Hi! First thread on Jr.Vip - heh, to be honest this post is actually one of the reasons I signed up.
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thought it would make it easier to follow if I underlined the
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5 H# A( [# }# v2 ROk, the thing is - I'm planning on doing free-signup dating offers on CPA networks.
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! u2 F) Y: r, C$ G. F! CNow at first I was paranoid, because I read a couple of threads about% A& m: q/ I! u$ _1 z
guys complaining that they were doing free-signups, but because none of
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+ l7 U* T3 c6 c0 B- c(I'm not actually sure if they were on CPA- or adult networks. Is there a difference in these two when it comes to free-signups not converting into paid ones?)
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Well anyhow, I did some research on the subject. And basically the advice I got was:1 s+ R( P6 [/ i. {, _4 G I2 z' f
4 z, A. D( D- W1. You can always blame the offer, it's not your fault it doesn't convert.
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$ s8 f; R- P% ] j& F2. Atleast your creating a list for them, which they can try to monetize later on (emails, zip codes, addresses etc.) y a/ V- L# v1 @. `' D
0 L0 Q+ `# i/ Q: M4 j+ h3. What do they expect? 99% of people take something free and leave anyways.
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2 J2 J% h5 F: X% ?. U- f& \I think these are some pretty legit reasons, although do they matter anything in the eyes of a network/advertiser?% K3 c9 V2 a. H% P; b2 T0 d
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6 P/ w" n' ]& N$ zI was also suggested to keep the amount of money made under $1500 per month per network.
0 D5 y# ?" N+ f& `, D6 j4 E: {) t(just to keep it under the radar) That would mean $50 per day, which is, Y6 w' v6 _$ j' H/ |4 _
like 15 leads or so. (not many for free-signups) Another thing I will
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or atleast use one offer for..let's say - a week and then pick another1 A: l9 F# }6 Z' a4 D: w
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0 W+ \* g/ L y; [My #1 question right now is whether I should use the scheme:
2 `2 n) u5 ?& NCL->email->BH site->WH site->offer. (I'd use some script /
1 a+ X4 o7 l- |. r+ bif possible - "Referer Guardian" for redirecting) Some people4 `- G+ G) r$ _1 {$ T
recommended this. And actually
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it would be pretty logical as a coverup - if anyone asks I'm doing doing
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Now on the other hand there are people who tell me something like "oh
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; B7 B1 J9 M# {. p' v/ _the offer when your emailing them" Well, I guess I wouldn't even have to9 }6 T7 H" S- n, s3 c" w
cloak/blank anything then? I mean, if I'm sending them the link through e-mail, the referer is blank already, right?
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* D; I8 d9 r, z% k* d, EAlthough a pretty bad setback with e-mailing is that a lot of dating9 j4 c0 H4 a! o e6 v# i
offers don't allow e-mail traffic at all. With redirecting them through
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B) e, j2 {5 Z1 g- |% pHm, now I know there isn't a 100% answer, but overall which road should I take? When I'd choose the second one, wouldn't it be too suspicious? What would I have to tell the AM - that I'm using a opt-in mail list?) @5 D! ?* b0 \+ ]8 e7 C0 S" ]( V
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Would I also have to send some fake traffic to the offer? {I mean a 15(sales):20(visitors) ratio wouldn't seem legit, would it?}
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But with the first road, I'm puzzled with what should the sites actually
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CC offers. What would a BH site for a free-signup look like? And the WH site? (a review site perhaps?) I would really appreciate if someone would give me some examples!
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0 A0 M0 J8 @) f, l5 p0 |, Q I, j: VHeh, well - that's pretty much all..for now! v% G6 k/ y G( V( z
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