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Been dealing with a major depression hit this week, but for good cause... our Pay Site billing partner (Verotel) just up and canceled all affiliate sales and rebills, instantly deleting 80% of my income!

I'm struggling to find another way to make money to live off of, so I am open to ideas.

For the usual "get a real job" crowd: I have two degenerative discs in my back and can't stand for more than 5 minutes without extreme pain. PLUS I have menere's disease causing bouts of dizziness and vertigo, making working outside the house basically impossible. I can't apply for disability because they hold your HOUSEHOLD's income against you, so I don't qualify because my mother has an income... though it is not enough to sustain us both and pay all the bills.

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2 hours ago, DailyDi said:

Been dealing with a major depression hit this week, but for good cause... our Pay Site billing partner (Verotel) just up and canceled all affiliate sales and rebills, instantly deleting 80% of my income!

I'm struggling to find another way to make money to live off of, so I am open to ideas.

For the usual "get a real job" crowd: I have two degenerative discs in my back and can't stand for more than 5 minutes without extreme pain. PLUS I have menere's disease causing bouts of dizziness and vertigo, making working outside the house basically impossible. I can't apply for disability because they hold your HOUSEHOLD's income against you, so I don't qualify because my mother has an income... though it is not enough to sustain us both and pay all the bills.

@DailyDi

I have a thought:  is there a way to renegotiate the deal that you have with Verotel?  If not, you may want to try to find another payment processor that can and/or will work with you:  I am "gobsmacked" to hear of all of this!  80% income loss is a BIG one my friend, and I feel your pain! :(

I doubt people are gonna give you the "business" about "getting a real job" because of all of the challenges that you have to deal with.  I remember working with Voc Rehab trying to find a job, and when I could not find a good job because of MY Disability, the VR councilor sent me to my doctor, stating that he would have to clear me medically.  I think they thought I was lying to VR, but I remember one day I was looking for a job, and was on crutches, and it KILLED me to do that, so I "let it all out" and told the doctor what I was doing, and how I had been "pounding the pavement" looking for work:  I think he gave me a look over, and noticed that I was really spent, and he told me that he would help me if I needed it. 

I remember leaving VR soon after:  I'm NOT going to endanger my health, welfare, or well being, so that I can get a job just to satisfy the VR councilor(s).  I volunteer my time, and have been doing so by running the Thrift Store, but because of the floods, damage still needs repair, so the Store is closed:  I'm not sure if or when it will return, but I am hopeful, but there is not anything that is coming my way that indicates a return, but if I can do something for the church again, I am standing by to hear, but so far I just waiting, and doing what I need to so that I can survive.  **HUGS**

I will pray for you and your mom:  and as far as I see it, your websites ARE your "job" and it is REAL :)

Brian

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I'm sorry to hear that.

You seem to be very tech savvy. Have you thought about remote IT work (remote work in general) and freelance. I have a friend that was in IT but would do website designs on the side. Getting system certifications online too could help boost your resume. 

Without knowing too much about your background other than having the best and most popular ABDL website, that is the best I can come up with.

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I'm really sorry to hear about this, @DailyDi. You really are performing a service here, and you should get paid for it. I know you've probably already thought this through twenty different ways, and I am a Luddite, when it comes to web tech, but, is there another platform that performs the same service, that you could transition to? It seems like monetizing the web is a modern gold rush that has been running since the early 1990's - surly there must be others? 

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8 hours ago, LGGrace said:

I'm sorry to hear that.

You seem to be very tech savvy. Have you thought about remote IT work (remote work in general) and freelance. I have a friend that was in IT but would do website designs on the side. Getting system certifications online too could help boost your resume. 

Without knowing too much about your background other than having the best and most popular ABDL website, that is the best I can come up with.

Sadly my skills are not enough. I am self-taught and can barely cobble together an outdated website in html. Coding and back-end IT are above me.

4 hours ago, Little Sherri said:

I'm really sorry to hear about this, @DailyDi. You really are performing a service here, and you should get paid for it. I know you've probably already thought this through twenty different ways, and I am a Luddite, when it comes to web tech, but, is there another platform that performs the same service, that you could transition to? It seems like monetizing the web is a modern gold rush that has been running since the early 1990's - surly there must be others? 

It's surprisingly limited because the pics are considered adult material even though I don't do stright-out porn. The credit card companies hate us (adult sites) and even if I found a new biller It'd take years to even begin to build the recurring income again. Overnight I went from 73 paying members, to 4.

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I am soo sorry about this, and for those of us that are disabled life can really suck.

Call me dumb, but why can't you have your own private way to collect the donations , Why do you need a service to do it. I do get it that we all want our privacy , is that the reason for the payment services ?

And it's not like we are an X rated site.

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46 minutes ago, foreverdl said:

I am soo sorry about this, and for those of us that are disabled life can really suck.

Call me dumb, but why can't you have your own private way to collect the donations , Why do you need a service to do it. I do get it that we all want our privacy , is that the reason for the payment services ?

And it's not like we are an X rated site.

Many places block DD as if it was an X or stronger rated site. It must be the pictures, because other sites which have stories that go into serious XXX and much kinkier themes are not blocked.

