If you are writing for site like SocialSpark, PayPerPost and SponsoredReviews.com, bloggers often run into problems when these bloggers performed an upgrade to using a custom domain.

I could still use the old URL and statistics with PayPerPost and Sponsored Reviews.com. SocialSpark is an entirely different story: I could not submit my posts even if I used the old URL that I had registered with them.

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The Problem with SocialSpark

I had taken a SocialSpark opportunity recently but I could not submit my recent post because of the URL change. To most bloggers, this situation can be frustrating and some bloggers may blog about their frustrations that accompany new domain changes. SocialSpark is still on BETA, so their automated review system is not perfected yet and it relies on community feedback to build their system.

Immediately, I had gone to IZEA Help section to find any write ups and FAQs about domain URL changes with SocialSpark. I have not found any so I decided to write a short love note to Customer Love, requesting for two things:

  • change the URL registered with them from http://theladyprogrammer.blogspot.com to http://www.theladyprogrammer.com
  • approve a recently opportunity that was rejected outright at auto approval

I did not get an immediate response with them because I submitted a help ticket during the weekend. The recently opportunity that I had with them had even expired. What I did was to reopen the resolved tickets to Customer Love just to have those requests approved. I was so happy when they had fulfilled all my requests above. Customer Love seemed to love me!


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There is only one more problem that I had encountered with SocialSpark, so I had to reopen the resolved ticket again. My blog has lost its statistics so I ended up not qualified for the opportunities that I was once qualified for. It seemed to me that the right statistics for the daily visitors and Alexa rankings are not properly reflected in my new account, so I needed those clarifications.

Change URL Requests with PayPerPost

Since PayPerPost still remains as the huge paid review site, I had encountered so many bloggers blog about their domain changes and their successful arrangement with PayPerPost. I had tried my hands too, when I had to request for a URL change on one of my older blogs. The system with PPP is simple: simply write to Customer Love to request for a change in URL. Their technical support will make all the corresponding URL changes in their database. All the blog statistics with the new domain will be reflected in one’s PPP account.

Change URL Request with Sponsored Reviews

URL change policy is different in SponsoredReviews.com because it has a different policy on URL change requests. One has to delete the old blog that uses the old URL first, then resubmit the blog that uses the new URL. This will still require manual review by the SponsoredReviews.com. I don’t like this arrangement, because I had gotten some good feedback ratings from some advertisers.

I have noticed that the old URL still works with SponsoredReviews.com, so I still get opportunities using the old URL instead.

Have you encountered headaches with other paid review services?

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