Hi all,
Ryan correct me if i’m wrong because I’m not positive but I think the downloads are counted from the time they are started, not from when they are finished. So that alone would explain an inflated number of downloads in comparison to stats at other places.
In my case what Ryan says rings true. CR has really picked up the pace in the last couple months and seemingly is still growing strong.
This is such encouraging news to me and I’ve recipricated by giving CR the top spots again after a long period of mediocrity which saw them slip back in position due to that.
CR has traditionally not been the best at converting downloads to real players for me but they still manage to do well with the players they do sign, so hopefully this reflects the bigger picture; as I said it certainly fits the picture Ryan had mentioned in my particular case. I wasn’t surprised to see him say that at all.
*a bit of history for the newbies
…. for those that haven’t heard this story before; the way I kinda got to know Brent was I had written him saying that I had sent them a ton of hits but had yet to ever see their accountant’s signature; and that if it wasn’t for their quality reputation: that I’d be stopping sending them hits as of that moment.
Brent wrote me back and instead of what I fully expected to hear; because its the same, lame, shame of a reply that I get 90% of the time under such circumstances; which is they will say to send more traffic to get more players and make more money. Which is totally ignorant since why would i want to send even more traffic – that I know converts elsewhere, to someplace that sucks? Well Brent just wrote me back and said that he was sorry and wished it was different, but that there was little he could do, except to say that in his opinion if I’d not seen any signups yet; that it meant I was “due” and that in the long run the numbers would even everything out to an acceptable level.
If he hadn’t been so frank I’d probably have pulled them either then or shortly after; but I decided to give it the time likely needed for me to see a turn around: giving it a fair chance.
That was about 5 years ago. CR has many times been my best producer and has never been disappointing, it was just that they leveled-off and I began to think I’d never see myself climb out of the “usual”.
Now of recent I’m seeing a nice jump which if added in with the time that was medicore; it should start to even out to proving CR has been a really good decision in my case.
And that perhaps Brent knew what he was talking about …. way back then.
No program will prove successful for every person as time has proven to me, but I can honestly say that if I had to do it over again; I’d surely still sign up and promote CR; in my case that’s a no-brainer.
And also keep in mind the seasons haven’t really changed yet and I’d imagine a lot of people are still enjoying some nice weather while they have the chance, and I bet we all see a good month in Nov and Dec in terms of real depositing players, once the weather turns and the days grow short. People who may have downloaded the casinos and then forgot about them when the weather turned nice; will remember where they left off and hopefully give us a great end of the year.
If I sound optimistic its only because I am. 