Really Adverlets.com does not pay since August 2007?

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I subscribed to Friedbeef’s blog comments because I was too lazy to un-do the unsubscribe. I picked up the comment which comes into my email and wish to alert publishers to this post. Note that I cannot verify if the claim is true or not but it is always good to be on alert.

The original post is Adverlets vs. Nuffnang written by FriedBeef in March 16, 2007. The comment is left today, 9th May 2008 by blogger Offshoreman.net.

He pointed out the complaints he made in this forum webmastermalaysia.com.

Got another email from advertlets today…

Hi Sulaiman,

In order for us to continue this investigation, and prove your legitimacy, we request that you provide us a scanned copy of your Malaysian Identity Card. We believe this should not be an issue if you are certain your earnings are legitimate.

Regards,

Advertlets Support

Funny story… i just bank in their first check (the one and only).. to make things more complicated they ask for my ic scan copy…. i just gave them my ic no.. SCAN COPY NO WAY!… My previous experience with them & comments from other (under keywords “Advertlets Sucks”) does not give me confidence to give them my IC Scan copy…

i’m now nuffnang glitterati on my web Khidmat-Negara.net & might consider all websites nuffnang gliterrati if no positive response from advertlets…

I hope advertlets stop making excuses & start doing genuine business…

My Best of Luck to Nuffnang!

According to Sulaiman, he still have payments pending since August 2007. The claim is Adverlets held back payment because they suspect click fraud.

Please check out the details yourself. I am not promoting or negating any parties. Since this complaint comes to my inbox, I guess people may want to hear about it too.

Post Author: lilian

13 thoughts on “Really Adverlets.com does not pay since August 2007?”

Chong

(May 9, 2008 - 6:26 pm)

I still haven’t get my Advertlets payments for 4 months (Oct 2007, Nov 2007, Jan 2008, Feb 2008). I stopped putting Advertlets banners on my blogs since March 2008.

Josh, congrats on getting big publishers like The New Strait Times to show your ad banners, but do you mind to pay me as soon as possible? The “invalid clicks or click fraud” is a lame excuse since you do not allow us to show CPM only. Remember I told you “If there is an option to stop showing CPC ads, I’ll be the first to do so.”

Jayce @ Pretty Girl

(May 9, 2008 - 7:30 pm)

Same happen to me. Facing extremely slow response from Advertlets Support. No payment since joined on May 2007. Not even single cheque while I already received 3 Nuffnang cheques.

CypherHackz

(May 9, 2008 - 7:40 pm)

Me too. They still holding my payment since January 2008. I have about RM200++ in my Advertlets account.

Josh Lim

(May 9, 2008 - 8:28 pm)

Hi Chong, Cypherhackz: Firstly, thanks for your concern. While I will not comment here on the status of your cashout, payouts up to Feb 2008 have already gone out to bloggers. Please understand that in disputed cases, we also need some time to determine the extent of invalid activity, and to make an honest and fair decision on your account.

As you may be aware, and we are too: There are truly honest publishers that have fell victim to people attempting to sabotage them or weird traffic/click patterns not due to their own doing, and there are those that are really trying to manipulate the system.

To make the distinction though, takes time, and investigation. Banning or invalidating cashouts completely is always a last resort based on solid data. We will endeavor to resolve your situation within the next 2 weeks, please be patient.

And Lilian – I’m quite sure you’re aware that click fraud is a very real problem. And although you’re very much a Nuffnang supporter, it’ll be nice if we cleared up some of the past issues on a personal level, as I don’t feel I was represented quite fairly in one of your blog posts.

I’m quite sure you misunderstood my intentions and the genuineness of what I was offering, which you did hint at somewhat later but unfortunately, in another obscure post.

Chong

(May 10, 2008 - 2:30 am)

Thank Josh for saying “We will endeavor to resolve your situation within the next 2 weeks, please be patient.” I look forward to seeing Advertlets cheques sent to my house. I’ll wait for another two weeks since I’ve been waiting for months already.

Thank Lilian for posting this post as it captured Advertlets’ attention. Otherwise, publishers with unpaid payments like CypherHackz and me will have to wait for months if we contact Advertlets through their support system. Perhaps there are other publishers out there with late payment issue beside Sulaiman, CypherHackz and me?

exinco

(May 10, 2008 - 2:31 am)

so how? i still put the code in my website. should i remove it?
opinion thanks.

Chris

(May 10, 2008 - 11:29 am)

Hmmm… I think it’s time for me to notify my friends about this and have them pull out from advertlets. Oh Josh, maybe you can find out from Google how they identify and track down click fraudsters, you should’ve expected this to happen before you started the business.