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|  08-11-2011, 11:51 AM | #1 | 
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				fuck you nifty stats!
			 cmon, you can't even keep the free version going with the 15 affiliate programs!! you got ads popping up every time it downloads stats, was that not enough? sellouts.  | 
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|  08-11-2011, 11:53 AM | #2 | 
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				 |   U mad you had something for free and then these people realized they actually needed to make money? | 
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|  08-11-2011, 11:55 AM | #3 | 
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				 | yeah. the free version was very limited, but perfect for people only running a few affiliates programs. they had ads blasting left and right, all webmaster relevant, so couldn't have been that bad. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 11:56 AM | #4 | 
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				 | If that extra $20/mo is going to break you then you need to get off the internet and get a jobby job. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 01:57 PM | #5 | 
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				 | seriously, how much $ do you think you've earned for their advertisers? | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:02 PM | #6 | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:04 PM | #7 | 
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				 | Why haven't you signed up to the advertised affiliate programs and pushed those? There is really nobody to blame only the affiliates not supporting the program. 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:17 PM | #8 | 
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				 | I always felt that $20 (nifty) - $30 (stats remote) a month was overpriced for the service.  Especially in these times.  $10 would be more reasonable in my opinion.  Regardless, it is their business and their choice.  They also are giving out a free 30 day trial so you are effectively getting 30 days notice. I think there is also another free alternative by a Russian who has been posting here. You might consider looking into what they are offering and supporting that project. There is a thread they keep posting to each time they add a new program and I noticed it is growing. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:19 PM | #9 | 
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				 | Except you don't really know if it was affiliates not checking out the sponsors.  That is just what they told you.  It doesn't mean that they didn't decide to do it because according to their calculations they could make more by eliminating the free version.  It's convenient to blame the webmasters so that it can be used as a counter if they bitch about having to pay. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:21 PM | #10 | 
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				 | Yeah, that free alternative is cash-stats if i am not mistaking. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:22 PM | #11 | 
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				 | Good riddance. Finally dont have to receive their emails begging to click their banners or how they arent making any money. If I do buy any prog it will NOT be Nifty Stats. Multiple stats checking is dieing anyhow. Who has more than 15 progs worth a damn anyhow. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:23 PM | #12 | |
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 You see it isn't that simple. There is the question of the value of the product to the individual. It isn't just a matter of whether or not they can afford it.  | |
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|  08-11-2011, 02:27 PM | #13 | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:31 PM | #14 | 
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				 | Sounds like the one.  In the spirit of competition allow me to give them a link in this thread: http://cash-stats.com/ | 
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|  08-11-2011, 02:32 PM | #15 | 
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				 | niftystats.com added to email blacklist.. stick you future spam up your ass too. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 03:03 PM | #16 | |
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|  08-11-2011, 03:06 PM | #17 | |
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|  08-11-2011, 03:12 PM | #18 | 
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				 | It is always a bummer when the price for something goes up, but NiftyStats lets you see your saved passwords and everything, so it is not like they make it terribly difficult to use a different option or go back to checking individually. NiftyStats is not a church, charity, community group, art project, or government, so I don't get being angry at them for tweaking their business model to stay viable. Businesses do that. 
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|  08-11-2011, 03:24 PM | #19 | |
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 Hehe yes, but I think they were selling the ad spaces not showing their own ads (referral). 
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|  08-11-2011, 03:40 PM | #20 | |
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 but seriously, how many times can "count duh money" show up? either i wasn't interested or already signed up. i don't need to see it a million times to get the point. if they optimize their ads, they could probably do ok. but i don't think they did that at all. also, if they keep getting webmasters to sign up under them, under all these new programs with their own referral codes, then maybe webmasters will need to upgrade anyway. that means income from referrals and memberships, while still catering to the free members until they run enough programs to upgrade. in theory it could work. but in theory, taco bell meat is also real. | |
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|  08-11-2011, 03:43 PM | #21 | |
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|  08-11-2011, 03:46 PM | #22 | |
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 Niftystats doesn't owe anyone anything. Pay the money and use the program or don't pay the money and get good with spreadsheets. | |
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|  08-11-2011, 03:47 PM | #23 | 
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				 | Why would there be referral commission on paid advertising? | 
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|  08-11-2011, 03:50 PM | #24 | 
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				 | Id rather not flush $240 down the drain.  If it's free I'd use it but yes $20 a month is too much. I am in business too. Or trying to stay in business. Ill get this cash-stats going or one of the other free ones. Thanks for the link. http://cash-stats.com/ | 
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|  08-11-2011, 03:56 PM | #25 | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:01 PM | #26 | 
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				 | Damn  that's a shame, hadn't seen the Nifty Stats email yet. Shame to say it, but I won't be paying $20 a month to check stats. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:04 PM | #27 | 
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				 | Statsremote has saved me a ton of time over the years, but when I look back and realize that I have spent $2k+ on it it's kind of staggering. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:13 PM | #28 | |
