First off, let me state I do not work for Widgetbucks. I also have never used WidgetBucks...but I've heard enough bitching, whining and complaining on this forum to last me a lifetime. It's time for some very basic math/business management talk. WidgetBucks gets paid per action WidgetBucks pays publishers per click WidgetBucks only makes money if their revenue is greater than what they pay to publishers Therefore, if your clicks do not convert, WidgetBucks is losing money because of you Therefore, WidgetBucks will ban your account Therefore, those offering high quality traffic to WidgetBucks will keep their accounts, while those sending non-converting traffic will be banned I highly doubt WidgetBucks is trying to scam anyone. They just didn't troubleshoot as much as they should have before they launched. Now they have stopped paying for clicks from countries outside US/Canada to help improve conversion rates. Google bans publishers from Adsense without any real explanation and WidgetBucks is doing the same thing. Why so many of you signed up with them so early on and subsequently complained because you got banned is beyond me. The real fault lies with those of you who expected too much from a system with no history or results to back it up. Many of you took advantage of WidgetBucks by sending lots of international traffic its way and are now whining and bitching because you got banned. Life sucks, but next time think about a company's business model BEFORE you start working with them!
Some good points. But certain actions, like confiscating earnings without sufficient cause, or retroactively applying changes in terms so as to steal earnings, are fraud and illegal.
Somebody has to play the guinea pig otherwise who will know if the system is good or not. Thank you brave pioneers!