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Hi All,

just wanted to say hi. And thanks for all the great information available on the forum.

I did join the War Room (which is awesome BTW I really believe it has been worth the money so far, for a newb it has been invaluable! Beyond anything I thought!)

Story So Far

Am testing the waters at the moment, as really like the idea of CPA campaigns.
  • I joined Max Bounty - got rejected at first but called up and they accepted me
  • Dabbled a bit with buysellads months ago, didnt know what I was doing (clickbank products) got decent conversions but no money generated.
    Currently running an iphone offer on there 0.25%CTR - no conversions
  • just signed up with POF and deposited $25 just waiting for approvals and results.

at the moment I am tracking (very bad I know) with Bitly. I wanted to use prosper202 but I think you have to pay for it. Can anyone recommend good free tracking software?

thanks and happy holidays to everyone!
#cpa
  • Profile picture of the author vask
    Prosper202 is free. What you have to pay for are the servers to host your tracking software.

    If you're serious about getting into this, then you should consider getting some sort of web hosting to house your tracking software and websites.
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    • Profile picture of the author orbetting
      thanks Vask. Have you got any recommendations?
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  • Profile picture of the author vask
    Depends on your budget.

    Tracking software requires fast(er) hosting than your normal cheap shared hosting plans ($10-$40/month).

    Affiliates who can't afford a dedicated server ($xxx/month) are usually told to go for VPS servers, which are cheaper (around $50/month), but still can be quite a bit of money for someone who is broke.

    Imo, if you're on a tight budget, then go ahead and get the shared server. Learn more about CPA marketing and upgrade your server when the time is right. I'd recommend Bluehost or Hostgator for shared hosting. And for VPS, BeyondHosting and LiquidHost are good too.

    Just do more research, there's a ton of info on the forums and online.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by orbetting View Post

    Hi All,

    just wanted to say hi. And thanks for all the great information available on the forum.

    I did join the War Room (which is awesome BTW I really believe it has been worth the money so far, for a newb it has been invaluable! Beyond anything I thought!)

    Story So Far

    Am testing the waters at the moment, as really like the idea of CPA campaigns.
    • I joined Max Bounty - got rejected at first but called up and they accepted me
    • Dabbled a bit with buysellads months ago, didnt know what I was doing (clickbank products) got decent conversions but no money generated.
      Currently running an iphone offer on there 0.25%CTR - no conversions
    • just signed up with POF and deposited $25 just waiting for approvals and results.

    at the moment I am tracking (very bad I know) with Bitly. I wanted to use prosper202 but I think you have to pay for it. Can anyone recommend good free tracking software?

    thanks and happy holidays to everyone!
    You can still use prosper202 version 1.7.2 for free, but you do require a domain and hosting, if you are serious about starting out then you need a domain and hosting

    Another tracking option is bevomedia
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  • Profile picture of the author Naveen K
    It seems that you are going around without any plan in your mind and not being aware of what you are doing.

    If you are going to use same hit and run campaigns in pof, you will be losing those $25 also.Before getting into any traffic source first learn how it works and get the idea of what others are actually doing and then make an plan based on your analysis.

    Tracking is an very important aspect. There is no point in running any of the campaigns without tracking, its going be of no use in future. Both prosper202 and bevomedia are free.

    If you search through this forum, you will get plenty of threads which explains in dept on these things.
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  • Profile picture of the author orbetting
    Thanks all for the great feedback.

    In short - I need to get tracking!

    The tracking element that I am missing is what happens on the SU page, I can see CTR without optimsation was getting 0.18%.

    With the $25 I direct linked through to the aff site. Will having prosper202 allow me to see what happens after that?

    In terms of post click. The downfall in this instance is the LP. Where i am getting a little confused.

    Banner creation - I am ok at this in GIMP have the basic ideas
    Ad creation - as above am comfortable with this (a case of A/b test)

    After this, do i link direct to the product, or do I link to a splash page of my own that then links to the product site? If the latter doesn't this convert worse?

    any advice would be much appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I wanted to use prosper202 but I think you have to pay for it. Can anyone recommend good free tracking software?
    Prosper202 is free.

    Dabbled a bit with buysellads months ago, didnt know what I was doing (clickbank products) got decent conversions but no money generated.
    You might of been on to something. A campaign that is breaking even is typically only a few tweaks away from being profitable.
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