How to identify Fake Solo Ad Vendor's Reviews

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Dear Warrior Fellow,

All of us, who work hard in order to get the best traffic to our offers or sites, know very well about scammers in the "solo ad industry", I have been scammed also at the beggining of my online activities, and I know very well how fishy scam-offers smell once I see them, nonetheless many of us count on the good reviews that many solo ad sellers show in their sites, my question: is there a way to detect when a review is dishonest and carries the only purpose of trying to "give a hand" to a solo ad seller in order to scam us? ...I think that self-experience is best, so I am requesting the help of some experienced people to gather as many of us as we can here, and share what we know about this scams and provide all readers and newbies with propper tricks and methods to evaluate the fake reviews that some solo ad sellers show in their sites to get us buying their crap...ROAAARRRR UP!!
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnyEnglish
    To avoid getting scam, you may go to solo ads testimonials facebook group.. You may find tons of the best sellers in there..

    Also please avoid purchase clicks from fake facebook profile picture.. Because there are probably scammer..
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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      Originally Posted by JohnyEnglish View Post

      To avoid getting scam, you may go to solo ads testimonials facebook group.. You may find tons of the best sellers in there..

      Also please avoid purchase clicks from fake facebook profile picture.. Because there are probably scammer..
      Lots of peopke get scammed by facebook solo sellers too, it is hard for the majority to determine reliability ROAARRR...
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  • Profile picture of the author Rory Singh
    Don't just depend on testimonials. Do more research on the solo ad provider. Check reviews and even opt in yourself to see what they are sending out and how often.

    I wouldn't just go 'blindly' purchasing traffic from a solo ad provider. It can take a few weeks or even a month of research to find one's that do work.

    Make sure to track everything. Create 'separate' campaigns for the solo ads and make sure to put in some kind of tracking to see how much traffic you actually got from each source.

    When I was new, I got burned by one of these dudes. Paid $100 for a campaign and luckily for me I had tracking built in to my marketing page so I knew this solo ad provider wasn't even sending my broadcast to his list.

    I got my money back though!

    Some solo ad providers are reputable but some are not.

    Take heed!
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  • Profile picture of the author Shaolinsteve
    If you looked around the forum, there's plenty of threads about this already.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingPete
    The best way is to actually optin to the providers list yourself. Also do a forum search and google search of the solo ad provider.

    This is what i always do.
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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      In the Solo add sellers Promotional site, you MUST SEE!

      1) Actual Identity of the buyer,
      2) Actual Website of the buyer
      3) Date of the purchase - Date of delivery.

      ...anything else?


      *Not because you see a very well known name testifying in favor of a solo ad seller it necessarily means that testimonal is valid. ROAARR UP PEOPLE!
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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      Originally Posted by MarketingPete View Post

      The best way is to actually optin to the providers list yourself. Also do a forum search and google search of the solo ad provider.

      This is what i always do.
      When you google search you can see good as well as bad-scammer sellers, very good at scamming people (and trap newbies with ease for sure!) that is why I opened this Thread in the first place, to help and low this scam rate as much as possible for the WF readers, so. going into a forum like this is, of course, one of the most useful things to do, even though it will all depend on your own research to find the best seller as well as be sure not to be caught by these scam masters, who are only for your money, and never deliver, or deliver crap and false traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
        Solo add Scammers mostly will show you pretty convincing sites, I want to get from experienced buyers, how to identify better the false testimonials, or skilly tricks these money-chaos makers use to impress the newbies and seekers (in many cases "distracted" seekers).
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        • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
          Of ourse, the very first thing to do to discard any non realiable solo add seller, is to google him/her, if you can not find his name, then you would be very very naive if buying anything from him/her, just cut any communication with that "non existing" solo add seller, no matter what the/she tells you, you just can NOT TRUST not AT ALL. ROOOAARRR UP!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author fatcitygirl
    I think solo ads have totally lost their quality and there are WAY TOO MANY bad and over priced sellers as well. I used this source for a long time but found the subscribers are of little value. Using Facebook Ads for leads is SO MUCH BETTER! You pay LESS and get better, targeted leads.
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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      Originally Posted by fatcitygirl View Post

      I think solo ads have totally lost their quality and there are WAY TOO MANY bad and over priced sellers as well. I used this source for a long time but found the subscribers are of little value. Using Facebook Ads for leads is SO MUCH BETTER! You pay LESS and get better, targeted leads.
      EXCELENT!!..WAY TO GO YOU FOUND!! ...ROOOAARRR UP!
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  • Profile picture of the author sanj1110
    yes opt in and see for yourself
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
    There is actually a large group of sellers that just trade fake reviews with each other. So I look at reviews carefully.

    I look for a review written by someone I know and trust. I then contact them to make sure the review is real.

    Over time you build a list of solo ad buyers that you trust. Note I said buyers, not sellers. Then do a quick check with them when you see a review left for a seller.

    Then build your list of who you buy from.

    Basically a chain of who know who.

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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant View Post

      There is actually a large group of sellers that just trade fake reviews with each other. So I look at reviews carefully.

      I look for a review written by someone I know and trust. I then contact them to make sure the review is real.

      Over time you build a list of solo ad buyers that you trust. Note I said buyers, not sellers. Then do a quick check with them when you see a review left for a seller.

      Then build your list of who you buy from.

      Basically a chain of who know who.

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      Rob Whisonant
      Yeh!...I like your method, thank you for sharing this with the Warrior fellows, we need usefull insights from people who have succeeded in buying solo ads from reliable vendors, it is a very good approach, identifying the buyers to find out who is a true testimonial, and who is just a "heloping hand" among fake solo ad sellers. ROOAAARRRR OF APPROVAL!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author commissionhero
    I also used solo ads and it left my bank account drained
    and a list of non responsive tire kickers.

    I agree with the fat bottom girl:
    "solo ads have totally lost their quality and
    there are WAY TOO MANY bad and over priced sellers as well."

    You rock fat bottom girl...YEAH!
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    • Profile picture of the author SirAthreyux
      Originally Posted by commissionhero View Post

      I also used solo ads and it left my bank account drained
      and a list of non responsive tire kickers.

      I agree with the fat bottom girl:
      "solo ads have totally lost their quality and
      there are WAY TOO MANY bad and over priced sellers as well."

      You rock fat bottom girl...YEAH!
      Thanks for sharing your experience!..ROARR UP!
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      • Profile picture of the author PartnerwithJoe
        I believe some people have already been sc#med by these tribal Solo Ad Sellers? How about putting a list here of those who sent you fake clicks. Expose them, shame them before they prey on fellow marketers and warriors.

        I also discovered that solo ad sellers who have reviews from other well known, big name Solo ad sellers.....stay away from them!

        Another one is if you see a group of solo ad sellers who have common/similar individuals reviewing them eg:
        "solo seller 1 has John Doe review, J Smith& Ian Ivor; Then solo seller 2 has these same big guys reviewing their solos"......Stay far away from them and any other seller where you see one of them reviewing.

        Note: many solo sellers will defend this but it's true. It's a tribe of sellers who are coached by those so called gurus on their sophisticated scamming techniques.

        Stay safe:
        Joe
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