How Do You Handle Expired CPA Offers?

Woody C · 04-21-2009, 09:13 AM

I am highly interested getting into the CPA Offer arena of Internet marketing (from info-products). It seems exciting and easy.

One of the downsides I have read about is that you have to keep a close eye on each offer to make sure it is performing like you want it to and to also watch for expired offers.

This scares me since I could possibly have a PPC campaign working for an expired offer, which would mean lots of money lost.

Is keeping up and tracking each offer to make sure they are performing and not expired an easy thing to do?

If you do find an expired offer, and you have lost money, how do you handle this? Take your losses and go on, or contact the Network and try to recoup your losses? Thanks.

derekwong28 · 04-21-2009, 09:24 AM

If the offer is expired, you cannot do anything as it is neither the merchant's or the affiliate network's fault. You affiliate link is not supposed to work. Therefore if you intend to do a lot of PPC, you must keep a tight eye on things and keep really good records of your conversions and money spent.

jaggyjay · 04-22-2009, 01:11 AM

Yep. What derek said.

Just about the only thing you can do is immediately stop running the campaign. If you're doing PPC, just pause it; then check any other CPA networks you're working with to see if the offer is running there. If so, modify the campaign and run with it again.

BTW, it would be a good thing to work with a thoughtful affiliate manager that at least sends you a notification email prior to the offer's expiration. NeverBlue and MaxBounty both do this about 1 to 3 days before an offer expires.

Mike Morgan. · 04-22-2009, 08:31 AM

This is one of the most important things that you need as far as CPA offers are concerned , especially for E-mail/ZIP submits .

What you need to do is to regularly check the status of the offer and if you find any thing wrong , you just stop it running .

Mike

creck01 · 04-22-2009, 10:06 AM

I usually just replace it on the site with a similar offer.

J Elizabeth Dize · 04-22-2009, 10:08 AM

This is definitely one of the most frustrating things about CPA

The only thing you can do is make sure to keep a close eye on things, and replace with a similar offer (like others mentioned).

It really does hurt when those hot converting offers close

You can use offervault.com to see if the same offer is on other networks, however! That's a good option too, because companies often have relationships with more than one CPA network.

roderick · 04-22-2009, 10:13 AM

What do you do if this happens when your asleep for example?

Joseph Then · 04-22-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roderick

What do you do if this happens when your asleep for example?

Change the offer when you wake up.

Anyway, you should be checking it everyday, or every other day.

Tony Vercetti · 04-24-2009, 11:41 PM

Many networks send you an automated notification if a certain offer expires, and then they usually forward the traffic to a similar offer.

Mike Morgan. · 04-25-2009, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roderick

What do you do if this happens when your asleep for example?

You can not avoid this situation at all.

But , there are some techniques to minimize the risk .

And , be aware that this is not applicable at all times.

here is what you do ...

You just select about 3 high converting offers and you rotate the offers using rotator script .

Caution : Use it properly - not suitable with PPC traffic.

I hope it helps .

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Mike Morgan. Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Thanks: 551 Thanked 808 Times in 267 Posts	Re: How Do You Handle Expired CPA Offers? This is one of the most important things that you need as far as CPA offers are concerned , especially for E-mail/ZIP submits . What you need to do is to regularly check the status of the offer and if you find any thing wrong , you just stop it running . Mike
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J Elizabeth Dize That Girl War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 1,813 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 425 Thanked 285 Times in 152 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How Do You Handle Expired CPA Offers? This is definitely one of the most frustrating things about CPA The only thing you can do is make sure to keep a close eye on things, and replace with a similar offer (like others mentioned). It really does hurt when those hot converting offers close You can use offervault.com to see if the same offer is on other networks, however! That's a good option too, because companies often have relationships with more than one CPA network.

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Tony Vercetti HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 117 Thanks: 9 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts	Re: How Do You Handle Expired CPA Offers? Many networks send you an automated notification if a certain offer expires, and then they usually forward the traffic to a similar offer.