Entrecard Blog

Purchase EC credits at 1/2 price! Limited time only!

Cindy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:05:33 +0000

Hi Entrecarders,

For a limited time only, we are lowering the price of our credit sale by 50%! Below are the new rates.
If you are interested in purchasing additional credits, please login to your dashboard and click on the “buy more” link on the top right hand corner.

4,000 credits = $12
8,000 credits = $23.20
16,000 credits = $44.80
32,000 credits = $84.40
64,000 credits = $166.40

Please note that this is a limited time only and prices can adjust back to the normal price anytime.
Thank you for being a valued member. Email support@entrecard.com if you have questions. All emails
are answered within 24 hours.

Cindy
Entrecard.com

Adverts credit tax lowered from 75% to 50%

Cindy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:57:50 +0000

Hi everyone,

We have received some concerns regarding the high 75% tax deducted from the price to advertise on your blog. So for the next 3 months we will be lowering the tax rate to 50%. This means that you will receive 50% of the price it costs to advertise on your blog! The other 50% will be deleted from our system. This is effective as of today. After 3 months, if there are no major problems with the EC inflation, we will keep the tax rate at 50%.

Please continue to email us at support@entrecard.com if you have any problems or concerns. We would love to hear from you. All emails will be answered within 24 hours.

Cindy
Entrecard.com

Sponsor ads launched (beta)

Cindy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:59:51 +0000

The sponsor ads system is starting today. Currently, we are not taking any outside sponsors. As of now, there are only 2 ads in circulation. This first is an Entrecard ad that links back to entrecard.com. The 2nd ad is promoting Entrecard Market which is linked to entrecard.com/market. You can view the list of sponsors in your dashboard under the “sponsors ads” tab. Please note that you can disable one of the ads (not both) by clicking the button below the image. The remaining ad will run no more than 15% of your widget impressions. If you wish to opt-out completely, you can do so at the rate of $5/month or $50/ year (optional). This is also located under the “Sponsor ads” link.

Please note that this is a “beta” launch and we will carefully monitor the program. Please report any bugs, problems, and questions to support@entrecard.com. All emails will be answered within 24 hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Cindy
Entrecard.com

Implementation of sponsor ads program postponed until Oct. 5

Cindy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:28:26 +0000

Hello Entrecarders,

We just wanted to update everyone that the sponsor ads will be postponed for another week, until Oct. 5, 2009. When it is implemented, users will have the option to opt out of the sponsor ads program completely for a small fee. For just $50 a year, you can have your widget free of sponsor ads. We have provided this option for those of you who are concerned about the sponsor ads. Thank you for your support.

Cindy

Reserving 15% Network Inventory for Sponsors

Cindy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:26:48 +0000

We are pleased that many members are taking advantage of Entrecard services and that Entrecard is able to help users increase traffic to their blog. However in order to continue providing this free service, we will be taking 15% of our entire ad network inventory for sponsors as of Sept. 28, 09. This is a standard business model used by free advertising networks. The revenues generated by our sponsors will help cover overhead expenses and keep our service free to all our members for years to come. To keep things simple and fair, all ads will be distributed evenly in our network. We are currently working on a feature that will allow users to disable sponsor ads that may conflict with their blog. This will be available in a few weeks.

Please be assured that we will screen all sponsor ads to ensure that they meet our guidelines. All sponsor ads WILL be family oriented, and will not promote nudity, violence or anything illegal.

We thank you for your support and understanding. We will continue to make improvements to our network. Our goal is to deliver more traffic to your blog, increase your readers and comments, and let you network with other bloggers. We will focus on fine tuning every aspect of our business to ensure that our users are happy in the years ahead.

Cindy U.
Entrecard.com

Entrecard launches Referral Program!

Cindy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:45:49 +0000

Hi Entrecarders!

We are excited to launch our new “Referral program!” From now on, you will earn 300 credits for referring new users to join Entrecard. They must be a new user (linked blogs do not count) and must be active for 14 days before the referral credits are given. The referral code is automatically attached to the “get one” link on your widget. We will also provide you with referral banners if you would like to market the referral program on your blog. Just login to your dashboard and click on “Referral Program” to use the banner links. Any new users that you refer will be listed in your dashboard under “Referrals”.

This is a great way to earn extra Entrecard credits! Thank you so much for being a valued member.

Cindy

Hi Entrecarders!

This is a great way to earn extra Entrecard credits! Thank you so much for being a valued member.

Cindy

Follow Entrecard on Twitter!

Cindy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:35:50 +0000

Hi Entrecarders,

Entrecard is now on Twitter! Get the most recent news and updates by following us at:

https://twitter.com/GetEntrecard

Hi Entrecarders,

Entrecard is now on Twitter! Get the most recent news and updates by following us at:

https://twitter.com/GetEntrecard

Thanks!

Blog upgrade

phirate — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:48:38 +0000

Ok, so, we had to upgrade the Entrecard blog because it fell victim to this: permalink/rss hack. While the error has been known about for some time it seems, someone went on a real hacking spree over the last maybe 24 hours or so with a bot or botnet as you can see from the timings on that thread.

Now, wise intelligent users will be looking at us in horror and saying “what? you weren’t upgraded to the latest version!?”. And you are, of course, absolutely correct. Let me re-iterate in case any of the EC community hasn’t got this message yet: There is no acceptable excuse for not having your blog upgraded to the latest stable version at all times. Most especially if you run wordpress, which is legendary for its security flaws.

The reason why we weren’t up to date is a classic example of business change: the person who used to be responsible for maintaining the blog service left, and in the confusion we never realised nobody had stepped up to take his place. The Entrecard application itself has always been my baby (and was not affected by this compromise, which provided no useful access to the attacker as far as Entrecard proper goes), but we have various bits and pieces like the help wiki, the forums and the blog which are simply themed versions of regular software and were often not installed or maintained by me.

We’re now going through each of these checking the status of the app itself and making sure someone is assigned to keep them up to date and secure.

Entrecard toolbar for Firefox 3.5!

Cindy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:41:09 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am happy to announce the new Entrecard toolbar for Firefox 3.5! Now, you will be able to drop, look through blogs and buy advertising with the convenience of a toolbar on the latest version of Firefox. Enjoy!

Download here:
http://entrecard.com/page/ec_toolbar

Cindy Ung
Business Development
Entrecard.com

Solving Entrecard Inflation

Cindy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:08:30 +0000

Hi everyone,

We hope that you have been pleased with Entrecard’s progress. The management team has been working hard to improve Entrecard and we thank you for your patience.

We have noticed that the total number of Entrecard credits in the system has grown rapidly. This has been due to the fact that more credits are being created than credits are leaving the system. If this inflation continues, Entrecard credits will be worth less and less. To ensure a stable credit economy and reduce the outstanding credits, Entrecard will no longer give Entrecard credits to the person receiving a drop. In other words, instead of awarding 2 credits for each drop (one to the dropper and one to the blog site owner), only 1 credit will be given to the dropper. This change will be effective September 1, 2009 and will last until further notice.

We have explored many other options to deflate the credit economy and we have found this route to be the easiest and fairest way to resolve the problem for the time being. While this may seem like a set back, it has its advantages. In the long run, the prices to advertise on blogs will decline making advertising more affordable.

While we recognize your concerns, please understand that it is one of our goals to have a healthy Entrecard credit economy. This is a huge change we’re making and we will continue to monitor the credit economy. We will continue to make changes as necessary to accommodate a healthy Entrecard economy. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Entrecard.com