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Do you think tracking companies are stealing your campaigns? (hosted)

by Joey Babbs
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Hi someone recommended voluum tracking the other day and I asked if it was self hosted....and the person told me no the company actually hosts it...

I have also seen people using hosted versions of Prosper202.

Do you think people who own these tracking systems have the potential to steal your campaigns?... since they can see all your data...and everyone elses.

Are you worried about that at all?
#campaigns #companies #hosted #stealing #tracking
  • Profile picture of the author RemyMartin
    Let's put it this way, If I owned a hosted tracker I would definitely look at all that free data people are giving me because that data = $$$$$$.

    So for that reason I would never use a hosted tracker and it's mind-boggling that people do. And especially Voluum considering they own Zeropark and can just copy your campaign and run it on their own network.

    I pay for traffic so there's no way I'm going to give that data away for free. I like Zeropark, but I'm never going to use Voluum. CPVLab and a VPS works just fine for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author badboy_Nick
      Originally Posted by RemyMartin View Post

      Let's put it this way, If I owned a hosted tracker I would definitely look at all that free data people are giving me because that data = $$$$$$. So for that reason I would never use a hosted tracker and it's mind-boggling that people do.
      Very well said mate.

      I would never use a 3rd party tracking solution that I don't have 100% control over - let alone have another company snoop on my data I pay hard cash for via a hosted tracker.

      The only tracker I do use is the Google conversion tracker for my PPC campaigns in Adwords, but I still never set an actual commission or price-points for each conversion in order to at least minimize the data-exposure on the campaign itself

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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    I have thought about this, it would be a very bad business move to jeopardize trust from their clients and if they were caught I'd have a feeling they would end up ousting themselves from this industry. At the same time I guess it can't hurt to be cautious
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  • Profile picture of the author velvet
    Hi Joey Babbs,
    In the early days I am sure I had lost domain names I had searched for by taking too long to consider them. Gone by next morning.

    Does'nt seem to happen to me nowadays, but there are always companies, or staff within them that are disreputable, so if there is a risk, I would be cautious.

    cheers, Mal.
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    • Profile picture of the author nmwf
      Originally Posted by velvet View Post

      Hi Joey Babbs,
      In the early days I am sure I had lost domain names I had searched for by taking too long to consider them. Gone by next morning.
      The same exact thing has happened to me too!

      I was just telling my son the other day that people do watch what's going on -- and they'll move in as soon as they see an opportunity. It's just like with those damn airline sites that jack up the price of a ticket if they notice you're looking at a particular date (and that date is nearing)!
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  • Profile picture of the author CPABeyondNetwork
    Maybe yes, maybe no, we can't know that. Use CPVLab and you won't have any problems.


    Best regards,

    CPA Beyond
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