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Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 09:21
Todays fast tracks have been sent!

MyTrafficValue is now accepting BitCoin:
http://mytrafficvalue.com/forum/news/bitcoin_now_accepted/1.html


Ok great... it looks like our server is now locked down and secure. So the only way to take us offline should be via overwhelming incapsula. And that's achievable, but requires a lot of resources on behalf of the attacker. And frankly, not really worth it! So fingers crossed that's the end of any disruptions for at a least a while!

Now back to the usual problems / workload LOL
Scaling to deal with our traffic, and trying to clear the massive development queue!

In the next week or so, we'll be installing SSL. And we're buying the fancy one so that it'll give you that green navigation bar. Something like this: https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl/ssl-certificate-ev.html --- The actual security rammifications of such are minimal, we've already addressed those this last week... This is just a pretty visual display / gimmick to demonstrate to users that we've dealt with the real security issues. And SSL is just the icing on the cake. Bit of a hefty investment at 350euros/website/year (minimum 2years). But seeing as we're a financial platform; somewhat necessary I think!

And PayPal has begun releasing our funds; though its a bit of a dribble right now... So today i've been using the mass payments thing to send out 40+ transactions in just ~2minutes. So that's much easier!
And i've asked Carlos to fund the PayPal account via Bank Wire -- it'll take a week. But it'll guarantee that we clear all the pending cashouts within the next week or so. And not have to wait on this drip of released funds. As I think it may take a while to release $13k+ (there's 32k+ in the account... but I think most of that came in during the second half of the month; so it'll be a while before it unlocks)

Anyway, that's in motion!
I'll do another regular PV ad issue today + tomorrow, and then on Monday I want to do the big one!

Jo smile
slamtahir1
Traffic Value: $11,566.00604 Pakistan
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05/07/2014 09:29
is ssl for both sites pv and mtv or only for mtv 
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 09:36
We'll buy a separate SSL for both.
hrjustinptc - Forum moderator
Traffic Value: $8,376.82638 United States
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05/07/2014 09:42
I think if your going to do SSL for one site it would be best to do both as they are fairly well linked together. 

PayPal Bulk payment progress is really huge for all the small PTC users. I replied to the bulk response on the tickets again. Hopefully in the next few days we can get close to current time on support tickets. 

I still notice the incapsula error 20 every so often for a few minutes at a time. Is this just something overwhelming incapsula? Or could they be from periodic mass cron runs or other events that slow down the server? 
QuilhosKing
Traffic Value: $6,128.74944 Portugal
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05/07/2014 09:49
I have the same issue hrjustinptc.

Sometimes the error 20 appears but if we refresh the page 2 or 3 times it works.
dan1989
Traffic Value: $76,730.43625 Portugal
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05/07/2014 10:05
Good News.

1º PayPal didn't release all the funds? They will releasing throughout the days?
2º I saw payments over $5. Weren't you going to down the limit to $2?
3º Funding PayPal through bank wire doesn't take between 1-2 business days?
colasander
Traffic Value: $386,747.05153 Netherlands
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05/07/2014 10:07
@Dan1989, seem logical. Only releasing funds from the day 30 days ago..
QuilhosKing
Traffic Value: $6,128.74944 Portugal
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05/07/2014 10:09
Something like that dan.

Normmaly a transfer to Paypal take 2 or 3 days here in Portugal. But can take up to 5 business days. So Jo said 5 days for people relax a bit more. Probably it will be a bit sooner smile
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 10:10
Yea, deposits should release exactly 30days after they were deposited.

We'll get SSL for both websites.

And the minimum paypal cashout is now $2. However, i'm working through the pending cashouts from the oldest backwards... So it'll take a while to get to the newer mini ones.

And funding by bank transfer takes up to 8 working days according to their site... But if it arrives more quickly, all the better.
Darknit
Traffic Value: $3,211.07643 Sri Lanka
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05/07/2014 10:10
Would like to see the older Payapal cashout requests being met first before the new ones, coz I got one too waiting for more than a week & it would really be helpful towards my promotion campaigns, not to mention we gotta repair our somewhat diluted reputation from few days of chaos & Payment Proofs are the only thing people are provoked by these days smile
rtrplay
Traffic Value: $65,453.30658 Sweden
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05/07/2014 13:17
PayPay has released connection to Internet Bank transfer to PayPal smile
I can if i want deposit money in couple of seconds, and if i deposit 100 USD i get 100 USD
can be because i am verified.

they only have fees for cashouts from MTV,
bad that is not world wide only for some countries
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 13:19
We're working through PayPal cashouts from oldest requests first (currently at 3weeks and a few days), and we'll work our way down to the most recent requests.

