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Prosper202 i confusing as F**K.. I want to buy CPVLab or Roll my own Tracking Script (10)

01-22-2016 10:10 PM #1 jaystammo (Member)
Prosper202 i confusing as F**K.. I want to buy CPVLab or Roll my own Tracking Script

I am trying to set up a landing page rotator script for my campaign.

I am building an email list and just to let you know the traffic is directed to a squeeze page (which I want to split test) and then to a thank you page (which I also want to optimize) which then points to an offer (which I want to rotate).

1) Traffic from ad network ----->
2) Landing Page (SPLIT TESTED) ------>
3) Email sent to autoresponder -------->
4) User sent back to Thank you page (SPLIT TESTED) -------->
5) user displayed offer(SPLIT TESTED)


This should be something that is straight forward right..?

I am using the latest version of prosper and I seem to stuck as to setting up a split test on 2 landing pages......

Sometimes using the "#8 getlinks" setup tab it displays the correct landing page then other times it redirects me to a christian web hosting site

I know they are open source and they want money but redirecting your traffic to affiliate offer instead of showing an error message seems pretty cheap..

Here is what I have done so far...

Using the setup link...

I have inputted all data up and including step #6.

I have created a redirecter which uses all and two landing pages with a weight of 50% each...

==== FUCK IT=======

Infact, I am a about to graduate in Computer Science and I have been writing in PHP and Java for years. Knocking up a simple tracking system that specific for my needs wont be that hard ..!

Plus... CPVLab the website looks old bro...... looks like it ain't been updated in years....

Might have something that is product worthy in the next few years as an interesting side project!

01-23-2016 12:04 AM #2 stitch (Member)

The axe you chose is far from the sharpest one in the shed...

The current tracking standard is something like
Cloud: Voluum
Self hosted: Funnelflux (sounds ideal for what you're doing)/Thrive

01-23-2016 01:35 AM #3 Mr Baffoe (Veteran Member)

You may be frustrated and all, but that doesn't give you permission to make false accusations about the software.

As you said, the p202 is open source. So since you are almost a cs grad, you should be able to show me what part of the code was responsible for redirecting you to a Christian web hosting site instead of an error message.

01-23-2016 10:03 AM #4 jaystammo (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by Mr Baffoe View Post
You may be frustrated and all, but that doesn't give you permission to make false accusations about the software.

As you said, the p202 is open source. So since you are almost a cs grad, you should be able to show me what part of the code was responsible for redirecting you to a Christian web hosting site instead of an error message.
On my life.....

I'm not going to read through all your lines of source code,

but I swear down that your redirecter is generating a link that is sending me to a christian web hosting site....

01-23-2016 11:46 AM #5 caurmen (Administrator)

@jaystammo - I'm pretty sure Prosper isn't doing what you think it's doing. Is it possible that another element in the chain - an offer redirect for out-of-geo offers, for example - could be doing that?

Prosper's been a thing in the affiliate world for a looooong time. Pretty much every major affiliate has used it at one time or another, and I've used it myself for multiple years. I've never seen or heard of anything like what you're suggesting.

Also, if MrBaffoe had really gone mad and decided to spam users with affiliate links, I'd expect that he'd have chosen much better targeted ones!

What I'd recommend in this situation is moving to something that's either easier to set up or has support you can lean on. As Stitch said, Funnelflux sounds pretty good for what you're doing, but Voluum or Thrive would also be good options. That'll get you going on your business as fast as possible for a very minimal cost.

01-23-2016 11:54 AM #6 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Listen to caurmen, he knows a little about this affiliate marketing thing

01-23-2016 01:16 PM #7 andy_d (Veteran Member)

100% guarantee you that it's a geo-redirect, or something similar to that, at the network or offer level and not prosper.

01-23-2016 04:08 PM #8 Mr Baffoe (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by jaystammo View Post
On my life.....

I'm not going to read through all your lines of source code,

but I swear down that your redirecter is generating a link that is sending me to a christian web hosting site....
What if someone said this to you?

"On my life.....

I'm not going to spend time getting to know you,

but I swear down that [[here's the part where they'd make a negative claim that's not true about you]]...."

I think you'd agree that would be pretty messed up of them to do. Hopefully you get my point.

Unlike 6-8 years ago when you didn't have a choice in what tracking tool to use, now you do. There's Voluum, Thrive, Funnel Flux, CPV Lab, Bevo, Trade Desk, lots of other tools I didn't mention, but the list goes on.

If Prosper202 is not right for you, try something else.

Or better yet, since you can code, come and contribute to the code base and make it better. The entire software is only maintained by 1.5 people so pull requests are gladly accepted

01-23-2016 07:31 PM #9 barman ()

Quote Originally Posted by Mr Baffoe View Post
You may be frustrated and all, but that doesn't give you permission to make false accusations about the software.

As you said, the p202 is open source. So since you are almost a cs grad, you should be able to show me what part of the code was responsible for redirecting you to a Christian web hosting site instead of an error message.
Open source you say? Where do I submit my Pull Requests?

01-23-2016 07:52 PM #10 Mr Baffoe (Veteran Member)

https://github.com/tracking202

Most current version is in a private repo so I would have to invite you to it until I can get it public.

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