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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st August 2012, 12:25 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 584
Posted By samstephens
Re: Some WSO order links -> Clickbank processor. why do this? and how is it done ??

The only problem with using Clickbank for a WSO is generally speaking, you're probably cutting for profit margin pretty narrow to launch a WSO (as it's supposed to be cheaper). Clickbank often has...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 05:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 656
Posted By samstephens
Re: Wordpress forums: Any recommendations?

Thanks Peter! I'm checking into Simple Press too - I only need something basic, so that might be a good shot too.

Thanks for the tip!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 01:19 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 656
Posted By samstephens
Re: Wordpress forums: Any recommendations?

Thanks Will - your forum looks great!

I think the colour clashes are making the biggest impact with mine. Mine is also squashes to fit into a much narrower page too.

Thanks again for the link -...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 01:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 656
Posted By samstephens
Re: Wordpress forums: Any recommendations?

Thanks Adie, I did find that page too :)


Will, I found the default skin was a bit old-school, but mostly just too blue. The site is for a client who is using green, grey, with a tiny bit of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 12:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 656
Posted By samstephens
Wordpress forums: Any recommendations?

Hi all,

I'm looking for a forum plugin that'll work in Wordpress - I don't want it to replace Wordpress, but just to work inside a WP page.

I've tried Mingle, but I don't like the skins (and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th June 2012, 09:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,099
Posted By samstephens
Re: Site w/lots of downloads: Nanacast/AmazonS3 vs. DLGuard/Wishlist/AmazonS3

I totally agree that product owners shouldn't come in and drop sales promos into threads. That's why when I comment in threads that specify my product, I try and do so in an informational way only -...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th May 2012, 06:33 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 780
Posted By samstephens
Re: An idea for those not wanting to go to college:

I probably shouldn't voice my opinion too loudly, because I actually started doing a Bachelor of Computer Science at uni. While I was doing it I started a computer busniess on the side to support...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th May 2012, 06:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 526
Posted By samstephens
Re: ClickBank issue

No worries MuscleProdigy, I haven't seen a ticket about hosting issues yet, but I'll PM you now.

I don't always get onto this forum as much as I'd like to, but I'll keep checking back.

cheers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th May 2012, 01:54 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 714
Posted By samstephens
Re: Your best suggestions for dealing with cyber-bulling...

That was "lucky" that the bully was in Australia - did they mention anything about overseas bullying? I wonder if international police departments work together on this kind of thing?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th May 2012, 12:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 780
Posted By samstephens
An idea for those not wanting to go to college:

Reasonably often I see threads about people not wanting to go to college, but instead would rather work on their IM business.

Just an idea: why not go to college and major in business management...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2012, 10:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 530
Posted By samstephens
Re: In Your Experience - Do They Have Paypal?

If you don't have a Paypal account, and you visit a Paypal payment link, you'll actually see the credit card form first.

The reason you're seeing Paypal login details is that you've accessed...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2012, 08:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 526
Posted By samstephens
Re: ClickBank issue

Hi MuscleProdigy,

Did you open a support ticket about your server troubles? DLGuard will work on just about any hosting (shared accounts too), so if you were having troubles, I'm happy to help...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2012, 08:41 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,099
Posted By samstephens
Re: Site w/lots of downloads: Nanacast/AmazonS3 vs. DLGuard/Wishlist/AmazonS3

Wow Will, I really don't understand your anger.

The reason I commented here was because Tom asked about a DLGuard/Wishlist combination. The point of my post was to let Tom know that he didn't need...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2012, 04:56 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,099
Posted By samstephens
Re: Site w/lots of downloads: Nanacast/AmazonS3 vs. DLGuard/Wishlist/AmazonS3

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your interest in DLGuard!

I can't comment on the other packages, but just thought I'd clarify for you:

DLGuard can actually handle all of your memberships needs. While...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd May 2012, 05:48 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 772
Posted By samstephens
Re: Payment Processors

Alertpay has actually been bought out by a UK based company and will be relaunching under the name Payza.

Interesting times ahead!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2012, 04:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,133
Posted By samstephens
Re: Affililate Program with DLGuard?

Hi Chris,

That's right, you do get a years worth of private support when you buy DLGuard, but after that you can still get free support via the DLGuard forum. I personally answer all the questions...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2012, 04:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,133
Posted By samstephens
Re: Affililate Program with DLGuard?

Hi Robyn,

It looks like you can actually get the Standard version of iDev for $99.99:

iDevAffiliate - Affiliate Tracking Software - Affiliate Program Software...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 11th February 2012, 06:59 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 811
Posted By samstephens
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th February 2012, 05:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 549
Posted By samstephens
Re: DLguard?

