CPA - Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?

Before I get started, this is my first post so I'm going to take this oppurtunity to say hi!

Basically, I've recently started exploring the world of CPA and, in all honesty, it's left a sour taste in the mouth. As of yet I haven't even begun promoting offers because of all of the hurdles you have to jump through to be accepted on to them, added to the fact that I haven't been given an awful lot of help.

I am currently trying to get somewhere with WolfStorm Media, who were recommended by Jani G in his Facebook Ads For Free course. I personally find their site extremely difficult to get round, I'm not sure if it's just teething problems with their new design or the old one was the same, I didn't get chance to use the old one.

The first offer I applied for, I answered all of their questions and got denied without them explaining why. I can only assume that it is because I have a new site that I was to be promoting their weight loss offers with. During this first application, I found that I couldn' access any affiliate information or data such as site traffic and conversion rates. When I asked my account manager, I got the response "We don't show overall stats because they can be misleading depending on how other affiliates are promoting them compared to how you would." As long as everyone takes the stats with a pinch of salt, this should never be a problem and should only help affiliates, rather than mislead.

I left it a week then applied for three more, only this time an extra hurdle was put up which involves me having to make a landing page for each one before they make their decision. Based on recent results this is likely to result in time wasted rather than time well spent.

I also applied for a NeverBlue account a few months back and didn't get accepted. I tried again recently and it said that my email address was already on their database. Having sent an email to their support about this I got no reply, leaving me with no real chance of reapplying. Quite frustrating if you ask me!

I don't intend to thow in the proverbial towel already, but I'm curious as to what others think of CPA and whether it's worth it or not! Are there any better networks out there than WolfStorm? In researching Wolf Storm online it seems people are generally quite happy with the service they provide. Is it just a case of getting into their exclusive club and gaining their trust as a new affiliate? I'm just so used to the trust shown by Clickbank Fendors to new affiliates and how much help they provide.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your feedback!

Jake