Do you still buy Solo ads?- Discussion

I had bad experiences buying solo ads. Bad service from vendors who don't bother to answer your emails at all. I am sure others have better experiences. Like to hear some good ones too.

In my case it has been a mixed bag when it comes to solo ads. I have however had good experiences with the sellers in this forum. Just need to read the comments of others before buying any solo ad.

Never bought solo ads. I just dont see the point in them. $0.60 per click to give a free offer to a list of people who are spammed every day. Even if the offer converts at say 70%, which is very good, that still means your paying $0.85 per email for a saturated list full of people spammed every day and are not even proven buyers. Just does not make sense to me. Right now I have about 3K in my list and every one of them is a proven buyer and I paid NOTHING for the list. In fact they paid me to get on it.

I buy them from time to time to test out offers and funnels.

I buy them every day. I find sellers here, FB and on Skype. I do repeat business with sellers that I get great conversion rates from.

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Rob Whisonant

I haven't started buying solo ads yet, but have finished constructing the funnels and will be starting soon.

Good testimonials and recommendation from others in the same market would ensure a bit more peace of mind in buying them from a certain seller.

I buy a couple a week usually from Facebook groups or Solochecker.com. There are as many bad as there are good sellers so it is easy to get burned.

Best to keep to sellers that have mostly top tier and/or buyer lists. They cost a bit more but well worth it. Last week I went against my own better judgment and bought a solo 100 clicks for $30 and not one subscriber was from a top tier country.
No sales either of course a complete waste of time and money.

Good luck

Alan

I do buy solo ads and also have my own service, whenever I buy solo ads I get good result, these ads are very beneficial and doesn't cost too much.
To get good result always consider the traffic type, and niche type of the list of person you want to buy solo ads from.

Use trusted sellers, look for reviews and have a solid funnel in place. Then solo ads can become a very profitable traffic source.

I buy solo ads all day.

If you do it right? It can make you a fortune.

If you just wing it, don't optimize, don't split test, and don't give a damn?

It's a fast way to go broke.

Here's the dark side of solo ads:

I always see people saying "check reviews"...

Well that doesn't always work.

I've seen in many situations (recently) that people with "Great reviews" send 100% bot traffic.

It's hard to detect unless you know what you're doing...

But often it's only feasible to determine what solo ad providers work by testing them yourselves.

Reviews don't really hold much weight.

I buy also solo ads daily. I have found that Facebook is actually pretty good forum to buy them. As people are there pretty exposed. If someone sends bad traffic, word will spread pretty quickly and you are out of business.

Thanks for the input. Don't actually have much to say on this topic, except I use solo adds for my training business and we get 50% of our business from it.

I have bought several in the last couple of weeks and have been completed satisfied so far, the service has been good and getting some good returns. I think it's a quick way to build your list and great idea.

I just started, think the key is tracking and split testing, I just got CPV lab to rotate landing pages and offers it's a pain to learn the tutorials are not the best (or I'm a bit slow) but i'm getting there. Overall I'm almost brake even at this point from the few I have bought I just finished the new presentation I'm going to finish a second radically new one to split test and do a few more rounds.

If anyone is using CPV lab for split testing solo ads and want to mastermind give me a PM It's the main thing right now I'm struggling with. Overall I'm thinking it's going to be very profitable once I get a few more kinks worked out, you can't do your normal JV/webinar etc thing when it come to solo ads.

Like pretty much anything, you need to know what you are doing and need to hit the right spots

I too had a bad experience buying solo ads, they simply don't convert or generate enough leads to be greater than the LTV (lifetime value) of that user. For example, if I get 100 leads and it cost me for the mailout $1000 that's $10 per lead, but if that customer in the long term generates maybe $5 per lead, then well, I lost money! Bad ROI!

I notice nobody has mentioned Safe Swaps, is there a reason for that? It was recommended to me to use for solo's.

I have bought a few and I agree with a lot of what is said above. You don't really know what you are getting. From a 100 click solo I may get 35 or so subscribers but that still works out to $1.30 or so per lead which isn't ideal and then a few days down the line you realise that a few addresses are fake as the emails bounce, some unsubscribe etc.

It is an easy way to get your list up though if that is your main purpose.

Solo ads were a huge help in building my business. Without solo ads I would probably would have never made it as a full time marketer...

However, solo ads (and ad swaps) aren't as effective today as they were 3 years ago. The main problem (in my opinion) is there are certain folks who are glamorizing being a "solo ad seller" as "easy money" or "30 minutes a day work"... Which I guess could be technically true - but these are not necessarily the folks I want to buy solo ads from...

