I logged into my shopping ads account today, only to find a mess. I found campaigns that were not mine, and stats that were unfamiliar. Also they changed 3 times when i refreshed the page... when i go to settings i see someone else's name, address, and paypal address. WTF!? I know my account wasn't hijacked, because that wouldn't explain the different reports and stats that pop up every time i reload. I know they are moving to another database... but geez, it doesn't look good. I took screenshots to plead my case, and shot them an email. Hopefully i still get paid... Anyone else experiencing this???
Looks like some of the people they have been banning and refusing to pay have hacked them. Serves them right for taking traffic and not paying.
Yea its happening right now , everytime i go to login it gives me a different account which is not mine lol.
i mean.. this is kind of serious, anyone could easily change the paypal address easily, and the funny thing is i'm seeing some pretty big numbers that were not mine... How can shopping ads bounce back from this?
They can't! This is clearly a breech in security and it will be impossible for them to recover. People will never trust them with their money or their personal data. This is yet another example of the ineptitude of the eBay Partner Network machine. Anything and everything associated with this program has been rubbish from the day they took control from CJ. I made screenshots of the data that is on my screen and will be sending them to their rightful owner since I have all of his personal info. That should make him feel good.
ShoppingAds News: Moving to a New Datacenter Due to company wide consolidation, we will be moving ShoppingAds to a new data center this month. We can assure you our technical department is doing all that is necessary to ensure that our network transition is as smooth as possible. Thanks for your support, thanks for using ShoppingAds! http://blog.mediawhiz.com/2008/12/16/shoppingads-news-moving-to-a-new-datacenter/
I'm getting the same thing.. I just noticed this morning but I actually haven't received a Shopping Ads payment for December.. I ALWAYS get at least SOMETHING. So far I've seen three different accounts. One from Huntington Beach, California - one from Malaysia - and another from I forget where. I sent them an email this morning. Hopefully they get this situated sooner than later...
They are showing my personal information. Anyone can just log in and see my social security number, address, name, phone number, email address, not to mention how much money I make. I will not stand for this.
I too am having the same problem with shopping ads. My account balance changes with each login, but the details of a complete stranger, including his address, email address, AND tax info remain the same. I am sure this must be a small nightmare for many people. Also want to add that I didnt receive any email from them explaining any problem or info about moving to a new data center...
I'm having same problem. Its even worst now, I cannot login to my account. Credential are wrong. No reply from support either. Damn, wtf is happening?
I haven't logged in for months, but I wasn't using them for months either...I had no idea about this problem...but it sure doesn't look good.
Looks like things are back to normal, but zero commission for the past 4 days. It is also disconcerting that SA/MediaWhiz has not made a statement on their blogs or in email.
I can smell a class action coming on, pretty negligent stuff. Smooth transition? If that's smooth i'd hate to see it if something went horribly wrong lol.
I have moved all of my traffic away from ShoppingAds for several reasons: 1. Their system is obviously no secure. 2. I have seen ZERO commission since their "transition". 3. They have been locking/terminating accounts for the past 2 weeks without cause or communication. Not that ePN is any better, but it looks like ShoppingAds (AuctionAds) should have left Shoemoney in charge.
I was seeing accounts from Malaysia when this was going on too! No telling who saw mine! Who are you all switching to that is comparable? I make over $300 a mo with them and I just had this posted on my accnt when I logged in: ShoppingAds Rules All currently accrued monthly earnings are pending. Unfortunately for reasons beyond our control, they may be disqualified at any time by our affiliate advertising partner before the next payout date. To receive payment your traffic must follow the following guidelines: * No adult content, your website/blog can not have adult content or themes. * No forcing ANY clicks what so ever, any computer program or forced website popups (and so on) forcing your web visitors to receive a ShoppingAds click when they visit one of your webpages is strictly prohibited. * No homemade eBay or ShoppingAds banners or graphics of any kind for your links, you must run a ShoppingAds banner generated from the website "get ads" page or valid ShoppingAds link that contains the words "on eBay" in the visible link text. * We must be able to see your incoming referrer information, if you are running ads in an environment which obscures where your clicks are coming from, we'll need you to contact us with the URLs where your ShoppingAds are being displayed. * Absolutely no posting of links or ads to 3rd party websites! You must be the owner of the website where you are displaying ads. I.E. posting links to "craigslist" pages, "woot.com" forums, etc. or any other forums/blogs (and so on) that you are not the website owner of is prohibited. * You may not display ShoppingAds links as an advertiser through a 3rd party ad network. I.E. signing up for "adbrite" and buying your ShoppingAds links out for different website publishers to display. * You may only have ONE ShoppingAds account. If the same one publisher is caught running ads on more than one ShoppingAds signup all related accounts will be removed from the program. If you do not follow the above guidelines our affiliate partner may remove your account and not pay for your traffic, therefore you can not receive your earnings. Our staff here at ShoppingAds will work hard to make sure that your traffic is accounted for and will be considered valid for payment. Contact us right away if you have any questions about how your blog or site may be disqualified. (include the URL where ShoppingAds are running as well) Thank you and we appreciate you for being a publisher!
You're not alone, I got the same message. Woa. I'm trying to think if I did anything wrong, but I'm not, so I think it's a generic message going around with all the crap that happened with hacked accounts, etc.
Is anyone else wondering where Payouts are? First it was going to be done the 26th, then changed to Feb. 1.. and never came.
I've stood by ShoppingAds for a long time, while others have had issues I've always managed to keep on going w/o issue and even make good money doing it. However the money has stopped coming in, not because the ads aren't displaying, not because my users are not buying - in fact just the opposite, my users are buying more right now and thus my revenue has shoot up. The money has stopped coming in because ShoppingAds has stopped sending payments. My last payment received was "2008-12-26". I'm still waiting for the rest of my payments. I've logged into the ShoppingAds site last week and the site said payments was going to go out on Feb 2nd, I logged in yesterday only to find the site updated it's payment date to the 4th. So I log in today and now see they have again changed my expected payment date of the 26th. If it was a few hundred dollars I wouldn't give it much though, but knowing more then a few thousand is sitting there makes my angry.
I was JUST coming here to post this! My payout date too was changed from the 26th to the 1st, to the 4th, and now TWO months combined into payout re-scheduled AGAIN for the 26th. I emailed them and actually got a reply yesterday and this is what they said: Hi there, Should come by Feb 4th if you have not received it yet. Thanks for your patience. There were some processing issues. I dont know if "processing issues" is another term for "we dont have the money" or what but Im sick of being strung along. I, too, am owed a large amount.