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 Joe Blow wm is not going to piss $20 a month away when he can have 10 icons in his taskbar. It is more fun anyhow. What, ND (for example) is one click stats from an icon. And I know what all the stats nuances are. I know who is doing what. I dont need bells and whistles. So stats progs are nice and I might still use one but bad biz to throw your money away unless you got a LOT of good progs... maybe. Id still prioritize and just click an icon once in a while. | |
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|  08-11-2011, 04:21 PM | #29 | 
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				 | I can open 10 sponsors with icons and know stats faster than NS.   Way faster. Plus you have to go in manually all the time anyhow to your sponsors to really see what's happening. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:22 PM | #30 | 
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				 | I use Stats Remote because we use Macs however I fail to see the problem with paying much less than 1% of our income for a service which saves heaps of time. I don't want to spend time checking individual programs, I want to spend time making money. These stats programs need constant updates to keep them working for the wide array of programs out there, that's why they run a subscription model. If you're going to bitch over $20 - $30 per month for a massive time saving then maybe you need to find another occupation that pays better  | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:23 PM | #31 | 
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				 | This thread reads like a surfer's free porn argument. 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:33 PM | #32 | 
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				 | Like Paul Bunyan vs the chainsaw.   I just logged in with 4 off icons. Paul might be able to keep up but not way faster.  Still, Ill buy a case of Bud on Nifty Stats this month.  | 
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|  08-11-2011, 04:41 PM | #33 | |
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 "Massive time saving" if you have 50+ progs as I know many of you do. I am a small guy and just speaking for smaller guys who have maybe 10 good progs. No real need for stats progs. Any of them, for us. | |
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|  08-11-2011, 04:53 PM | #34 | 
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				 | I seen this coming down Madison Ave for months. No big deal.  Perhaps if some of the progs you (NS) were promoting were worth a damn. I seen a couple decent progs but most are only going to attract newbs. And newbs are making very little money now days. The decent progs that advertised we all know about. So of course the free deal wasnt going to make money but it does keep guys like me in check. What if I spent a lot of time in the comments section? Now my time is wasted? When you start a free anything on the web now days you keep it free. That is rule #1. If not you get dissed. Way it is. Way it should be. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 05:01 PM | #36 | |
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 I'd prefer to pay a subscription for something that keeps working than pay a one time fee for something which will inevitably degrade over time | |
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|  08-11-2011, 05:34 PM | #37 | 
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				 | I gave my SELF a headache   I dont give a fuck. Back to my music. Happy sales.  as TC used to say. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 06:32 PM | #38 | 
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				 | LOL !!   very good point   
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|  08-11-2011, 07:42 PM | #39 | 
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				 | I'll just keep using my VBA macro running in Excel. Cheaper than $20/month. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 07:57 PM | #40 | 
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				 | A little off-topic, but Stats Remote does a lot more than just check stats. It allows you to also track who has paid and who has not, by means of clicking the entry each time you receive the payment. At a glance you can tell who has/has not paid in any given pay period. Further, you can define expenses, such as wages, etc which give you an overview of each day's proft/loss margins. And for comparison purposes, you can can see stats for multiple years, months, etc at a glance to determine trending, ratios or you name it. At any given point in time, I can tell you what we've earned, right down to the cost per unique click, going back nearly a decade. The forecasting feature is also a nice touch. For what this does, I certainly do not consider 1 dollar a day is expensive for a constantly updated database of sponsors that tracks all of their backend changes for you automatically. I think that's a pretty small cost of doing business. It's not a replacement for accounting, but it does indeed offer a quick financial overview of your online revnues with sponsors and other payments/expenses with respect to your ongoing business operations. | 
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|  08-11-2011, 08:22 PM | #41 | 
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				 | We're no different than surfers. Why pay for a stat program? Why pay for porn?  
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|  08-11-2011, 09:44 PM | #42 | 
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				 | if you pay for 3 month you get nifty cheaper 16.6  if it helps   and yes you need to findout another job if you cant afford 16$ per month then online biz... | 
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|  08-12-2011, 01:41 AM | #43 | 
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				 | Nifty Stats is a cheaper ( $10 per month ) and has more functions as Stats Remote  payouts, pie graph etc ... atc ...  | 
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|  08-12-2011, 01:43 AM | #44 | |
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|  08-12-2011, 02:36 AM | #45 | 
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|  08-12-2011, 02:48 AM | #46 | 
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				 | I use Nifty Stats, excelent program. 
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|  08-12-2011, 03:05 AM | #47 | 
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				 | I'm not a supporter of the subscription software model either, but I suspect these stats programs work off of logging in and parsing the html from the program's stats page to get the data you want. If someone changes the layout or something of the program, it will break it. Thus, they charge monthly to support it. 
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|  08-12-2011, 03:23 AM | #48 | |
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 I agree with the thread starter. It's rediculous they cant keep the highly limited free version running. Plus i am not gonna pay such a monthly fee for a stats program. My internet connection and my car insurance are lower monthly. | |
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|  08-12-2011, 04:36 AM | #49 | 
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				 | Let them earn money too. Don't complain since you are using it for free. PAY! | 
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|  08-12-2011, 04:49 AM | #50 | 
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				 | Moaning at a biz expense of $20 - 30 per month? Staggering... 'yeah but some of us can't afford that, we are small time' - so because you are only small, or only use a few programs, you want an unsustainable free program, especially because? Are you people real? So small that you bitch about paying less than 1 signup per month, but obviously with enough income & free time to post (and in) threads whining about a service going from free to paid, instead of working so that it doesn't matter. | 
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