Hosts pay is bad and getting worse.. Every time I make a request, they find something that doesn't look right.. Analytics look strange, or we'll pay you this time ect.. This is every request since July!!! We are talking $6 or $7 dollar payments, and they are giving me a hard time??? I have my own blogsites, and use multiple forums to post my images, and they still argue hits looking strange!!?? These amounts built up over a month or so, yet they suggest they are suspicious.. What looks strange is my increasingly low hit count.. The option to view previous months daily hits/income has been disabled, so you cannot compare stats with previous earnings.. You can still select start month and end month, but when you click submit, nothing happens..
I use other hosts who pay up to twice the rate per 1000 hits, but my daily income at those sites seems to average about 5 times imgrill. During the past month, to a month and a half, multiple hosts have paid me $40 to $50 each, while I have managed about $6 at Imgrill.. If the other hosts pay only a few dollars more, why are my earnings 5 times what imgrill pays?? Those sites never give me a hard time about analytics either.. Seems hypocritical to make accusations of me doing something wrong every time I request payment, when all evidence from other hosts, suggest imgrill might not be playing fair themselves..
Has the statistical history been disabled to hide the fact that they are not paying the way they once were? I upload an equal amount to all my hosts.. I use other hosts that only show paid hits, yet my daily hit count on those sites also dwarfs that of imgrill..
I agree users trying to cheat hosts should be dealt with, but shaving traffic of their faithful uploaders is garbage also.......
Over 70% of my traffic originates from the top 3 tier countries on their list.. My last 682 hits(what I have been credited for by imgrill) has generated $1.08.. Most of the remainder traffic is from Zone B or C.. At that % I should be sitting between $1.40 to $1.50 from Zone A traffic alone.. Add the the other 30% in, and I am sitting at about 30 to 50% lower than I should be. Supercounters, as well Linkbucks, show that 70% of my traffic is top tier traffic.. I could go back further, and tell you what income my last 1,000 hits generated for me, but like I said, the option to view more than the last 8 days of traffic has been disabled..
Traffic Proof.. My top 5 countries visited..
It isn't a ton of money, but if everyone is getting shaved at this rate, it adds up to quite a bit of income/savings for them.. My last two weeks with "another host", has earned me $14 dollars, while in just short of a month and a half has earned me less than $6.30??????????????????????
So I end up with.........
7 days at host paying $6 per 1000 views makes me $7.00
43 days at Imgrill who pays $3 per 1000 views makes me under $6.50
At those rates, I should be making $7 per 14 days at Imgrill... Huge discrepancy!!
Below is payment proof from imgrill and "another host..."
Through time, one would think your income would increase, but what once took me 3 weeks to make, now takes me 6 weeks to make with imgrill.. I am still uploading new images regularly, to continue traffic flow.. I cant believe that I am the only one... Either way, there are many hosts paying far better rates.. I only gave one example, and it isn't even my best paying host..
I marked out payment transaction times, and exact change, to avoid making it easier for them to find and delete my account.. I still have money owed.. I have way too many images, to go back and replace them all.. I will however, quit uploading new material with them, and concentrate on hosts that perform FAR better for me.. $1 a week is not worth it, when multiple hosts pay me that or more daily..
My best paying host below... (background color adjusted for site anonymity..)
Only showing payments from the same time period as my last payment from imgrill..
$90 dollars in 45 days!! The lower amounts were a result of starting a new blog, and building up viewers, but you can see that my results with other hosts make Imgrill look like a joke of a host.. Maybe imgrill has been around longer, and may be around further in the future, but it will take years to make with them, what I have made with other hosts. I have made hundreds each with other hosts, while making less than $40.00 in over 6 months with Imgrill...
I am not here to promote any other specific host, but to let people know that I think this host is a waste of time.. Make some real money with a better paying host..