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Signing up for own offers

by saphiry
12 replies
Hi,

I was wondering: How do the networks prevent that you as a publisher just sign up several times for your own offer?

There are a lot of offers (eg. dating) which allow YouTube marketing or email lists. I could just send emails to several email addresses I have, click on the link and sign up with different names. Or I click on the YouTube video link and sign up that way.

I understand that the advertiser might get suspicious after a while if a lot of people sign up but nobody gets a paid membership. But if you split it on several offers or even get a paid membership for accounts once in a while it could work, couldn't it?

Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not my plan to do that. I'm just wondering how they prevent methods like that.

Thx!
#offers #signing
  • Profile picture of the author Silentkiller1
    Your IP will remain same if you use the same computer and they will ban you. Even if you get proxy there are many tools to track fraud. So just stick with legit ways and make more money.
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  • Profile picture of the author danr62
    Yes, it is done by IP and they are very suspicious of anything done on a proxy.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaggyjay
    Some CPA networks have some robust fraud detection features in place. IP tracking is just one of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author iluvatoq
    Originally Posted by saphiry View Post

    Hi,



    Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not my plan to do that. I'm just wondering how they prevent methods like that.

    Thx!
    Don't get me wrong but i think you do .. why ask otherwise ?
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  • Profile picture of the author LukePeerFly
    We have this guy named Corey. He knows and catches everything

    Oh, and we have a really nice set of tools he can use to detect stuff like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Carlsbadd
    Originally Posted by saphiry View Post

    Hi,



    Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not my plan to do that. I'm just wondering how they prevent methods like that.

    Thx!
    Oh Really???

    Play by the rules, find a decent network and Ask your aff manager what is converting and go after it...

    If you have to pester the heck out of your Aff manager all day to find a decent offer or maybe string Luke from peerfly from a pole upside down to get the data out of him then do that,,, but don't cheat.. You will loose your commissions and your time spent
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  • Profile picture of the author speedylikesKJ
    A great idea if you want to be banned from networks ,
    Originally Posted by saphiry View Post

    Hi,

    I was wondering: How do the networks prevent that you as a publisher just sign up several times for your own offer?

    There are a lot of offers (eg. dating) which allow YouTube marketing or email lists. I could just send emails to several email addresses I have, click on the link and sign up with different names. Or I click on the YouTube video link and sign up that way.

    I understand that the advertiser might get suspicious after a while if a lot of people sign up but nobody gets a paid membership. But if you split it on several offers or even get a paid membership for accounts once in a while it could work, couldn't it?

    Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not my plan to do that. I'm just wondering how they prevent methods like that.

    Thx!
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Ugh.. I hate seeing posts like this. The short version is its wrong and if you do it you will eventually get caught and not be paid
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  • Profile picture of the author mraudi
    If you can think of it, I'm sure CPA networks are WAY ahead of you in regards to preventing frauds. And why do you ask anyway? Feels like you're trying to see if you can get away with it LOL.
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  • Profile picture of the author sladex
    Why don't you just try do marketing? If you want to do blackhat, you need to look for a different forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMarketing
    Basically - this is fraud if it's being done excessively (i.e. not just testing your pixels).

    And yes, there are many ways, some more effective than others to minimize it on both the advertiser and network side.
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