* Though I'm skipping the largest cashouts for the moment, to try and get the most people paid with the released funds we have... But all those will be cleared as sufficient funds release / Carlos gets the bank wire through the PayPal.

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And we just had another spell of downtime... I'm pretty sure that was an error, rather than an attack -- as our server hadn't properly white listed the incapsula IP ranges. So it was blocking legitimate traffic.

But i'm double checking that with iweb at the moment; as we really need to put an end to this circumvention of our DDOS protection. As it's a bit annoying, paying for DDOS protection; but we can't install it properly for it to actually work.

Especially given that these attacks are of such tiny scale; they really should not be taking down a $4million company. It's really silly!

Anyway - back to work! Try and clear the Payza cashouts now.

Jo smile
Darknit
Traffic Value: $3,211.07643 Sri Lanka
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05/07/2014 13:27


Jo,any thoughts on this? someone linked this on your FB page & here's original link http://www.moneymakergroup.com/Paidverts-Paidvertsco-t468871.html&st=1335

Have you spoken to Incapsula regarding any legal actions they are supposed to take against that hacker ?

would like to know more about this situation please.
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 13:48
I replied to that post already... I love how the attacker is seeking sympathy from his victims LOL

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Anyway, todays PV numbers:
(The ads are all queued, might take several hours for all 90,000 ads to be sent though)

BAP Group …........ Percent (x100) …........ Dollar Value …......... Participants …......... Ads Per User

0 to 1599 …............... 0 …............... 0 …............... 10611 …............... 0
1600 to 6400 …............... 0.065 …............... 226.655 …............... 5632 …............... 0.0402441406
6400 to 12000 …............... 0.035 …............... 122.045 …............... 1121 …............... 0.1088715433
12000 to 24000 …............... 0.065 …............... 226.655 …............... 1022 …............... 0.2217759295
24k to 48k …............... 0.085 …............... 296.395 …............... 746 …............... 0.3973123324
48k to 96k …............... 0.085 …............... 296.395 …............... 468 …............... 0.6333226496
96k to 180k …............... 0.07 …............... 244.09 …............... 268 …............... 0.9107835821
180k to 360k …............... 0.07 …............... 244.09 …............... 193 …............... 1.2647150259
360k to 720k …............... 0.07 …............... 244.09 …............... 99 …............... 2.4655555556
720k to 1.5m …............... 0.08 …............... 278.96 …............... 67 …............... 4.1635820896
1.5m to 3m …............... 0.105 …............... 366.135 …............... 49 …............... 7.4721428571
3m to 6m …............... 0.11 …............... 383.57 …............... 21 …............... 18.2652380952
6m to 20m …............... 0.075 …............... 261.525 …............... 7 …............... 37.3607142857
20m + …............... 0.085 …............... 296.395 …............... 3 …............... 98.7983333333
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 13:52
And I think i've found out why the Micro Ads button doesn't work sometimes. It's because there are ads queued up in the issue cron (list) -- so your account has ads on the way. But they haven't been issued to you yet.

So that micro ads button thinks you've got ads - even though you don't. And thereby, doesn't issue you any. We'll fix that ASAP.
NEOne84
Traffic Value: $3,741.85504 Poland
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05/07/2014 14:05
"Anyway - back to work! Try and clear the Payza cashouts now."


Can You clear also PM cashout today?
hrjustinptc - Forum moderator
Traffic Value: $8,376.82638 United States
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05/07/2014 14:29
These ad issues are killing me knowing my pending campaign would put me in the next BAP group. So many directions for one person to handle. Keep up the good work Jo I am so excited for the future when you have all the support help you deserve. 
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 14:59
And we have two more things to do it seems to really lock down our security; we're going to have to migrate the server to a new one. And get a fresh IP address that we'll keep hidden via a different DNS setup.

We'll get that sorted within the next 24hours.
pythagoras
Traffic Value: $4,007.84228 Netherlands
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05/07/2014 16:25
Funny post in MMG.
Well at least PV has proof now, that they had a hacker on their hand,
and that it was not one of the utterly welknown rows of admin-excuses for whatever.

Good response in MMG by the way.
Jo
Traffic Value: $8,649,585.93592 Spain
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05/07/2014 19:02
Ok, done a few more PM cashouts, but i'm still paying those manually. So its a real chore! I'll do more tomorrow.

And i've done another $500 or so worth of PP cashouts. I'll do more as the funds release, which is a pretty continuous drip feed!
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