Glam Media has Trouble Making Payments?

Glam Ad Network show signs of going out of business.

Fearful of collapsing debtors, Glam has passed on their misjudgment on to their innocent network members.   In a letter to their publishers, Glam spells out how due to economic troubles they are extending the length of time to make their payouts.

So… The publisher pre-pays Glam with ad inventory, Glam sells it to someone who they feel probably won’t pay, then Glam stiffs the publisher? Nice.

If you have ads up from glam, I’d suggest you pull them.  This is not a good sign. Better yet, make Glam pre-pay.

This has to be one of the worst decisions an ad network can make.  They should have tightened up terms on the advertiser side or get them to prepay.  Changing payout terms mid-stream is a bad way to go.  What’s worse is they are putting you on the hook for advertisers who don’t pay.

How’s that 10 cents on the dollar sound?

A tip for you: Google Adsense

EstDomains Loses Registrar Accredidation

ICANN just revoked the registrar accredidation of EstDomains. Apparently the President was convicted of credit card fraud, money laundering, and document forgery.

EstDomains has a reseller program, and even if you didn’t register with them directly, you’d better check to make sure they aren’t your actual registrar.

Protect your assets and choose your Domain Registrar carefully.