I get a lot of support tickets from members wondering where their credits have disappeared to. They have surfed for maybe an hour and only see a few credits in their Credit Total.

There is an easy explanation for this.

Most, if not all, Traffic Exchanges set a minimum percentage of your total credits that MUST be auto-assigned. This is done to ensure that there are credits assigned to sites at all times. Sites without credits don’t get rotated.. a Traffic Exchange without rotating sites doesn’t work so well

So in order to keep at least a minimum of sites in constant rotation, we set a minimum percentage of credits that need to be auto assigned.

As you earn credits while surfing, a certain amount of them go into your Credit Total and a certain amount are auto assigned to your approved sites. ( the amount is based on the percentage that the traffic exchange has pre-set and varies in exchanges and also in upgrade status. The amount can be seen on your Assign Credits page)

If the Traffic Exchange delivers traffic at a fairly brisk rate, your credits that are auto assigned are going to be used fairly quickly. It’s possible that they may be used as quickly as you earn them. If that is the case, it will appear that you haven’t earned any, or as many credits as you think you should have, for the amount of time you surfed.

Rest assured that you have.. they simply were used immediately to show your sites to other members that were surfing while you were.

** The more traffic an exchange delivers, the quicker your credits will be used and this applies to credits that are auto assigned as well.

Now.. while an exchange normally sets a percentage that MUST be auto assigned, it is rarely, if ever, 100%. So if you don’t want all your credits that you earn while surfing to be used, make sure that you do not have auto assign set to 100%. This percentage can be adjusted on your Assign Credits page. While many prefer to have their credits used immediately, there may be times that you want to stockpile a few for a special promotion.

One final note.. only credits that are earned while surfing are auto assigned. Credits purchased or won go into your Credit Total and must be assigned and it is important to make sure that they DO get assigned. Make it a habit whenever you log in to your account to check your credits and assign them if you have them.. sites in rotation are not only essential for the Traffic Exchange, it is essential for you as well.. when your sites aren’t in rotation… no one is seeing them!

Questions..? Comments..?