Comments on: Simple OTO and Countdown Timer http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/ i Code to help you profit! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: blueston http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-246 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:07:46 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-246 Hi Michel, Your scripts are great. I have a 2 hour countdown set. Unfortunately, if the user refreshes the page the script automatically reads "Time is gone". Any chance you can give me some insight on how to keep the current state of the countdown if the visitor refreshes or leaves and returns to the same page. I am trying to give the visitor a 2 hour total even it takes several trips to the page. Thanks - Mark Hi Michel,

Your scripts are great. I have a 2 hour countdown set. Unfortunately, if the user refreshes the page the script automatically reads “Time is gone”.

Any chance you can give me some insight on how to keep the current state of the countdown if the visitor refreshes or leaves and returns to the same page.

I am trying to give the visitor a 2 hour total even it takes several trips to the page.

Thanks - Mark

]]> by: blueston http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-245 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:29:49 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-245 Hi Michel, I love your scripts. This will help me very much. I have implemented a 2 hour countdown. It works perfectly, unless the customer refreshes the page while the countdown has not finished. Since the cookie has already been set, it shows the "Time is gone" message. Any chance you can give me some insight on how to show the current countdown even if the visitor refreshes or closes the page and returns later? Thanks in advance - Mark Hi Michel,

I love your scripts. This will help me very much. I have implemented a 2 hour countdown. It works perfectly, unless the customer refreshes the page while the countdown has not finished.

Since the cookie has already been set, it shows the “Time is gone” message.

Any chance you can give me some insight on how to show the current countdown even if the visitor refreshes or closes the page and returns later?

Thanks in advance - Mark

]]> by: dudu08 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-239 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:11:25 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-239 If i want to set countdown start in hours like "1 hours 30 minutes 30 second" how to do that? If i want to set countdown start in hours like “1 hours 30 minutes 30 second” how to do that?

]]> by: michel http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-216 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:50:22 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-216 Hi Blogman, This scripts shows a timer and hides the offer with your link after the timer reaches zero. It works with cookie, so the offer wouldn't appear when they come back later to the offer page. But the script can't manage another page your link directs to. You need another script on these landing (order) page. In case the order page at the same site as the offer page, you could use a code to check the same cookie. Try the code below: <div style="border:1px solid silver;padding:1ex"><code>&#60;script type=&#34;text/javascript&#34;&#62; &#60;!-- function <span style="color: brown;">oto(otoName)</span> { &#160;&#160;var cookie = &#34;oto&#34;+escape(otoName)+&#34;=&#34;; &#160;&#160;if (0 &#62; document.cookie.indexOf(cookie)) return true; &#160;&#160;else return false; } <span style="color: red;">if ( ! oto(&#34;YourSpecialOfferName&#34;)) &#160;&#160;window.location.assign(&#34;http://YourSite.com/redirect-to-expire.html&#34;);</span> //--&#62; &#60;/script&#62;</code></div> Place this code in the <code>&#60;head&#62;</code> &#8212; <code>&#60;/head&#62;</code> section of your page. Hope this helps. Michel Hi Blogman,

This scripts shows a timer and hides the offer with your link after the timer reaches zero. It works with cookie, so the offer wouldn’t appear when they come back later to the offer page.
But the script can’t manage another page your link directs to.
You need another script on these landing (order) page.

In case the order page at the same site as the offer page, you could use a code to check the same cookie. Try the code below:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function oto(otoName) {
  var cookie = "oto"+escape(otoName)+"=";
  if (0 > document.cookie.indexOf(cookie)) return true;
  else return false;
}

if ( ! oto("YourSpecialOfferName"))
  window.location.assign("http://YourSite.com/redirect-to-expire.html");
//-->
</script>

Place this code in the <head> — </head> section of your page.

Hope this helps.
Michel

]]> by: blogman http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-215 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:37:32 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-215 Or as an option to blocking the order link - when the timer reaches zero - the page is redirected to another page - or if they come back later - it is also redirected to another page that might be even better Thanks Again Blogman Or as an option to blocking the order link - when the timer reaches zero - the page is redirected to another page - or if they come back later - it is also redirected to another page that might be even better
Thanks Again
Blogman

]]> by: blogman http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-214 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:28:10 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-214 Michel, I like the simplicity of your scripts. How does a person disable a order link if the count down has reached zero? Thanks, Blogman Michel,
I like the simplicity of your scripts. How does a person disable a order link if the count down has reached zero?
Thanks,
Blogman

