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06-16-2019 08:17 PM #1 foreverbiker (Member)
FB Account Disabled (and later reinstated)

So I was trying to create a campaign and planning to use FB for traffic. I decided to go for a direct link first as opposed to routing traffic via a landing page.

However, the moment I set the ad campaign up, my account was disabled citing an ad policy violation. I am guessing FB didn't like sending traffic to an affiliate site.

So my question is, can you not send traffic to affiliate offer pages directly using FB anymore? This was a gaming offer, by the way, which I have heard FB is usually OK with.

I faced similar issue with Bing and Google in the past (Google disapproved the ad campaign while Bing simply disabled the account). So I guess you can not link directly to your offer pages anymore using these "big traffic sources". Or am I missing something?

PS: By the way, I did appeal to the FB team and to my surprise, they did enable my FB account in just under a day.

Thanks!

06-17-2019 07:16 AM #2 mrrocky314 (Member)

Fb algo is hard on new accounts. I got my accounts disabled two times . When I applead manualy reviewer looked into it. And enabled it

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06-17-2019 08:29 AM #3 foreverbiker (Member)

It's not a new account. I have run several campaigns in the past (not affiliate ones, but traffic, page likes, lead gen etc).

My question is, are people able to run direct linking campaigns on FB (and if so, any special considerations) or routing via an LP is the only way to go. I am hearing about things like cloaking. Is that needed?

06-17-2019 01:25 PM #4 mrrocky314 (Member)

If you want to go direct you would definetly need cloaking.

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06-17-2019 05:09 PM #5 foreverbiker (Member)

Ok, so I went ahead and tried a method that uses a Landing page instead, and unfortunately, got the same result: The ad was disapproved.

I can't seem to find any guide on it yet, but is there a strategy you can use to have FB as your traffic source for these affiliate campaigns? I kinda like FB ads and feel comfortable creating FB campaigns.

06-17-2019 06:52 PM #6 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by foreverbiker View Post
Ok, so I went ahead and tried a method that uses a Landing page instead, and unfortunately, got the same result: The ad was disapproved.

I can't seem to find any guide on it yet, but is there a strategy you can use to have FB as your traffic source for these affiliate campaigns? I kinda like FB ads and feel comfortable creating FB campaigns.
For standard affiliate stuff (sweeps, borderline gaming, antivirus ...), you need to cloak to be able to run on FB, that's how it is. You need to either learn how to get accounts or cloak or use as whitehat offer as possible. For example some clean leadgen or ecom stuff.

Or you can try to do it in a simple way and stay under the radar like stickupkid: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...S-Sweeps-on-FB

06-19-2019 01:36 AM #7 maynzie (Moderator)

However, the moment I set the ad campaign up, my account was disabled citing an ad policy violation. I am guessing FB didn't like sending traffic to an affiliate site.
If campaign is flagged immediately after submission there is a good chance you can get back from appeal, just write like "This is strange, why has this happened to my account?"

But I would steer clear of just direct linking affiliate offers into FB, run it through your tracker on your own domain with no redirects

09-06-2019 03:00 PM #8 momopotato (Member)

Are there any other tips/tricks of contacting FB support if live chat is not enabled in your country other than the "Request Review" button?

09-06-2019 04:00 PM #9 stickupkid (Senior Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by momopotato View Post
Are there any other tips/tricks of contacting FB support if live chat is not enabled in your country other than the "Request Review" button?
Try to find reps on Linkedin, and show a convincing story. Perhaps that helps?

09-09-2019 01:51 AM #10 maynzie (Moderator)

Are there any other tips/tricks of contacting FB support if live chat is not enabled in your country other than the "Request Review" button?
Not sure of a method currently but will post if I find one, but seems like more Geos are losing the option of contacting support

Also seems like some accounts flag and don't even show a way to appeal but you can use these direct links to appeal:

Payment related issues (unusual activity): https://business.facebook.com/help/c...56555978365479
Policy related issues (policy violations): https://www.facebook.com/business/help/968402779873601

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