Hi Paul,

I recommend you do install DLGuard onto your add on domain - it is possible to share membership areas on different domain names but it is hosting server dependent (how their file...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 11th February 2012, 05:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 811
Posted By samstephens
Re: Affiliate program for WP site, DLGuard, multiple products in Paypal cart

Hi Kevin,

You can actually use pretty much any of the affiliate programs, as long as they use IMG or Javascript tracking (which is pretty much all of the good ones).

The Cart tracking works...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th February 2012, 01:19 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 645
Posted By samstephens
Re: Do I really need Dlguard?

Hi Paul,

If you get stuck installing DLGuard, that's okay, I can install it for you for free - just open up a support ticket over at the DLGuard website and I can get you up and running!

cheers...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 29th January 2012, 04:16 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,174
Posted By samstephens
Re: E-junkie versus DL Guard

No worries Udey!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 28th January 2012, 03:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,174
Posted By samstephens
Re: E-junkie versus DL Guard

Hi Udey,

Like any business tools, you need to select the one which best matches your personal needs.

You're right, you do need to install DLGuard onto your server (though I do offer free...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd January 2012, 09:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 523
Posted By samstephens
Re: Looking for DLGuard owners about to launch a WSO

Thanks everyone!

I'm all set.

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd January 2012, 08:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 523
Posted By samstephens
Looking for DLGuard owners about to launch a WSO

Hi all,

Are you a DLGuard owner (latest version - v4.6) who is about to launch a WSO using WSO Pro?

If so, I'm looking for a few of live testers. PM me if you're interested!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2012, 07:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 581
Posted By samstephens
Why Megaupload going down isn't the end of the world

Megaupload.com being shut down right around the SOPA blackouts is actually really bad timing.

Here's why: people will naturally assume they're linked, and the idea that hard working internet...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 07:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 727
Posted By samstephens
Re: Has anyone had to seek police involvement with forum members?

Yes, there are several US clients that he has contacted.

The really strange thing is that he is actually a client too and refuses a refund. As much as he tells other people negative stuff, he's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 06:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 727
Posted By samstephens
Re: Has anyone had to seek police involvement with forum members?

Thanks GMD, excellent tips!


And you're right David, normally I'd just ignore it but I'm getting multiple complaints from my clients about him, and that's why I'm considering legal action.

...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 05:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 727
Posted By samstephens
Has anyone had to seek police involvement with forum members?

Hi all,

I'm dealing with someone who is currently harrassing my clients, and I think I may have to pursue legal action.

Has anyone contacted a person's local police department in regards to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th December 2011, 07:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 605
Posted By samstephens
Re: Anyone Use DLGuard with WSO Pro?

Hi James,

Thanks for your interest in DLGuard!

I'm working with Mike from WSO Pro to set up a DLGuard integration.

The benefit of using WSO Pro and DLGuard together is that you can offer...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th November 2011, 07:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 585
Posted By samstephens
Re: Q's about Digital Product Distribution

Hi guys,

I'm the owner/developer of DLGuard, so happy to help if you have any questions about it.

The best method of distributing your files depends a lot on what you're offering.

How many...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th October 2011, 12:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 534
Posted By samstephens
Re: <strong> or <b>

I believe <strong> is a replacement for <b>.

<b> used to be used all the time, but I believe <strong> is now the more acceptible one (and the one newer web editors will use when using a WYSIWYG...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2011, 08:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 465
Posted By samstephens
Re: Software price

Price it high enough to cover your costs and then make a profit on top of that.

The biggest mistake software sellers make when they're starting out is to create a product and then find out how...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2011, 08:36 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,683
Posted By samstephens
Re: Affiliate Likely To Be Sued For Using A Picture From Sxc.hu

Without reading too far into it, it seems that only the photographer would be in trouble here.

If the affiliate stuck to the rules of the stock images site, they haven't done anything wrong.
...
Forum: Programming 9th October 2011, 08:30 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 772
Posted By samstephens
Re: WP Back-Up??

Check with your hosting provider as well - a lot of hosts (especially ones using cPanel) actually have a backup option that's basically point and click, and it'll back up your files as well as MySQL...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2011, 08:27 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 852
Posted By samstephens
Re: Making pdfs prompt customer for download?

Zipping does make it quite easy!

Or if you want to keep the file in PDF format, have you considered using a download/sales management script?

DLGuard is one I created and is quite popular on...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 24th September 2011, 08:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,331
Posted By samstephens
Re: Services Similar to DL Guard?

No worries Amy, glad I could help clarify!

cheers
Sam



And no worries Greenninja - if you need me to clarify anything further, just let me know!

cheers
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 22nd September 2011, 05:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,331
Posted By samstephens
Re: Services Similar to DL Guard?

