New to CPA networks and have some questions

walawelo · 02-11-2010, 02:03 PM

Hello, first you can’t believe how relieved I am to speak without formality, spell and grammar check and fancy vocabulary. I have been working as an online marketer (banners and SEM) in a forex company for a almost a year, and now that I am experienced with many PPC systems and the industry major and even minor keywords and their prices.
Adding to that I am pretty good at web designing and know some PHP and ASP, I am not a great writer but can generate quality content if needed, I lake time as am always torn between college and work but I think I can make some free time to invest.
I was thinking to make a main website with some medium SEO (do some heavy on-site optimization and buy some quality back links) (as it’s a requirement for many CPA networks to have a website), and then make a few other sites of the same niche (nothing fancy.. a few word press blogs and CMS sites) in which I will design to accommodate adsense ads and melt them niche with the content colors to avoid ad blindness and then fill a little adwords account and do a little arbitrage on the little sites while doing some CPA testing till I find some lead generation offer that converts well and makes some decent money.
But first I have to learn more about CPA affiliation and adsense, now the adsense part I am doing fine but when it came to CPA networks…. Man I have been going around your nice little forum for the past 4 weeks and I am still confused a little, I need to ask some questions that although I might find the answer for them googling and you guys have answered them millions of times but I want the simple human interaction and your latest expertise:
1-how many networks should I register with at first
2-can you recommend networks that would probably accept me with the fresh website and wont shave my commissions and has the best offers for newbie’s? I have seen many on your forum but I need what you would all agree on to be a good network for beginners and grants tracking code for conversions.
3-can you give me any recommendation to improve my plans?
4-can someone give me an inside on the commissions in the forex industry? And do I have to make the landing pages for some products or they automatically supplied?
5- how many products do you try before choosing the best conversions and how many clicks do you send to each offer to try it (companies spend hundreds of dollars just to test the conversion of 1 landing page and that is not an option with my tiny capital and I believe there are far too many offers in this niche to try all)
6-how much would be a decent small capital to start with (just for CPA, adsense arbitrage aside).
7-do you recomend buying a ready made and up and runing and even making a little revenue from adsense site.

Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it and I hope I am become a regular at this forum.

StefanieBloosky · 02-12-2010, 01:18 PM

Walaweo,

My suggestion to you would be to apply to a number of different networks, based on your research of what you have found here reading through the forums. See which ones you get accepted into and start there.

With some networks you do not need to have a website to be accepted, some you do. As long as you are honest and complete with your application and how you plan on promoting your offers, you should be able to get into some CPA Networks. Explain to them your past experience and why you want to get into affiliate marketing and where you want to go with it.

As far how many products to try before choosing the best conversions, its really all about testing. Once you sign up and get accepted into CPA Networks, you will be assigned an Affiliate Manager and they can help you with offers - top converters for your traffic type, whats good and whats working. You can test them out see which ones work for you and then make a decision based on your results.

I hope this helps!

Kenster · 02-12-2010, 03:21 PM

Hope you dont mind me cutting into your Quote here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by walawelo

1-how many networks should I register with at first

YOU ONLY NEED A HANDFUL AND I WOULD PERSONALLY SAY MAYBE 3-7 IS FINE. CHECK OUT OFFERVAULT AND DO A SEARCH FOR THE TYPE OF NICHE OF OFFERS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. THE NETWORKS WITH THE MOST OFFERS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, APPLY TO THOSE!

2-can you recommend networks that would probably accept me with the fresh website and wont shave my commissions and has the best offers for newbie’s? I have seen many on your forum but I need what you would all agree on to be a good network for beginners and grants tracking code for conversions.

COMPLETE NEWBIES CAN GET ACCEPTED NO PROBLEM, SO WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU SHOULDNT HAVE A TOUGH TIME AT ALL, ASSUMING YOU ARE FROM A REGULAR CPA COUNTRY. I CANT SEE YOUR LOCATION FROM THE SCREEN IM ON NOW! YOUR ABILITY TO BUILD A WEB SITE WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY

3-can you give me any recommendation to improve my plans?

AS A GENERAL RECCOMMENDATION, MAKE SURE YOU ARE TRACKING THE HECK OUT OF EVERYTHING. WITH YOUR PPC BACKGROUND IM SURE YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY

4-can someone give me an inside on the commissions in the forex industry? And do I have to make the landing pages for some products or they automatically supplied?

NOT TERRIBLY FAMILIAR WITH THE INDUSTRY, BUT I WOULD THINK MOST OF THOSE OFFERS HAVE LONG LANDING PAGES, SO YOU REALLY ONLY NEED A SHORT PRE-SELL PAGE IF YOU WANT TO RANK ON SEARCH NETWORKS, OTHERWISE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DIRECT LINK. OF COURSE IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON WHAT OFFERS AND WHAT TRAFFIC YOU ARE DOING.

