Are 'Guaranteed Clicks Solo Ads' a Scam?

You can guarantee clicks based on previous stats. If you know that your list converts at about 6% daily Click through rate then you know how many clicks you can sell, or how fast you can sell them.
Anyhow, to send exactly 1000 clicks you don't need magic or to be a psychic, you just need to use Clickmagick or any tracking and redirecting service

I think its very easy to guarantee clicks if you have a good baseline on how your lists responds to certain types of advertisements.

If I have a list of lets say 100,000 subscribers, and any biz opp offer I send them generates me at least 10,000 clicks, and has done so for the last 4 years, offering 5000 guaranteed clicks would make perfect sense.

And if for whatever reason something goes catastrophically wrong, I can always send them a partial of full refund to compensate them, no harm no foul.

The main issue with solo ads is that many of the leads and clicks are the same leads that get pummeled with the same offers over and over again. On top of that, in my experience, most people who are buying solo ads dont have a clue how to write good copy or convert hot leads, therefore leaving them in the negative.

People who truly understand lead generation do it themself, using a variety of traffic sources, including email, sms, social media, ppc, ppv and more. They generate their own leads and sell them their own products and services, or they sell the leads for cash, mostly depending on the niche and amount of fields gathered for each lead.

Solo ads are just a big circle jerk in my opinion. I am sure plenty of people will disagree with me.

Well if you have a good solo ad provider this thing will work

Excellent post. Thank you for the insight

Just to put my 20 or 30 cents worth in on this thread...

I have been a Solo provider for a few years now and have backed off of it simply because I am more focused on product creation and marketing to my lists with my preferred style.

I can say that I have used Quality Click Control on dedicated hosting for a while and regularly offered Tier-1 guaranteed clicks as I had complete control over the country designations in the link management. Any non-tier 1 countries would be redirected to other campaigns that I was fulfilling orders for.

The business of providing a guarantee of the clicks is quite possible by using the right rotators and click management solutions.

My biggest obstacle during that time was keeping enough steady lead flow inbound daily to account for the wash rate of unsubscribes in some of my other list segments. I eventually moved towards grooming and maintaining my lists for my own use rather than "pimping out" my lists with other customer's offers.

I see ones all the time with a ROI listed. The Facebook groups are called solo ad testimonials. You can guarantee clicks only if you know what percentage of your list will open and repeat until you deliver the quantity. That is why you never see clicks ordered 100 clicks deliver 100... There's usually some spill over because it is not an exact science without a crystal ball.... Solo ad people who under deliver don't end up staying in business...

The site does not allow that format. If everyone is losing money buying these ads, then they would stop. You can't keep putting money in forever without getting a return. I would never invest in something that I was losing money on for long term. How could I? Maybe we could start a new FB group solo ad testimonials with screenshots and sales info... That way we could see the truth very clearly. I think it is important to note they guarantee clicks not sales. If your site is not converting, no ad will help until it has what it needs to make sales

Does not allow that format?

That's fishy.

Yes. Does not guarantee sales.

However, clicks mean nothing. I can go o Fiverr and buy a million clicks if I wanted to.

Those clicks need to lead to a 'lead', which would hopefully lead to a sale.

If I'm investing $1,000 a month, and I return making back $500 in "sales" and dead beat leads.

Spending that $500 a month is not working.

I had a Magnetic Sponsoring (back before it was Elite Marketing Pro) account filled with leads and products.

I eventually sold that account for about $1,000 or something. Was a few years back.


The receiver got my products inside the account along with all of the leads and the recurring sales. (There was not a couple)

I know what a good lead is and is not.

I know when I see a smoke and mirror show going on.

Right now I'm also testing banner ads. When those campaigns finish I'll let people know how that went and if it was profitable.

From the many people I've talked with who have advertised SelfGrowth.com soloads.

They've quite enjoyed it. A couple
Have said they didn't get much out of it and a few have been advertising with them for years.

This can be proven by being subscribed to the list and seeing the same ads from the same people every now and then.

I just blew another $100 fr a
So-called reputable source from the list you Provided me.

This one is quite hilarious and such a total scam. They're not going to like the review I'll be leaving for them.

I'll post more on the latest post I just made.

It's not up yet but it's called

How Solo Ads are scamming
Your hard earned money

Or something like that. It should be up soon.

The reviews are not all from other solo ad providers. There are not secret meetings like the Masons or something. They just sell a service. If it did not work, people would stop using it and the service would die. I honestly believe the reviews are real. Another way to arrive at the truth is to private message some of the reviewers and ask for more details...

You said Yes you get sales. If I get sales, scam me like that every day!!

When you put in an ad on facebook, google or bing you won't get any guarantee for sales either. If you pay per impression you won't even get a guarantee of clicks.

Solo ads is just another way of generating traffic.