Hi Amy,

I actually got about half way through integrating with Google checkout and then found out that they require you to have an SSL security certificate installed on your website (so you can...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 21st September 2011, 06:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,331
Posted By samstephens
Re: Services Similar to DL Guard?

Greenninja, if you have any questions on customising DLGuard's interface, if you open a ticket at the DLGuard website I'm happy to talk you through it. I've seen some people do some amazing stuff!
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd September 2011, 01:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,142
Posted By samstephens
Re: How to integrate plimus with aweber

If you get stuck, DLGuard will integrate with both Plimus and Aweber - so if you use DLGuard as your download/customer management system, sell through Plimus, and DLGuard can add the customer to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th July 2011, 05:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 913
Posted By samstephens
Re: dl guard and wso pro???

Thanks for the interest Tim! It sounds like a number of people would be interested - I've got some preliminary info, and I'll see if it's doable!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th July 2011, 04:36 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 913
Posted By samstephens
Re: dl guard and wso pro???

Hi Judy!

It's been awhile, great to see you too!

And thanks for the tip :)

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th July 2011, 08:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,884
Posted By samstephens
Anyone heard of Mark Anastasi?

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has heard of, or done business with, Mark Anastasi?

For any negative comments, would you mind PM'ing me?

Thanks for your help!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2011, 05:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 913
Posted By samstephens
Re: dl guard and wso pro???

From what I understand WSO Pro has an option to repost Paypal IPN details.

So technically we could probably create an integration, depending on what data WSO Pro sends back.

Having said that,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2011, 05:57 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,994
Posted By samstephens
Re: protected download area for selling digital products?

Thanks for sharing your experiences, Suzanne, Mike, and CD - it's sometimes quite hard to reply to those kinds of posts without coming across as argumentative or overly defensive.

You're right,...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 14th June 2011, 09:44 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,716
Posted By samstephens
Re: DL Guard or ????

Oh good, I was worried I may have offended you too ;)

cheers
Sam
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2011, 09:09 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 689
Posted By samstephens
Re: If You Get A Parked Page From A Website You Know Is Active, Reboot Your Router!

Haha, well at least now your router won't dare play up in the future ;)

No worries, just working through tickets now!

cheers
Sam
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 14th June 2011, 09:08 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,716
Posted By samstephens
Re: DL Guard or ????

Hi Ravi,

Sorry, I hope I didn't give you the wrong idea - I wasn't talking about DAP in particular (I haven't seen DAP in action), it was more a reply about the comment that membership sites are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2011, 07:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 484
Posted By samstephens
Re: Shared Hosting

Hi Livo,

I think you might be talking about something slightly different with "share hosting".

By the sounds of your post, where site owners siphon traffic for their own needs, it sounds more...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2011, 06:55 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,994
Posted By samstephens
Re: protected download area for selling digital products?

Hi Vicky,

Yes, I do have an integrate script for Constant Contact - if you need a copy, if you can open a ticket:

DLGuard Customer Support (http://www.dlguard.com/support/)

...then I'll send...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2011, 06:53 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,994
Posted By samstephens
Re: protected download area for selling digital products?

Hi stepxstep,

I'm sorry to hear about the problems you were having. Did you open up a support ticket? If so, if you can give me your name I can check into the issues for you.

The DLG forum is...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 14th June 2011, 06:42 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,716
Posted By samstephens
Re: DL Guard or ????

Not in every case - if you're selling a digital product, you don't want to force your buyer to have to create an account and sign-in to a members area just to download their product.

Membership...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 14th June 2011, 06:37 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,716
Posted By samstephens
Re: DL Guard or ????

Hi Mark,

Sorry to hear you didn't get the email response! I wrote back to your ticket in 4 hours, 20 mins. Sounds like you may not have gotten the notification?

I'll PM you your ticket details!...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2011, 06:33 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 689
Posted By samstephens
Re: If You Get A Parked Page From A Website You Know Is Active, Reboot Your Router!

Hi ExRat! Sorry mate, don't smack your router around just yet:

I had an SSL cetificate installed on my site, which required an IP address change, which supposedly should have only affected people...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th May 2011, 05:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 729
Posted By samstephens
Re: Paying Tax On Your Online Business

The "over $6000 rule" is just normal income tax - make an income, you pay tax on it.

The ATO will actually send someone out to chat with you for free about setting up your tax properly.

Or like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th April 2011, 09:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,227
Posted By samstephens
Re: Best Way To Offer A Customer Instant Download for E-Book/Audio/Video (Thanks as always)

Hi Craig,

Thanks so much for the offer - being based in Australia I didn't realise that about US law. Even so, it looks like the owner is based in the US anyway. I'll PM you.

Thanks again!
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