Pay Per Install Programs - Adwares, or something more?
Hey there fellow WF members!
First of all, sorry about the grammar, and I have to deal with some hangover too, but hey
okay, so:
Maybe this has been asked and discussed a million times before (however I found nothing specific on this topic) but it would be nice to exchange thoughts on this.
Right now I'm a bit confused. Long story short, here's the case:
I have some free softwares out there developed by myself, nothing fancy, but there is demand for it. I was wondering, how cool would it be to earn some cash on every install, so I did some research, and came across Somoto/Betterinstaller a few months ago. I sent them an email about my plan, strategies, etc and they replied, that I can participate in the program.
A few hours later they bundled their installer to mine so I started to "promote" my apps a bit harder to see some results, and I let this thing run for a couple months.
Now I am making decent money with 'em. I was skeptic first, because their dashboard sucks a bit, and they manually approve earnings every day (might be some shaving, but still) and the payouts are NET30. My account manager is a really responsive and friendly guy and he told me they will pay me, I have nothing to worry about. And guess what, they actually paid me. More than 3 times. Got the cash, so far so good.
BUT. I asked my AM about what is their installer doing exactly on the user's computer... because I installed it on a virtual machine to see what is going on... and it's hijacking the browser's defualt search enghine. That's what he said, and that's my experience too. Now I am wondering, it's the "other side" of the CPV/PPV thingie or something more, maybe? I'm pretty sure PPV involved with this, otherwise why on earth would somebody pay $1 avg. on an install? What's the point?
If you look up Somoto on the internet, there are threads and topics how to remove their toolbar, etc. Really confusing. Maybe they are cool, but some users tend to think adware and spyware is the same, however, it's not.
One thing is certain. They are paying me, and it's good money. It's not that I'm greedy, but I don't want to "miss" this income, hell, I'm living off of it. I just don't know what they are into exactly with this installer. And the last thing I want to get involved with identity theft or something like that.
Okay, some people use CPV to promote their CPA offers. Some people put these "ad-clients" on thousands of user's machines. Are we evil? Does it make me a bad person? What would you do? Shut down the system, or not? Shutting down would be something like driving a Porsche straight to the ocean...
First of all, sorry about the grammar, and I have to deal with some hangover too, but hey
okay, so:Maybe this has been asked and discussed a million times before (however I found nothing specific on this topic) but it would be nice to exchange thoughts on this.
Right now I'm a bit confused. Long story short, here's the case:
I have some free softwares out there developed by myself, nothing fancy, but there is demand for it. I was wondering, how cool would it be to earn some cash on every install, so I did some research, and came across Somoto/Betterinstaller a few months ago. I sent them an email about my plan, strategies, etc and they replied, that I can participate in the program.
A few hours later they bundled their installer to mine so I started to "promote" my apps a bit harder to see some results, and I let this thing run for a couple months.
Now I am making decent money with 'em. I was skeptic first, because their dashboard sucks a bit, and they manually approve earnings every day (might be some shaving, but still) and the payouts are NET30. My account manager is a really responsive and friendly guy and he told me they will pay me, I have nothing to worry about. And guess what, they actually paid me. More than 3 times. Got the cash, so far so good.
BUT. I asked my AM about what is their installer doing exactly on the user's computer... because I installed it on a virtual machine to see what is going on... and it's hijacking the browser's defualt search enghine. That's what he said, and that's my experience too. Now I am wondering, it's the "other side" of the CPV/PPV thingie or something more, maybe? I'm pretty sure PPV involved with this, otherwise why on earth would somebody pay $1 avg. on an install? What's the point?
If you look up Somoto on the internet, there are threads and topics how to remove their toolbar, etc. Really confusing. Maybe they are cool, but some users tend to think adware and spyware is the same, however, it's not.
One thing is certain. They are paying me, and it's good money. It's not that I'm greedy, but I don't want to "miss" this income, hell, I'm living off of it. I just don't know what they are into exactly with this installer. And the last thing I want to get involved with identity theft or something like that.
Okay, some people use CPV to promote their CPA offers. Some people put these "ad-clients" on thousands of user's machines. Are we evil? Does it make me a bad person? What would you do? Shut down the system, or not? Shutting down would be something like driving a Porsche straight to the ocean...
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