what's similar to DirectTrack?

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DT is the biggest POS software ever. I suggest you don't use it for any serious business. Write your own. You'll make the development cost back in a month if you are doing any serious volume.
 
didn't know there was so many people running aff networks here.
direct track sucks balls alright, if i had the time and motivation to sell it i'd write a better system
 
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My company is currently in the process of setting up our account with DirectTrack.

We did our research, and DirectTrack seems to be the best choice. Cost, Support, Track-Record... I have read many a post on the negatives to DirectTrack... yet several large affiliate networks use them.

When it comes to a home grown script... there is always going to be bugs and problems. It's the way they are solved that matters.

Can anyone give me some real reasons people dislike DirectTrack? All personal preferences aside...
 
amjonathan said:
My company is currently in the process of setting up our account with DirectTrack.

We did our research, and DirectTrack seems to be the best choice. Cost, Support, Track-Record... I have read many a post on the negatives to DirectTrack... yet several large affiliate networks use them.

When it comes to a home grown script... there is always going to be bugs and problems. It's the way they are solved that matters.

Can anyone give me some real reasons people dislike DirectTrack? All personal preferences aside...
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DT is the best off the shelf system out there, all networks,those on DT and those on home grown systems all experience the same problems. People get frustrated with DT because they need someone to blame. A lot of times its user error on the network side that makes DT look bad, but sometimes its how the system is designed as well.

We have had minor issues on DT but nothing that you don't expect or plan for. The problem is people forget how much traffic DT handles on a day to day level (directtrack.com - Web Site Audience Profiles from Quantcast this is just the networks on the shared option, most of the larger networks are on their own servers which are not counted in these traffic stats, with some bigger networks Quantcast Traffic Comparison for copeac.com + directtrack.com + tracking101.com + clickbooth.com + ).com. At the highest points with this small example you'll notice that DT handles 2.5 Million users a day, i would estimate that with their entire network they see traffic of 3-9 million users a day across all the networks on their platform. You really need to take that in to consideration when reading about peoples issues with DT


If you're going to move on to the Dt platform i would suggest that you get a dedicated option as opposed to the shared application. It costs more but is much more stable from our experience. Those traffic spikes on DT are so large they do cause a slow down if youre on the shared pool
 
mkrongel said:
DT is the best off the shelf system out there, all networks,those on DT and those on home grown systems all experience the same problems. People get frustrated with DT because they need someone to blame. A lot of times its user error on the network side that makes DT look bad, but sometimes its how the system is designed as well.

We have had minor issues on DT but nothing that you don't expect or plan for. The problem is people forget how much traffic DT handles on a day to day level (directtrack.com - Web Site Audience Profiles from Quantcast this is just the networks on the shared option, most of the larger networks are on their own servers which are not counted in these traffic stats, with some bigger networks Quantcast Traffic Comparison for copeac.com + directtrack.com + tracking101.com + clickbooth.com + ).com. At the highest points with this small example you'll notice that DT handles 2.5 Million users a day, i would estimate that with their entire network they see traffic of 3-9 million users a day across all the networks on their platform. You really need to take that in to consideration when reading about peoples issues with DT


If you're going to move on to the Dt platform i would suggest that you get a dedicated option as opposed to the shared application. It costs more but is much more stable from our experience. Those traffic spikes on DT are so large they do cause a slow down if youre on the shared pool
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That was the plan all along.

DirectTrack has a firm hold on the market. If anyone does know of any suitable alteratives, post them...

But for now the best choice is DT.
 
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