I always wonder why people are happily throwing their money to adwords and getting 100% negative ROI but the second a solo ad does not produce sales they say it's a scam ..

A campaign is a combination of a traffic source, a lander, a funnel and maybe a follow up email campaign
Tons of things that can go wrong, tons of things to test and optimize. But if a solo ad doesn't convert it's fake traffic and bots.

You can get crappy traffic from any source - meaning by that that the leads may not be targeted enough, they are oversaturated, they are just browsing and in no mood to buy or sign up for a list you are trying to build
You can get traffic that doesn't convert because your landers or sales pages suck
Your leads may not follow up with your emails because they are boring or because they simply never land in any inboxes but go straight to spam folders

But hey, if you don't like solo ads then simply don't buy them. It's as easy as that. There are enough other ways of buying traffic.
To say all solo ads are scam is simply wrong

No one would keep paying money only to losing money. I guess I need crayons to explain to you. No one would give someone 100 to get back 50 over and over again. There is no way a scam like that could work. The only logical answer is that people are spending 100 to get 150 or 200. Otherwise no one would do it. You are determined to have your prejudice without any factual substantiation. Use your mind and think it through instead of being all emotional

Hey Guys Most Solo ads providers like myself . We don't have huge email list and mass mail ,hoping to get clicks .

No we sell per click like .35 per click . So 100 clicks would be $35 and most ever body gives 10% over delivery. So u get 110 clicks.

This is how I look at it . It's advertising. Somebody reads a email talking about making money online ,they click the link and go see what it is .
Now it's your Job to have a high converting funnel in place. To make profit.
Think for a second if a solo ad was always profitable would there be solo ad sellers ? No they would just send straight to offers themselves .
It's just a advertising solution . No scam . Now there are some questionable sellers so do your research before buying!

What you have to consider is the long term value of your lead.

If you spent $500 and got back $250, you got yourself a good start.

Selling to people who already purchased from you is easy.

The freebie munchers you simply put them into a 30 day auto responder sequence that builds trust, authority and makes them like you and your content.

The solo ad doesn't end at just the solo ad.

Come back with 30, 60, 90 days data and a customer value of your list and you might just find that the solo ad was worth it after all.

All you have to do is put in the extra work is all (I know, easier said then done. Which is why you have to have fun with it too ).

Edit: for grammar

how many times can I sell to 1 customer?

and anser?

None ofe that is true or factual. Solo ads are not a scam. People trying to get everything for free, spinning their wheels until they quit is the real scam

There are good solo ad sellers and bad solo ad sellers...END OF STORY.

You need to test and have a good funnel and/or back-end strategy.

I know someone that spends $30K-$40K per month on solo ads and they make about million per year from it. They have a deep funnel and good back-end.

It's nice to see that this and my other post about solo ads guaranteed clicks scam is on the first page of Google.

That means more people are seeing this article as well as my other other one "how Solo Ads are scamming your hard earned money"

That equates to more people saving their hard earned money and less scammers taking advantage of good hardworking people.

really what should we do?

I've tested with Solo ads before (dumped over few grands into it). So far, the result I got from it was not as good as I thought (maybe I'm using the wrong method, or the products that I promoted was not converted well)...

My opinion is Solo ads can be profitable if you know the ways on how things work out. There's a reason why Solo Ads business is still going strong until today.

That is a great set of extra resources. It is hard to find solo ads that are not about making money online

It's not always easy to find a good solo ad provider. But it doesn't matter if you are selling clicks or buying them you need to be tracking everything.

Yes make sure you track your links.

Let's break 1,000 views for this post and save thousands more dollars from the solo ads testimonials scam

You have to be careful, but there are reputable companies out there. They can guarantee clicks, because they will send your solo ad multiple times until you reach that number.

wait, what? all the 'learn how to make $10,000 a day without even working, all you gotta do is pay me $4000' signature links and wso's are scams? da fuk??

I sell solo's and I can easily guarantee 1,000 clicks. I use clickmagic to track a prevent fraud to protect my customer. It does a great job. I sell between 5,000 and 10,000 clicks a day...everyone one of them safe clear and real.

I do not buy ANY solo's because I have a better method for building a list.

Now what I cannot guarantee and NO ONE CAN is tell you show my list members will respond once they join your list. That's up to your marketing skills.

What's another scam we could expose to help more people

Here is a good one, how 99% of data brokers are scams as well.
Data brokers are like solo ad sellers, there is a very very small percentage of people who have a clue about what they are doing.
There are a few legit dudes on this forum selling good data, but for the most part, everything your going to find in the search results are going to be garbage.

Jesus christ this guy is still at it making these pointless threads where he's obviously pushing some sh*tty service at Arcamax and selfgrowth or whatever it's called. We get it man, you're trying a subtle attempt to promote those services as the only "legit" traffic even though you admit you haven't even tried it.

