PPV cookie stuffing? (7)
Guys, let's talk about this hypothetical:
1. You're able to pop your affiliate URL on that same advertiser's URL on a PPV network (so let's say when someone goes to www.amazon.com, the PPV network pops up your affiliate link which also links to Amazon)
2. You're able to cloak your affiliate link so to the advertiser it looks like that visit came from your legit website, not a PPV ad
Is this considered "cookie stuffing"? Most of what I've read on cookie stuffing seems to focus on images that link to a cookie or using iframes. I guess another definition would be "Adding a cookie to someone who did not deliberately click a link" but then in that case, any PPV landing with a cookie could be accused of cookie stuffing, right?
Is this illegal or just shady? How would an advertiser catch someone doing this? What's the risk vs reward conversation?
yes it is illegal. ebay and amazon have both upped their game considerably when it comes to detecting stuffing. you most likely will get banned and not paid.
Originally Posted by jimijam
Used to work great couple years ago, not anymore.
Chances of getting away with it are minimal so I wouldn't bother.
The Digital Point forum owner cookie stuffed all of his users... made a few million and I think he went to jail. All Amazon I think? From news I remember reading, they said he was purposely ensuring that the state which houses the Amazon headquarters or whatever, was geo-excluded from the stuffing operation. It also helped he had some looks-like-high-volume sites... to tell Amazon where he was launching all these referred zombies from. haha
Didnt the digital point owner go to jail for ebay fraud?
if you cookie stuff amazon or ebay they will notice that you're getting extremely low conversion ratios and it will be obvious you are doing something shady. not sure of anything it could work on besides them tho
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