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58 minutes ago, foreverdl said:

I am soo sorry about this, and for those of us that are disabled life can really suck.

Call me dumb, but why can't you have your own private way to collect the donations , Why do you need a service to do it. I do get it that we all want our privacy , is that the reason for the payment services ?

And it's not like we are an X rated site.

It’s not the donations. We can still accept those. It’s the pay sites that made my personal income. 

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Ok, well it still sucks,  Too bad you can't get an online job, like ins billing or accounting ? to help make up some difference ..

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19 minutes ago, ValentinesStuff said:

Many places block DD as if it was an X or stronger rated site. It must be the pictures, because other sites which have stories that go into serious XXX and much kinkier themes are not blocked.

Could the lack of a mandatory age verification protocol have something to do with it?  Especially in tandem with the long standing confusion of the AB/DL community with pedophilia? 

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6 minutes ago, Babypants said:

Could the lack of a mandatory age verification protocol have something to do with it?  Especially in tandem with the long standing confusion of the AB/DL community with pedophilia? 

That's very possible , Is there a way to make all of us members and even a guest? have some way to prove our age and keep our privacy?

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13 minutes ago, foreverdl said:

That's very possible , Is there a way to make all of us members and even a guest? have some way to prove our age and keep our privacy?

@foreverdl: Reread @DailyDi's comments.  As I understand it, it is NOT the DD site that he lost the money on, it is his other related pay sites that lost their subscription processing.

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22 minutes ago, zzyzx said:

As I understand it, it is NOT the DD site that he lost the money on, it is his other related pay sites that lost their subscription processing.

Like ValentinesStuff, I have encountered blocks when traveling that prevented me from opening DD on my laptop in my hotel room.  We are wondering whether the lack of a mandatory age verification protocol has something to do with this.  

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4 hours ago, foreverdl said:

That's very possible , Is there a way to make all of us members and even a guest? have some way to prove our age and keep our privacy?

 

 

No, because the other sites have the same sort of "Enter if only 21" gateway that DD has, and no registration. FictionMania which is primarily a TG story site, and the finest 1990s web design out there, contains quite a number of AB and other ageplay stories, including ones that would include pedophilia, along with some pretty graphic and extreme sexual stories.

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zzyzx, has said it's a personal site of DailyDi, that has nothing to do with this site, I am not sure how we can help without info. 

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Can definitely feel your pains in such a thing, very sorry.

Is there any way to appeal ? I’m guessing not, but I don’t know how, or what can help? 😔

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16 minutes ago, AbabeBill said:

Can definitely feel your pains in such a thing, very sorry.

Is there any way to appeal ? I’m guessing not, but I don’t know how, or what can help? 😔

No, it's not an individual decision, the entire system has been shut down.

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35 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

No, it's not an individual decision, the entire system has been shut down.

I am hoping and Praying for a replacement income source to come. I know too many of us can relate . 

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2 hours ago, tuffy said:

Perhaps there is something to glean from other former Verotel clients:

https://m.gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/1379857-verotel-closing-affiliate-programs.html

@tuffy: Interesting.

@DailyDi:  Looks like the link provides for options going forward.  While it probably doesn't solve the short term cash flow problem, at least it should give you a path to work with for your other sites in the future.  Don't know if you have the data needed to reach out to folks to get them to re-subscribe to sites using the new payment methods.

Best wishes...

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13 hours ago, zzyzx said:

@tuffy: Interesting.

@DailyDi:  Looks like the link provides for options going forward.  While it probably doesn't solve the short term cash flow problem, at least it should give you a path to work with for your other sites in the future.  Don't know if you have the data needed to reach out to folks to get them to re-subscribe to sites using the new payment methods.

Best wishes...

@tuffy@DailyDi@zzyzx

these are interesting situation’s, which end up calling for interesting solutions. I don’t know why they decided to shut down their affiliate programs, but it sounds to me like they didn’t or they weren’t making as much money, but it still doesn’t solve the problem of Mikey being able to have his monthly income. When you have a cut of 80% that’s a little bit harsh in my opinion, and I’m not even sure if he got appropriate warning before it happened. Sounds like to me this company is part of the problem rather than the solution, but I’m not sure how viable each one of the choices that were given is. 

I’m not sure if Mikey will investigate these options, but it does give him an option. Part of the thing that I’d be worried about is that whatever option he chooses if he chooses to do so I would not like to see him lose this site or his others because it provides him income by getting involved in one or two of these affiliate companies just to find out later on, but they were closed down as well. The site provides very relevant and timely information for those that are wondering about diapers and other things, and other kinks as well.

The most important thing in my mind is that we don’t want him to lose these sites. This is way as much as I can. I try to give him some income by paying for the BB status, as well as whenever I can afford to I will send him some donation. This is my way of supporting his sites and giving him some income as well.  It sounds like. Verotel basically decided one day just not to support website anymore. I’m not sure exactly why, but that doesn’t help MIKE and his current situation.

As I said, I will continue to support daily diapers financially, as much as I am able, but I am also on a fixed income and I have to be able to remember to pay all of my bills which is important. So is this site so I’m hoping that we can help Mike as much as we can because it’s important.

Regards,

Brian

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