GlobalTestMarket members that requested payment between September 18th through the 24th will be happy to learn that payment was mailed on October 10th. GlobalTestMarket will be issuing payments today to members that requested their incentive during September 25th through October 1st.

Please be patient for these payments. The recent software bugs has prevented a small portion of the membership from being able to redeem. We have records of those members and will be sending their payment as soon as possible.

Our Development team requires another 24 to 48 hours to resolve the current MarketPoint and Login issues. Thank you for your patience as our team continues to resolve the current membership problems.

The GlobalTestMarket Development team has been working around the clock to resolve the MarketPoint reporting error caused by our last software release. We expect all of our databases to communicate with each other successfully on Monday or Tuesday. That means members should be able to see an accurate MarketPoint balance when they login to their GlobalTestMarket account at the GlobalTestMarket website.

If you are still experiencing MarketPoint issues Tuesday afternoon (October 14, 2008) please visit this blog to review any updates. If there are no updates then please submit an inquiry to our customer service. We thank you for your patience and understanding and promise your MarketPoint balance will include every point you have earned.

GlobalTestMarket has learned through the Seattle PI that the Federal Trade Commission predicts that Internet scammers will be hard at work taking advantage of millions during the economic crisis. Please take a moment to review there FTC Consumer Alert discussing potential scams around bank failures, mergers and takeovers.

The FTC website is a great resource for learning about new scams, and phishing attacks. During these tough economic times GlobalTestMarket warns everyone to be smart and to investigate any Internet money making opportunity.

GlobalTestMarket members have noticed a few performance issues with the GlobalTestMarket website. Last Wednesday our Development team orchestrated the major software release of our new survey engine. So far the new survey engine is working fabulously. However, the software release did cause some operation issues with the GlobalTestMarket website.

Some members are experiencing difficulties logging into their account, and some members are not able to view their accurate MarketPoint balance. Our Development team is aware of these bugs and is working diligently toward a resolution.

Why did a new survey engine impact the GlobalTestMarket website?

The old survey engine intertwined the software code of the website and survey software. That design no longer met the demands of our growing GlobalTestMarket community. We were required to separate the survey engine code and the website code. This will greatly benefit our members in the future because we will finally be able to expand our website capabilities.

Is GlobalTestMarket accurately recording our survey and MarketPoint history?

Definitely. GlobalTestMarket records member activity on a host of databases. One database is responsible for survey activity, and another is responsible for tracking all of your MarketPoints. During the release it was discovered the MarketPoint database was not updating the new MarketPoint database as fast as expected. The replication of the new database is underway, and is being monitored closely.

I was able to access my account before last Wednesday why can’t I now?

Each member has an account status; enable or disabled. During the release some member accounts were given a blank status; neither enabled or disabled. That is slowly being corrected and any member experiencing that inconvenience should be able to access their account in the next few days.

Last Thursday Finance authorized payments for members that requested their incentive during September 11th through the 17th. That means your check is in the mail and should arrive shortly from our payment vendor located in Canada.

GlobalTestMarket members that requested payment between September 4th through the 10th will be happy to know their check was placed in the mail late last week. I apologize that this post is a few days late, but I have been home under the weather.

Please keep in mind your check is mailed from Canada, so be patient for your international mail to arrive. Thanks again members!

Finance wired funds to our payment vendor the other day. This impacts members that requested a payment between August 28th through September 3rd. Our vendor mails your payment from Canada, so please be patient for the arrival of international mail.

You may have noticed the past few weeks that there is a delay from when you take a GlobalTestMarket survey to when your MarketPoints appear in your account. Don’t worry! We record all your survey activity and the MarketPoints you earn, and these points will be credited to your account. Our system is operating on a 4-7 day delay, so your MarketPoints are not appearing in your account right away.

We are in the process of upgrading our survey software engine. We currently send survey invites from two software platforms. Soon we will retire the older system for an improved version. This change is causing a communication delay between some of our databases.

We apologize for any inconvenience these technical difficulties are causing. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Payments for members that redeemed between August 14th through the 20th were placed in the postal service on September 4th. Members in the US should expect to see their check on or before September 18th and international members should receive their check by October 2nd.