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Issue with CPI direct linking (6)

02-13-2018 10:39 AM #1 _kiwi_ (Member)
Issue with CPI direct linking

Hey guys,

I'm a relatively experienced Facebook marketer (primarily e-commerce) and just recently started affiliate marketing. Due to my experience, Facebook seems like the appropriate traffic source to start with.

So I've attempted to set up a campaign for CPI app on google play. I'm using Voluum as my tracker and direct linking to the offer. As the offer is US only, I've set up redirect for all non-US countries to the google play app page as to try and prevent bots being directed to offers that could get my account flagged.

The problem lies when I try and create a page post for the ad; the link turns out to be malicious according to FB and in turn isn't letting me create the ad. I'm wandering whether it has to do with the campaign objective in that FB wants you to use app installs but not really too sure.

Any idea why this could be?

Appreciate the help!

02-13-2018 07:33 PM #2 _kiwi_ (Member)

Okay, after some digging I think I've figured out what's gone wrong, although it seems the issue is contrary to what's been taught by Zeno. Since affiliate networks implement geo-redirection, I understood it to be necessary to change the traffic flow within the tracking software so I set all non-US traffic to go directly to the offer page, and US traffic to go to the affiliate link. This is what causes the problem. Facebook determines the link to be malicious when I have the flow setup in this manner although it seems to work fine when I send all traffic to the affiliate link which I understood to be a no-no.

Any suggestions? I'm assuming somewhere I've set it up wrong. Thanks!

02-14-2018 01:57 PM #3 vortex (Senior Moderator)

I'm trying to get a response for you on this (I've forgotten what was taught by zeno in the pilot 6WAMC course in which I was a student).

In the meantime - perhaps someone else would chime in?



Amy

02-14-2018 02:48 PM #4 _kiwi_ (Member)

Thanks Amy, appreciate it!

02-14-2018 05:18 PM #5 zeno (Administrator)

Heya,

It's is 99.97% due to the fact that US traffic is still being routed to the affiliate link, and the automated review bot is a US-based server.

The end result is that they see the affiliate link which likes has a flagged domain.

To prevent this issue, try adding an ISP rule that redirects users matching amazon, digital ocean, trend micro, websense, server stack, etc. to the offer directly as well. Check your stats that show the automated review checks and you should be able to identify these ISPs, or at least some of them.

If you want to do so without uploading ads, use the FB debugger and check your tracking link there first. You can also check the affiliate and offer URL to confirm what is flagged.

Here - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ - this tool will save you from shooting yourself in the foot. If it's flagged you'll likely see a message along the lines of "We can't review this website because the content doesn't meet our Community Standards." or it will fail to scrape any data whatsoever.

02-14-2018 10:00 PM #6 _kiwi_ (Member)

Thanks a lot Zeno. Really helpful

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