When buying solo ads (or any paid traffic) you must track your results as close as possible. Track as much of the activity in your sales funnel as you possibly can. When you find a solo ad vendor whose traffic is really good for your particular offer then I would start buying traffic from that vendor every 1-3 months until they stopped producing the results I want.

Also, something a lot of folks tend to forget about is that how the solo ad seller built their list.. For example, if a solo ad vendor built their list by "normal methods" (solo ads, ad swaps, giveaways, selling products, etc) then you need to pay attention to the offer that those folks where shown in order to get on that list.

So, if a particular solo ad seller has gathered most of his leads by giving away (or selling) an course on blogging then you will want to match your offer as closely as possible to that. If you try to send that traffic to a list building offer you will not get as many optins and sales as you would if you sent them to an offer about blogging...

I don't buy as many solo ads today as I once did - mostly because I've been doing lots of stuff "offline" and not focusing much on building my internet business. However, for several months I was literally buying at least one solo ad a day.

I use Safe Swaps and Skype to find most of my solo ad vendors. I also keep detailed records so I know who has "good" traffic and who doesn't.

If you are having trouble seeing the success you desire by using solo ads then I would suggest taking another look at your sales funnel. Always be tweaking and testing until you have a funnel that will break even (or better yet, make a profit). Once that happens you can just keep buying traffic and building your biz.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Coby

Solo Ads can be great.. Always ask the vendor "How many fresh subscribers do you add daily?" Where are most of your subscribers located? How many active subscribers do you currently have? Are they responsive subscribers? Do you mail out your solos daily? I get good results from vendor who mail out solos just 2 or 3 times a week.. Mailing ads everyday is a no no for me... I want fresh subscribers not junks..

I've just started testing solos. Getting great optins but hardly any sales. Only purchasing 50-100 clicks thought. But still, think i need to tweak my sales funnel. Other than solo's i use facebook ads. Get a handful of optins a day fairly cheap. It's all about your funnel though. It gets off putting when you don't see a ROI.

Solo ads work... but it takes time and money to test, so get recommendations or use a trusted source. And most of the success is down to your capture page and your offer. So get advice - ask friends and colleagues for their experiences. Solo ads work!

Solo ads are still a great source of traffic.

Just know who you're buying from.

Pick up 1 or 2 of the solo directory WSOs to get names, contact info, and reviews.

Yes, I buy solo ads often.

Yes, the results are not bad.

Customer service from solo ads providers is good.

I will find recommendation from other people, and test solo ad sellers, and record the results, then choose the good ones for me.

I bought several WSOs which recommend some good solo ad sellers, and it saved me a lot of money.

I am buying more now.

Solo ad still works but just like a fellow warrior said stick with the ones with good reputation and testimonials and try and have a good sales funnel in place otherwise it would be a complete waste for you.

Good luck

I still buy solos. You have to know why you're buying the solo, and as a few have already said, do a lot of testing and tweaking.

I think solo ads can be a great tool for quick, somewhat targeted traffic. My main concern with solo ad vendors comes from over-saturation. I have come across great directory-style Wso's where individuals have highlighted quality solo ads from vendors that come highly recommended. Check out David Eisner, great solo ad resource!

I've had mostly good experiences with solo ads and still buy them all the time.

I generally buy from safe-swap and the Warrior Classified forum.

I like to play around with Ad swaps, sell solo and buy solo mailings - Safe-Swaps.

Basically you have to do a lot of testing. Test 100 clicks and move on to the next vendor. Though all of them may have a high rating, 50% will send garbage traffic.

If you have some budget, then you should definitely head over to save swaps and take a look at top vendors.

I do alot solo ads , One of the best i came across is ContentDr Solo |ContentDr Solo..
My first order was 100 clicks and got 159. 56% optin with 2 sales
In my opinion any body must try solo ads, if you find a good provider then you actually find a gold mine..
best of luck..

Yes, I buy solo ads often

Results are mixed. It depends on how responsive a list is to your offer. Some sellers will directly tell you after checking your solo that it will go well with their list. So you can have an idea. Solos are also a math game in my opinion the clicks you buy the better your chances are.

Up till now I had one bad experience. The seller contacted me only 3 days after I first wrote to him because my solo wasn't broadcasted on the set date. His reviews weren't overall so bad but since last month he's been having almost only negative reviews. I found out about it after purchasing the solos
For his defense though the list was really responsive to my offer. So I had mixed feelings after that.

I'm in a program which made a list of solo sellers that's mostly where I get them from otherwise facebook is a good place as well.

I'm definitely buying solos more than when I started. But I must say I started just a couple of months ago.

Solos are a great source of traffic. You just to do your homework when looking for solos. Read reviews do your research. You're going to get burned, it's unavoidable but that's the game. So buy solos knowing that and you'll be fine

Hope this helps