5- how many products do you try before choosing the best conversions and how many clicks do you send to each offer to try it (companies spend hundreds of dollars just to test the conversion of 1 landing page and that is not an option with my tiny capital and I believe there are far too many offers in this niche to try all)

I MEAN IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE A MINIMAL ONE, JUST TRY SMALL, SPLIT A FEW OFFERS, PICK THE ONE THAT SEEMS DO BE DOING THE BEST. USE LONG TAILS, SET BUDGETS LOW, YOU KNOW THE DEAL. ITS REALLY REALLY TOUGH TO WORK A GOOD CAMPAIGN WITHOUT A BUDGET THOUGH, JUST IN TERMS OF TESTING. MOST OF YOUR KEYWORDS WILL BE HUGE LOSERS SO YOU WILL DO WELL IF

A. YOU HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH BUDGET WHERE YOU CAN BLEED UNTIL YOU NARROW DOWNYOUR KEYWORD LIST AND THEN HORIZONTALLY EXPAND ON THE WINNERS UNTIL YOU HAVE A BLACK CAMPAIGN

B. YOU GET LUCKY WITH A FEW KEYWORDS IN A SMALL KEYWORD LIST.

6-how much would be a decent small capital to start with (just for CPA, adsense arbitrage aside).

YOU CAN START ON ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE DOING CHEAPER OR FREE TRAFFIC METHODS. IF YOU WANT TO GO THE PAID ROUTE, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT WITHOUT AT LEAST 1K. AT LEAST THAT...YES ITS POSSIBLE TO DO WITH LESS BUT VERY DIFFICULT. LUCKILY YOU HAVE GOOD PPC BACKGROUND SO YOU MAY BE FINE!

7-do you recomend buying a ready made and up and runing and even making a little revenue from adsense site.

BOOO. NOT A HUGE ADSENSE FAN HERE. YES IM BIASED. BUT YOU WANTED MY OPINION..I THINK

Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it and I hope I am become a regular at this forum.

YOU BETTER BE A REGULAR

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walawelo · 02-13-2010, 05:55 PM

Thank you so much for your answers folks, it was very helpful.
I will be becoming a regular for sure

you guys have a nice little ideas tornado in your little friendly community.

02-11-2010, 02:03 PM	#1
walawelo Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New to CPA networks and have some questions Hello, first you can’t believe how relieved I am to speak without formality, spell and grammar check and fancy vocabulary. I have been working as an online marketer (banners and SEM) in a forex company for a almost a year, and now that I am experienced with many PPC systems and the industry major and even minor keywords and their prices. Adding to that I am pretty good at web designing and know some PHP and ASP, I am not a great writer but can generate quality content if needed, I lake time as am always torn between college and work but I think I can make some free time to invest. I was thinking to make a main website with some medium SEO (do some heavy on-site optimization and buy some quality back links) (as it’s a requirement for many CPA networks to have a website), and then make a few other sites of the same niche (nothing fancy.. a few word press blogs and CMS sites) in which I will design to accommodate adsense ads and melt them niche with the content colors to avoid ad blindness and then fill a little adwords account and do a little arbitrage on the little sites while doing some CPA testing till I find some lead generation offer that converts well and makes some decent money. But first I have to learn more about CPA affiliation and adsense, now the adsense part I am doing fine but when it came to CPA networks…. Man I have been going around your nice little forum for the past 4 weeks and I am still confused a little, I need to ask some questions that although I might find the answer for them googling and you guys have answered them millions of times but I want the simple human interaction and your latest expertise: 1-how many networks should I register with at first 2-can you recommend networks that would probably accept me with the fresh website and wont shave my commissions and has the best offers for newbie’s? I have seen many on your forum but I need what you would all agree on to be a good network for beginners and grants tracking code for conversions. 3-can you give me any recommendation to improve my plans? 4-can someone give me an inside on the commissions in the forex industry? And do I have to make the landing pages for some products or they automatically supplied? 5- how many products do you try before choosing the best conversions and how many clicks do you send to each offer to try it (companies spend hundreds of dollars just to test the conversion of 1 landing page and that is not an option with my tiny capital and I believe there are far too many offers in this niche to try all) 6-how much would be a decent small capital to start with (just for CPA, adsense arbitrage aside). 7-do you recomend buying a ready made and up and runing and even making a little revenue from adsense site. Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it and I hope I am become a regular at this forum.

02-12-2010, 01:18 PM	#2
StefanieBloosky StefanieBloosky Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: New to CPA networks and have some questions Walaweo, My suggestion to you would be to apply to a number of different networks, based on your research of what you have found here reading through the forums. See which ones you get accepted into and start there. With some networks you do not need to have a website to be accepted, some you do. As long as you are honest and complete with your application and how you plan on promoting your offers, you should be able to get into some CPA Networks. Explain to them your past experience and why you want to get into affiliate marketing and where you want to go with it. As far how many products to try before choosing the best conversions, its really all about testing. Once you sign up and get accepted into CPA Networks, you will be assigned an Affiliate Manager and they can help you with offers - top converters for your traffic type, whats good and whats working. You can test them out see which ones work for you and then make a decision based on your results. I hope this helps!
	Stefanie McNally affiliate manager bloosky interactive AIM: stefaniembloosky smcnally@bloosky.com

02-13-2010, 05:55 PM	#4
walawelo Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New to CPA networks and have some questions Thank you so much for your answers folks, it was very helpful. I will be becoming a regular for sure you guys have a nice little ideas tornado in your little friendly community.