for pocket money, and he works it when he needs a few bucks. I think, David Bowie, who contributed to this thread, deals some website visitor campaigns. If he's the same David Bowie I think he is, his supplier is the most reliable in the biz; no kidding. The point isn't to hustle his services or product, but to underscore there are high end, reliable suppliers of substantial website visitor campaigns, which are effective. QTS, in my experience, isn't among the A-list, sadly. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Thanks for the plug Sclick. Yes, I`m the same David Bowie and my supplier is the best. Although, there has been traffic problems in the past, out of 300 clients, I have had no complaints.
Right now I offer 150 different traffic packages in 26 categories, including Premium Exit Traffic. Currently, I run on average Two Million Visitors a month for various clients. ( 85 to 90 Campaigns monthly).
Even with my reliable source, constant traffic has been a challenge, especially Mainstream Worldwide Pops. I u | |