Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself?

ahefner33 · 03-07-2010, 03:10 PM

Hey.

My question basically is does anyone here sign up for there own offers just to assure themselves leads/sales are being recorded? My scenario comes from just from some personal occurrences with different networks having different conversions with the exact same offers.

When I usually find a good offer to promote or have been recommended one from a AM, I most often don't get the same payout from each network even asking for equal payout bumps.

However, from just several offers I have promoted I notice a big difference in my conversions when I change my offer to somewhere that has a higher payout. Each statistic comes from a month of running the offer from the same traffic sources.

So do any of you have someone or yourself, sign up for the offer and see if you are credited? Im sure the lead buyers don't like this but I do think it gives the person marketing it some type of assurance that his/her work is being rewarded.

Thanks

Hefner

bravo75 · 03-07-2010, 03:41 PM

I would be afraid of getting banned for that.

dmayne · 03-07-2010, 04:52 PM

Yeah that doesnt sound like a good plan.

Kenster · 03-07-2010, 05:05 PM

Yeah, its highly frowned upon for the obvious reasons. Some people do it, most people dont. Some people get caught, some dont. Risky path though.

ahefner33 · 03-07-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bravo75

I would be afraid of getting banned for that.

Would they know if you got a relative/friend to sign up or buy?

ahefner33 · 03-07-2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenster

Yeah, its highly frowned upon for the obvious reasons. Some people do it, most people dont. Some people get caught, some dont. Risky path though.

Yeah I understand. Just seeing if there is any ideas to logging tracking issues.

Michael Travis · 03-07-2010, 05:23 PM

It doesn't hurt to do it once, but more than that is frowned upon.

bravo75 · 03-07-2010, 05:37 PM

Get a friend to do it. Damn, send me the link and I will fill out the offer for you. As long as it's not a 12 page survey

FrankBowman · 03-07-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ahefner33

Would they know if you got a relative/friend to sign up or buy?

........and Bingo was his Name-o

raj5 · 03-07-2010, 06:14 PM

I would say its not worth getting banned from a CPA network by testing your own offer, as suggested getting a friend to try it out is probably the safest option.

Kenster · 03-07-2010, 06:57 PM

Yeah, getting friends to do it is also very doable but still frowned upon but you prob wont get caught. Just remember that somebody is paying you for those "fake leads" so dont do it too much. Dont want to be unfair to the advertisers.

Juan L Costa · 03-07-2010, 07:09 PM

I think is a risk that you don't have to take, and it's definately not worth to get banned from a CPA network because you were signing up yourself.

FrankBowman · 03-07-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankBowman

........and Bingo was his Name-o

To the OP, I would only consider doing the above in two instances. First if you just joined a relatively new and somewhat unknown CPA network, or as in my case, if you send 1500 clicks to an offer and get not one single conversion, then something is either up with the network or the advertiser.

Sure enough, in my case the advertiser was shaving like a (female dog) and based on what I informed my AM about, was completely dropped as an advertiser for that particular network.

So basically, if you must do something like this do it for a reason other than getting paid.

Peace

03-07-2010, 03:10 PM	#1
ahefner33 Superman Wannabe! War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: An Island Posts: 260 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 67 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? Hey. My question basically is does anyone here sign up for there own offers just to assure themselves leads/sales are being recorded? My scenario comes from just from some personal occurrences with different networks having different conversions with the exact same offers. When I usually find a good offer to promote or have been recommended one from a AM, I most often don't get the same payout from each network even asking for equal payout bumps. However, from just several offers I have promoted I notice a big difference in my conversions when I change my offer to somewhere that has a higher payout. Each statistic comes from a month of running the offer from the same traffic sources. So do any of you have someone or yourself, sign up for the offer and see if you are credited? Im sure the lead buyers don't like this but I do think it gives the person marketing it some type of assurance that his/her work is being rewarded. Thanks Hefner
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03-07-2010, 03:41 PM	#2
bravo75 Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: From Liverpool, UK Living on the Costa Blanca & Amsterdam, NL Posts: 992 Thanks: 333 Thanked 379 Times in 257 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? I would be afraid of getting banned for that.
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03-07-2010, 04:52 PM	#3
dmayne Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 85 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? Yeah that doesnt sound like a good plan.

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Kenster Krazy Kenster War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,111 Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 672 Thanked 2,009 Times in 885 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? Yeah, its highly frowned upon for the obvious reasons. Some people do it, most people dont. Some people get caught, some dont. Risky path though.
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Michael Travis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 161 Thanks: 24 Thanked 141 Times in 33 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? It doesn't hurt to do it once, but more than that is frowned upon.

03-07-2010, 05:37 PM	#8
bravo75 Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: From Liverpool, UK Living on the Costa Blanca & Amsterdam, NL Posts: 992 Thanks: 333 Thanked 379 Times in 257 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? Get a friend to do it. Damn, send me the link and I will fill out the offer for you. As long as it's not a 12 page survey
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03-07-2010, 06:14 PM	#10
raj5 Raj Sidhu War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 166 Thanks: 11 Thanked 39 Times in 26 Posts Contact Info	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? I would say its not worth getting banned from a CPA network by testing your own offer, as suggested getting a friend to try it out is probably the safest option.
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03-07-2010, 06:57 PM	#11
Kenster Krazy Kenster War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,111 Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 672 Thanked 2,009 Times in 885 Posts	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? Yeah, getting friends to do it is also very doable but still frowned upon but you prob wont get caught. Just remember that somebody is paying you for those "fake leads" so dont do it too much. Dont want to be unfair to the advertisers.
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03-07-2010, 07:09 PM	#12
Juan L Costa Action Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Uruguay Posts: 270 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 90 Thanked 29 Times in 27 Posts Contact Info	Re: Testing Offer By Signing Up Yourself? I think is a risk that you don't have to take, and it's definately not worth to get banned from a CPA network because you were signing up yourself.