]]> by: OTO - One Time Offer - Black Hat Forum http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-202 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:19:35 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-202 [...] Re: OTO - One Time Offer Basically there is no need neither for software, nor for some special script. You can make with simple static pages a fake OTO which says it is OTO, but in reality user can navigate to find it again. At least user will be happy that he didn't lost the chance, and eventually he will use it to buy. And if he doesn't buy, then who cares? OTO has been so much used and abused, that personally I don't believe in the &#34;unique opportunity&#34; which goes away. And usually, after bypassing the OTO, I encounter again the same - or better - discount offer or special upgrade ofer as &#34;one more chance&#34; later, on the membership page. However if you really would like to have a genuine One Time Offer, I mean the OTO is intended to be really unique, and you have a good copy which gives a really reasonable and believable reason for the uniqueness of the One Time Offer, then you can simply google for [free php &#34;one time offer&#34; OR &#34;OTO&#34;], just remove the brackets, and you may choose some free goodies. For instance in less than one minute I found on Google: and http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/...timer/#more-24 Bingo! Just chose which script you like better, copy and paste it in your web-page code and you have what you desired. I don't know personally Michel Komarov, the author of these scripts, but from reading his articles, I have the impression, that he is a good authority on this scripting subject. You may find worth of browsing his site for more goodies to be used on marketing pages. Regards, Art Swerdstone P.S. If anyone feels too hard or boring using google search, I may offer one-two hours per day from my time for organic search on Google for just $50 hourly rate. Just PM me. [...] […] Re: OTO - One Time Offer Basically there is no need neither for software, nor for some special script. You can make with simple static pages a fake OTO which says it is OTO, but in reality user can navigate to find it again. At least user will be happy that he didn’t lost the chance, and eventually he will use it to buy. And if he doesn’t buy, then who cares? OTO has been so much used and abused, that personally I don’t believe in the "unique opportunity" which goes away. And usually, after bypassing the OTO, I encounter again the same - or better - discount offer or special upgrade ofer as "one more chance" later, on the membership page. However if you really would like to have a genuine One Time Offer, I mean the OTO is intended to be really unique, and you have a good copy which gives a really reasonable and believable reason for the uniqueness of the One Time Offer, then you can simply google for [free php "one time offer" OR "OTO"], just remove the brackets, and you may choose some free goodies. For instance in less than one minute I found on Google: and http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/…timer/#more-24 Bingo! Just chose which script you like better, copy and paste it in your web-page code and you have what you desired. I don’t know personally Michel Komarov, the author of these scripts, but from reading his articles, I have the impression, that he is a good authority on this scripting subject. You may find worth of browsing his site for more goodies to be used on marketing pages. Regards, Art Swerdstone P.S. If anyone feels too hard or boring using google search, I may offer one-two hours per day from my time for organic search on Google for just $50 hourly rate. Just PM me. […]

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]]> by: money-fx.com » OTO pages http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-47 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:21:23 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-47 [...] Gaining in popularity is the OTO or one time offer page.  It contains scripts that make it available only once as to entice the buyer to buy now or lose out.  It is still fairly new and I don&#8217;t see them going anywhere anytime soon.  If you decide to use this tactic beware that you may drive people from your site.  If, however, you are driving targeted traffic to your site, this selling tactic may prove to be successful.  To see an example of this code, follow this link:  http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer  [...] […] Gaining in popularity is the OTO or one time offer page.  It contains scripts that make it available only once as to entice the buyer to buy now or lose out.  It is still fairly new and I don’t see them going anywhere anytime soon.  If you decide to use this tactic beware that you may drive people from your site.  If, however, you are driving targeted traffic to your site, this selling tactic may prove to be successful.  To see an example of this code, follow this link:  http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer  […]

]]> by: money-fx.com » OTO pages http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-46 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:18:02 +0000 http://askmichel.icoder.com/2006/08/07/simple-oto-and-countdown-timer/#comment-46 [...] Gaining in popularity is the OTO or one time offer page.  It contains scripts that make it available only once as to entice the buyer to buy now or lose out.  It is still fairly new and I don&#8217;t see them going anywhere anytime soon.  If you decide to use this tactic beware that you may drive people from your site.  If, however, you are driving targeted traffic to your site, this selling tactic may prove to be successful.  To see an example of this code,  click here. [...] […] Gaining in popularity is the OTO or one time offer page.  It contains scripts that make it available only once as to entice the buyer to buy now or lose out.  It is still fairly new and I don’t see them going anywhere anytime soon.  If you decide to use this tactic beware that you may drive people from your site.  If, however, you are driving targeted traffic to your site, this selling tactic may prove to be successful.  To see an example of this code,  click here. […]

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