Hotfile : How to go Platinum!

I was going through my stats page and happened to find a new guide-tip on how to aim for the platinum status

Here's what I found :

Essentially to reach a higher status your links should sell more premium accounts. Here are few tips that may help you to be promoted to a higher type of uploader and eventually to reach the platinum status:

• - Don't post links to different file hosting sites for the same file. This kind of mirrors allows users to simultaneously download from different sites and they have less incentive to buy premium.
• - Don't switch every day to different file hosting service - that way people are less willing to buy a premium account, as they will need multiple premium accounts from different services to get all the content and that is more expensive.
• - Do not upload files that you will not promote. Used server space is also accounted when your rank is considered.
• - Put more effort into bringing more visitors to download your files, rather than to upload more files. If you are uploading 10Gb of files everyday just to have every file downloaded few times you are going to stick with Copper.
• - Don't post on resources that have popups, try to install trojans and similar stuff. This way users do not have much trust and are less willing to pay.

This will be good both for HF as well as for us, the uploaders. On a serious note, this looks more of a downfall for Hotfile. Why? Believe it or not, 10 out of 10 of my friends (including me) earn around $4000 / month AND... we got a copper status. Maybe it's because we are not able to sell premium accounts, but on the other hand, instead of $4k, we now won't be able to cross even $1k mark. Very well put. Let's see how long Hotfile survives. I would rather go for the standard silver status happily than the platinum status FOREVER.

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Uploading.com ends Bonus Program

After thinking it through thoroughly we've decided to terminate the Uploading.com bonus program. This bonus program had been launched in early May with the intention of encouraging partners with traffic from US, UK and DE. It assessed the additional $15 for every 1000 downloads. The program, though launched in May, continued informally in June on the same terms. Although we would have liked to have announced the termination of this program in advance, we've had to make this decision rather quickly. So tomorrow, the 24th of June, we will discontinue bonus accruals.

Bonus program had been a huge feature to attract mass uploaders to use uploading.com INSPITE of having bad reviews about it.

By Bad reviews, uploading.com has been facing downloading issues, server problems, Stats page not being updated properly, people getting frustrated for getting shaved downloads. Inspite of all this, many tried to earn as much as they could. Now that this is over, focus is on having an overall new engine or lets say.. new script/template/redesigning of uploading.com. I feel Uploading Admins should rather focus on the Remote Upload manager and the Normal uploading web tool than on a new design altogether. Remote upload has been buggy ever since.. the start? Let's see what Uploading brings us in next  2 weeks. Hoping for improved services rather than a new overall engine of uploading.com website.

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Hotfile Changes the Affiliate program

Hotfile, which has been growing fast and steady by providing good quality service has decided to change it's affiliate program. The new Affiliate program is as follows :

Account type	Earnings Table
	5-50Mb	50-100Mb	100-400Mb
Copper	$2	$3	$4
Bronze	$3	$5	$7
Silver	$5	$7	$10
Gold	$6	$9	$12
Platinum	$7	$10	$15
Note: All prices are per 1000 downloads.

This will be in effect from 24th June 2009 onwards. This is basically to stop those cheaters who would eat up the money of HotFile, along with other general problems. So, all those loyal uploaders earning tons of money everyday, enjoy your platinum status and upload more like crazy !!

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