Traffic Exchange Scoop

It’s been a wild ride for Trafficera thus far, with their launch being surrounded with tons of hype and lots of criticisms.

One of the biggest problems so far has been the issue of members surfing over 12 hours per day in order to win weekly competitions and super clocks. Some of the heaviest surfers have even admitted to trading surfing shifts with trusted people in order to stay ahead of the competition. This has resulted in a dilution of quality in the traffic being delivered because many of these power surfers are supposedly not looking at ads.

Trafficera has taken a step in the right direction now, by limiting the amount of PV a member can earn from surfing to 5,000 PV every 24 hours. The time will reset every day at 3:00 P.M. PST. Also, team surfing PV has also been limited to 400,000 per team, meaning that teams made up of power surfers will need to refer and sponsor other members in order to earn additional team PV.

Super Clocks will also be reduced in order to give more teams the chance to compete for prizes. The Super Clocks were being set too high, resulting in only teams with power surfers having a realistic chance of winning.

Finally, if a member joins a team after a new week has started, the said team will earn a pro-rated contribution of that member’s efforts for the week. Current team members can also no longer be booted in the final 72 hours of the current week.

There has been no mention of when these changes will take place, or if they are already in effect. Although the Trafficera update implied these changes are currently in effect, I have yet to see a reduced Super Clock since the e-mail update.

These are some great changes that many members have been asking for. Hopefully it will level the playing field and allow more teams to compete in a friendly, fair environment at Trafficera.

Trafficera started off their launch with a huge bang. It grew to 12,000 members in only its first month, had plenty of controversy, and ultimately great success after 1 month of going live.

It is now thanking members who are upgraded starting on March 1st. If you are an upgraded member by then, you will receive credit bonuses for 10 consecutive days for being an upgraded member!

If you were upgraded before February 1st, you will receive double the loyalty reward you originally received. For example, if you were a platinum member before February 1st, you earned 5,000 loyalty points. For March 1st, that would double to 10,000 credits for your loyalty bonus. This reward is for March 1st only.

For the next 9 days, all upgraded Trafficera members will receive 2,000 credits each of those 9 days. If you are upgraded before March 1st, you will be receiving 28,000 - 18,000 bonus credits for those 10 days.

Trafficera has announced they will be doing upgrades today at 3:00 P.M. PST. As stated in their e-mail update, you will get the following for upgrading:

1) higher surf ratio
2) bonus credits every month through our loyalty program
3) ability to promote more websites in the surf network
4) earn a higher PV from surfing and referring which helps in the member ranks and also helps your team!
5) huge discounts when you purchase traffic (will more than pay for the membership fee)
6) ability to become a splash page publisher and earn a lot of credits from your own website
7) more credits for promoting your “splash” referral link
and the list goes on and on … (refer to the membership options table and other info on the site)

Also, if you upgrade within 48 hours, you will get additional bonus credits as well! A Gold upgrade will net you 2,500 credits, and a Platinum upgrade gets 5,000 credits. The prices for each membership is steep compared to most traffic exchanges:

• Gold: $19.99/month
• Platinum: $29.99/month
• Club: $49.99/month  (This option is by invite only)

However the biggest reason to upgrade is that the first week of ranks will be based on how early you upgrade. The higher your position, the more tokens you can earn to use in the marketplace. Member ranks will normally be based on your PV, however upgrading early will give you a great position for the first week only.

Don’t forget to upgrade early at Trafficera if you planned to do it, it appears there are some great incentives to do so.

That’s right, it is about Trafficera again. But it’s my job to report these topics for you, right? First, the big news for January 22nd is that upgrades will be available at 3:00 PM. Learn about the different packages and seriously consider upgrading your membership, the first weekend of surfing is sure to be hectic.

The first day was very exciting, as over a thousand people were scrambling to sign up, update their profile, create groups, and build contacts. I have personally never been into the social networking craze, but even I found myself quite active at Trafficera. Right now teams are currently being built, and it will be interesting to see what kind of teams rise to the top and make a name for themselves.

With the launch came several difficulties. First the fact that the launch was about an hour late! Many traffic exchange regulars could be found at the NetMarketingForum chatting and anxiously awaiting for the sign up page.

Once the doors opened, affiliates were slowly learning that affiliate pages were not being seen at many traffic exchanges. Apparently the affiliate page was not showing through frames (which nearly every traffic exchange runs on). This issue is now resolved.

Finally, make sure to upload a picture that fits well on your profile page. If you submit a smaller image,  it will be distorted on your profile.

It has been an incredibly eventful couple of days at Trafficera, but the true potential will not be seen until the first couple of weeks and teams start to get ranked.

I will be sure to bring you more information as it becomes available. If you haven’t joined yet, click here to join Trafficera and learn why everyone is so excited!

Today Trafficera will be opening up the ability to create and join teams on January 21st, 12:00 PM at noon. If you want to create a team, today is a great day to do it. Here is the official timeline for features being opened at Trafficera:

Trafficera has just launched. I have literally just signed up and I will do my best to get you the information about it as soon as possible. For now, just make sure to sign up, take a look around, and start promoting it as soon as you can.

Logiscape is one of the major players in the traffic exchange industry, so it would be in your best interest to get as many referrals as you can while it is in its infancy.

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Update: I’ve had a chance to look through Trafficera, and this looks to be a very powerful system. Without going into too much detail, it incorporates many different features, such as a traffic exchange, social network, contacts, teams, splash pages, banner network, and advertising outside of traffic exchanges!

I am truly amazed at how much they have fit into one package. The bad news is most of the features are currently disabled. What you can start doing right now is sign up, and set up your profile for networking opportunities. The community at Trafficera is already starting to get active. Don’t forget to visit the “Groups” section and join Traffic Exchange Scoop.

You should also read through the tutorials and get an idea of everything that Trafficera has to offer. I will of course try to cover the major features here as they become available as well.

Logiscape recently let its members know to prepare for the coming of Trafficera in 2008. It is also making this information public by advertising at some of the more popular traffic exchanges.

Personally, I’ve spotted Trafficera pages being displayed at all of the traffic exchanges owned or partly owned by Jon Olson, “The Traffic Exchange Guy.” Those exchanges include ILoveHits, SWAT Traffic, and Click Crazey.

Edit: I have now seen Trafficera also being advertised on Traffic-Splash, Dragon Surf, and StartXchange.

Today I received an E-mail from Logiscape about the upcoming program Trafficera. It was pretty vauge in terms of what Trafficera actually is, however the promises they make sound incredible. Given Logiscape’s track record with TS25, Traffic Pods, and Hit Pulse, Trafficera should be something we all look forward to. Here is a copy of the e-mail:

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This truly is huge industry news. Logiscape is preparing to launch a new program in January 2008. Logiscape owns TS25, Traffic Pods, and Hit Pulse. These are all premium quality traffic exchanges with extensive histories, large membership bases, and great quality traffic.

Logiscape knows what it’s doing when it comes to creating traffic exchanges, so it will be very exciting to see what happens as 2008 rolls around. You can see their new website at:

http://www.trafficera.com