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11-12-2018 03:14 AM #1 gilcalisto (Member)
Are these offers for "decent" products

Hi,

It is difficult for me after signing up with Mobidea and other affiliate networks to understand what is the final product that I'm promoting. At the beginning, when I learned about affiliate marketing it was focused on promoting reliable products that you know or use. I understand that in most discussions here the "game"is different and the products that give results are not the "famous and credible" ones.

Why you promote these "cheap" products instead of more famous ones in hosting/ webdesign/ online courses/ etc..?
Are some of these products in these affiliate networks a scam? Or they are legit and with reasonable quality?

Thanks,
Paulo

11-12-2018 10:26 AM #2 edangit (Member)

I guess most of the guys here are looking
for the best possible ROI, That's it.

I used to do both but when you need to decide where to invest your time
I'm sure you will choose the profitable vertical.
and from my experience, it's better to promote the verticals above with blogs and content because paid
is not profitable most of the time for those.

11-12-2018 07:31 PM #3 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Yup, this is it form a large part :

and from my experience, it's better to promote the verticals above with blogs and content because paid
is not profitable most of the time for those.
Some products offer commissions too small for them to work on paid traffic ... at least when we talk about POPs, standard display ads etc ... you can't really profit with a 5% margin. In case you have organic traffic, that's a different story.

It's not like everyone is promoting shady products either, there are many ecom guys here on the forum, running stored based on the dropshipping model, for example.

There are many options in affiliate marketing, it's up to you to decide what path to take.

11-13-2018 12:01 AM #4 gilcalisto (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by edangit View Post
I guess most of the guys here are looking
for the best possible ROI, That's it.

I used to do both but when you need to decide where to invest your time
I'm sure you will choose the profitable vertical.
and from my experience, it's better to promote the verticals above with blogs and content because paid
is not profitable most of the time for those.
Thank you. Clear and too the point. I needed to understand what kind of game we are playing here.

11-13-2018 12:05 AM #5 gilcalisto (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by matuloo View Post
Yup, this is it form a large part :



Some products offer commissions too small for them to work on paid traffic ... at least when we talk about POPs, standard display ads etc ... you can't really profit with a 5% margin. In case you have organic traffic, that's a different story.

It's not like everyone is promoting shady products either, there are many ecom guys here on the forum, running stored based on the dropshipping model, for example.

There are many options in affiliate marketing, it's up to you to decide what path to take.
Yes Matuloo. I noticed that some are promoting their own products or dropshipping and that there are no limits in terms of what AM can do. And there is still a lot to explore ahead. Thanks,
Paulo

11-13-2018 04:29 AM #6 leadcloak (Member)

Why you promote these "cheap" products instead of more famous ones in hosting/ webdesign/ online courses/ etc..?

I think it's all about personal preference,for example - many people are making money with hosting affiliate offers and many others are making money with sweeps on pops too!

I'm going to repeat what matuloo said - there are many options in AM.



LeadCloak

11-18-2018 08:15 AM #7 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Also: A lot of the typical CPA offers we're running are "broad-intent" offers, whereas the examples listed by the OP (web hosting, online courses...) are niche products.

Broad-intent offers are those that can convert for the general audience - and lots of traffic types consist of general audience (pop, and to a certain extent native and push). Even for something like FB where you can target by demo, broad offers can do well - ask the masses of blackhatters running nutra.

Niche stuff like web hosting will mostly work on traffic sources that will allow you to target by keyword or interest, like FB and Search (adwords, bing etc.)

It's just different paths like matuloo said.

It IS true though that a LOT of the broad-intent CPA offers are shady - like some of the antivirus, sweeps, gambling, and "business opportunity" offers. Some are outright scams. Especially bad are "tech support" offers that can scam people out of hundreds of dollars a pop (no pun intended).

It comes down to personal choice really.



Amy

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