We get it, everybody in the solo ad industry is just selling 100% bot traffic right? That's what you're trying to convince everyone on WF of in this thread which is now at least your 2nd thread on the same topic.

If you honestly think an entire industry of buyers and sellers is made up of bot traffic, you need your head examined.

People have already explained to you 50 times over two threads and months of back and forth how it is possible to guarantee clicks if you know your list and use click trackers/rotators etc. you just refuse to face facts so we can't help you with that. If you are trying to push arcamax and selfgrowth, just admit it.

That is not to say that there aren't bad sellers/scammers in this industry because like every other industry on the planet, there are.

Now go ahead respond with some smart a** reply that insults me and repeats the same "everything is a scam except arcamax and selfgrowth" narrative you've been pushing like I know you will.

There's a good amount of views on this post now. That's fantastic.

The SOLO ADS TESTIMONIALS SCAM has been exposed.

Thousands of dollars have been saved.

I've made thousands of sales from the lists I've built (actually, tens of thousands). I'm a top affiliate on several different networks. I've been on dozens of leaderboards and won several affiliate contests. My list has been built almost entirely with solo ads. So how can they be a scam?

There are some absolutely incredible sellers out there and once you master solo ads, they can be an incredible way to build an online income quickly.

People who buy solo ads and try to use the solo ad itself as a profit engine are doing it all wrong. That's short term thinking and that will NEVER build you a long term income.

The purpose of solo ads are to add new leads to your list. Once you add those leads to your list, it's up to you how those leads performs. It depends on your ability to write compelling email copy and provide value to your leads (among other skills).

Some of what the OP says is right. Many of the leads you get from solo ads will never open any of your emails no matter what you do. Many of them will never buy anything from you. In fact, it's fair to say that most of them will probably never buy from you. And that's fine, because it's a numbers game and the idea is to add as many new subscribers to your list every day as possible.

My goal with a solo ad is to simply cover the cost. If you buy a 100-click solo ad for $50 and you are promoting a $9.95 product on the back end then put bluntly, you're an idiot. My rule of thumb is that I want to cover the cost of 100 clicks with ONE sale. So what does that mean? Well, it means if you buy 100 clicks for $50, you need to promote a product that pays at least $50 per sale.

You should only realistically expect to make ONE sale per 100 clicks, and that's only if you can achieve an opt-in rate of at least 40%. This means that if you get 100 clicks to your squeeze page, at least 40 people will opt-in, and therefore, at least 40 people will see your offer. Of those people, you hope for 1 sale.

Do I cover my cost on every solo ad? Of course not. Anybody who says they do is lying. It's impossible to cover your cost of every solo you buy, because every seller's​ list is different. However, I would venture to say that I cover my cost at least 50% of the time.

As I said earlier, your goal with a solo is not to make money on the solo ad itself, but to simply cover the cost of your investment, thereby getting your leads for free.

As far as solo ad vendors buying your offer themselves to fool you into thinking that their solo ads are making sales, well, that's ridiculous.

No solo ad vendor with a quarter of a brain is going to give you half or more of your money back by buying your offer themselves. Come on now. If I'm promoting an offer that pays me $50 commission, that means the offer most likely costs more than $50. If I bought 100 clicks and paid the vendor $50, then why would they spend more than what I paid them to buy my offer? With that logic, it means the vendor would lose money on the sale. I haven't heard of a vendor yet who is selling solos to lose money. Is it possible? Sure, anything is possible. It's possible I could be elected President of the United States. Is it probable? Hell no!

Look, I'm not going to argue whether or not solo ads work. I know they work because I've been supporting myself completely with my list for the last 7-8 years and I've built it probably about 90% using solos

It's like any other source of paid traffic. Some people will do well with it and some won't. For example, I can't succeed with FB ads to save my life. Yet, other marketers are killing it with them. Should I sit here and say that because FB ads haven't worked for me that they are a scam? It's the same idea with solo ads.

I don't sell solo ads myself. I've got no "skin in the game," so to speak. I don't really have anything​ to gain by advocating them. I'm simply speaking from my own experience.

I haven't had any luck with FB ads because I haven't taken the time to sit down and learn how to do it right. I don't have enough knowledge and/or experience to succeed with them. And that's fine. The point is, just because a traffic source doesn't work for a certain individual does NOT mean that it doesn't work for others or that it's a scam.

Thanks for sharing such a valuable information.

I have a way too many stories behind solo ads and losing my money, but I grateful because I learned quite a lot. I used a company that guaranteed me 300 clicks but they were all bogus.

On the otherhand, there are definitely some legit companies out there. Now, for me personally, the big things with solos is being able to stay in contact with your list that subscribed, and see how much you can profit within the next 30 to 60 days. Sure, you may not get a sale right off, but what if you have buyers that are worth $50-$100 every 30 days ya know?