TV202 Prosper202 Tracking202 Export202 WorldProxy202 Meetup202 | Blog Forum Newsletter Twitter | Advertise
Login · Register
Home About Docs Scripts Blog Forums Hosting Donate Download

Apr 25, 2008

Tracking202 & Export202 Launch SELF-HOSTED for Free

Several people on a massive scale have asked us if they could host our tracking software on their own servers. Originally when we launched Tracking202 beta to the public a few months back on February 3rd, we had no intention of allowing people to use our software on their own servers. There were several reasons but one of them was mainly that it would drive users away from Tracking202 itself. But we listened to peoples' wants, and we are going to give the marketplace what it is, a self-hosted ppc tracking application. And it is now all available on Propser202.com.

Tracking202 and Data

There were some that were afraid that if they used Tracking202 and all the data was hosted on our servers, that the Tracking202 team could potentially steal all their data. Those that have gotten to know us, meet us in person, or trust us enough to try out our software know what type of people we are and till this day, they still use Tracking202 and our growth continues to rise. This is an undeniable fact. I know it was hard for others to believe it, but we are not interested in your data. Now we're going to prove it.

Self-Hosted

There were several people who approached us and ask us about self-hosted version or plans for one. Many offered to pay good money for such a version, over $10,000. As a team, we sat down and decided to rethink things over. This wasn't to prove people wrong, but we thought about it, and if we were truly going to help affiliates succeed in affiliate marketing, we have to expand outside our own bubble. We're now happy to announce that we decided to create a self-hosted version of Tracking202! Not only is this great news, we also decided to throw in a self-hosted version of Export202! Double the bonus! Anyone and everyone who has doubted us, can no longer say we're doing this to steal data or whatever junk argument you guys want to bring up, because now it is self-hosted.

The Best Price You Will Ever See

Our original goal was to make Tracking202 free, and it still is. After all, we honestly do want to help everyone succeed. So if that was the case, it wouldn't make sense to charge you guys now, especially for the self-hosted version, even if people are willing to pay over $10,000 for such awesome software. Therefore, self-hosted version, will also remain FREE! I know many people will be asking, why would they do that. What is in it for them?!

Building Success and a Brand

While many of you may have a hard time believing this, we are truly trying to build a successful company. One that will have a strong recognizable name in the industry. Giving affiliates what they want and a tool unlike any other to succeed is the best way to do this. Free is a price you can not argue with and now, you can not argue that we are stealing your data or anything else either. Some of you will think we're crazy, insane even. That's okay, we know it too. Monetization will continue to be through selling ads from traffic received.

What's In It For Us

All we ask is, if you use our software, whether on our site or on your own server, is to truly be honest and give us the real deal on what you think. The publicity alone to help us build a name is good enough of a thanks. However, donations are always welcomed. Continuing with the "202" empire naming, the self-hosted will be under Prosper202. As a quick reminder, everything is still in beta so essentially there is always room for improvement. We will appreciate all the constructive feedback you guys can provide so that we may continue to improve on our software. Please keep in mind, we are not gods and we can only do so much. If you provide us with feedback, we will do our best to review over the feedback, and see what we can do. Nothing is guaranteed, but we will try.

Bonus

As a bonus, we intend to try and give away the Nintendo Wii again. It is still a hot console and it is brand spanking new. To enter, simply write a review of our self-hosted release and we'll give you 5 entries into the drawing. Requirements include a minimum of 300 word review and linking to the main site Prosper202, linking to our Affiliate Marketing Forum, and linking to our Affiliate Marketing Blog. Write the review however you want, just make sure you include these 3 anchor texts.

Leave a comment on this blog with your blog contest URL for the entry. This is crucial because if you don't, your entry will not count. Those who entered the contest previously, I will review over your entries again. If they are still valid, I will give you the bonus entries from that contest. A minimum of 50 entries is required for the contest to be valid and the contest will run until May 31st. The winner will be announced within a week. The person that drives the most traffic to Prosper202 will receive a free Tracking202 t-shirt. We wish we could give all of you guys free shirts but we are limited in quantity right now until we get more ordered in. Anyway, enjoy!

Download

You can download Prosper202 here. Please also check out our newsletter, our RSS feed, and instructions on how to install.


11 Responses

  1. Melvin on Apr 25, 2008 at 5:22am

    Wes and Team,

    You did it with Tracking202, Export202 and you guys did it again. I got your tweet when I was in the office and is downloading your self hosted program. You guys rock and thank you once again for giving it all away. I am going to use it and give you some feedback after that. Once again, hats off to a fantastic team who truly believes in helping us affiliates succeed in affiliate marketing.

  2. David Turnbull on Apr 25, 2008 at 5:29am

    You guys are nucking futz!

    But seriously, this is very cool, especially since I'll be moving into PPC affiliate marketing soon having all the data on my own servers will make me feel safer (I trust you guys, but now I can backup the data myself and make it work for me).

    :)

  3. Firelead on Apr 25, 2008 at 11:21am

    Awesome! I plan on recommending this to all my ppc affiliates. Thanks guys.

  4. Gregg Hawkins on Apr 25, 2008 at 11:25am

    Awesome Wes! You're a freakin' God :D

    Hi Steven!

  5. Dan on Apr 25, 2008 at 3:12pm

    !

    Give me 100k of 202 futures please! Tell me when you guys plan on going public! :)

    D

  6. Steve Bowers on Apr 25, 2008 at 6:41pm

    I trust Wes and the T202 team with my data, so I'm not going to self-host. I'm glad the option is available though.

  7. mike on Apr 25, 2008 at 8:23pm

    Your bonus paragraph has errors at end.....

  8. Steven on Apr 25, 2008 at 11:14pm

    Hi Gregg!

    Thanks Mike, will fix ASAP

  9. Jonathan van Clute on Apr 27, 2008 at 12:03am

    Hey guys, HUGE congrats on prosper202!!! I'm really psyched about this since I've wished it ran on my own servers since you first showed it to me last year. Going to play with it immediately, awesome work!!

    Incidentally I've already written a brief post to my blog about this, and will be providing more feedback as I get results. Here's the post:

    http://lpgen.com/launchblog/tracking-202-servers-finally.html

    Once again, congrats and see you around!!

    Jonathan

    --

    www.LPGen.com

    www.ToolTrainer.com

  10. Wes Mahler on Apr 27, 2008 at 2:55am

    Thanks everyone, thanks jonathan. Appreciate all the help, hope everyone a more profitable ppc career from here on out!!

  11. ironhide on Apr 27, 2008 at 6:56pm

    Wes, you are frickin awesome!!!

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Email (will not be published) (required)

Website

What does 4 + 4 equal? (required spam filter)


Creative Commons License This work (Prosper202, Tracking202 and Export202) is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.