Brad Mitchell

2 months ago | xbiz.com | Brad Mitchell |Gavin Worrall |Corey D. Silverstein |Jonathan Corona

If the subject of backups sounds boring to you, maybe this will grab your attention: Without properly implemented backups, your business is vulnerable to partial or even catastrophic data loss, which could screw your company and tank your income. Imagine losing everything you have published. Suddenly your website resolves to a “Page Not Found” error. What does permanently losing your content mean to you?

Oct 25, 2024 | xbiz.com | Jonathan Corona |Cathy Beardsley |Gavin Worrall |Brad Mitchell

The Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement resulted from a landmark antitrust lawsuit involving Visa, Mastercard and several major banks. The case centered around the interchange fees charged to merchants for processing credit and debit card transactions. These fees are set by card networks and are paid by merchants to the banks that issue the cards. Many merchants argued that these fees were excessively high and were set in a way that stifled competition, leading to the lawsuit.

Oct 23, 2024 | xbiz.com | Cathy Beardsley |Jonathan Corona |Gavin Worrall |Brad Mitchell

When I worked to defeat California’s Proposition 60 in 2016, our opposition campaign was outspent nearly 10 to 1. Nevertheless, our community came together and garnered enough support and awareness to defeat that harmful, misguided piece of proposed legislation — by more than a million votes. This November 5, we need to do it again.

Oct 21, 2024 | xbiz.com | Cathy Beardsley |Jonathan Corona |Gavin Worrall |Brad Mitchell

Dealing with complaints is an everyday part of doing business — and a crucial one, since not dealing with them properly can haunt your business in multiple ways. Card brand regulations require every merchant doing business online to have in place a complaint process for reporting content that may be illegal or that violates the card brand rules. All such complaints must be reviewed and resolved within seven business days. If illegal content is found, it must be removed immediately.

Oct 1, 2024 | xbiz.com | Jonathan Corona |Gavin Worrall |Cathy Beardsley |Brad Mitchell

During the global CrowdStrike outage that took place toward the end of July, a flawed software update brought air travel and electronic commerce to a grinding halt worldwide. This dramatically underscores the importance of having a backup plan in place for critical infrastructure. For creator-oriented businesses in the adult industry, redundancies in model payout systems can help mitigate the risk of downtime due to technical failures, cyberattacks or other disruptions.