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Worthless affiliate offers?

by Xantar
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Lately, I've seen a lot of people thinking about the same thing...
How do you feel about the offers on most CPA affiliate networks? All you can see are offers that offer no value to person's life. I kinda feel like a parasite by promoting those things (spammy email submit, dating sites with fake profiles...).

Do you ever feel like you're just tricking people into submitting their info so that you can make money and don't care what advertisers will do with that or the amount of people you will have to spam (not always) to have a conversion?
#affiliate #offers #worthless
  • Profile picture of the author Rbtmarshall
    CPA networks are crap

    if the promotion were a guarantee profit, these CPA networks would not let pother people in on those offers.

    the reason they do, is so that you spend your time, money and resources promoting their offers. Spending time researching target markets, buying adspace, research,etc..

    its that simple. If they were easy to profit from they would be an ad agency, not a CPA network
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  • Profile picture of the author ConnerHogan
    Most of the products are good products. Even though you cannot see any value in them, the people who are looking for it are.

    For example, I am not interested in the least about an all natural herbal cleanser
    that can help me lose 10 lbs. But someone is. I see no value, because I am not in the target market.

    Also, you are not forcing them to buy. You don't see Pepsi, or Coke forcing anyone to buy. They just place their product where someone might want it.

    You can easily go to a restaurant and get water. It is 100% your choice.

    I had the same issue. Turns out it wasn't as issue.
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  • Profile picture of the author mickel222
    Originally Posted by Xantar View Post

    Do you ever feel like you're just tricking people into submitting their info so that you can make money and don't care what advertisers will do with that or the amount of people you will have to spam (not always) to have a conversion?
    Nope, not at all. I only promote products or services that I have either used myself and really like or products that are on my wishlist. I strongly believe that it is unethical to promote products that you don't use yourself.

    I mean, iff I won't even touch a certain product myself, how can I expect a customer to buy and use that product?

    But that's just my opinion.
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