I am quitting !!!!! (11)
Just paid traffic sources.
Either the offers am launching are no good or am just not doing something to convert them.
I have learned 1000% in the last 2 months since I started, I watched The STM tutorials from 2016, I watched and read Charles Ngo's Blogs and referenced books that he recommended.
I have watched almost all the Youtube vids relevant to AM. Now it is time to branch out to search traffic.
What made me come to realize this? See the data from one traffic source, January 01 - 21, it does not show all the data on screenshot, but the -0- conversions is very glaring. 6621 LPclicks and -0- conversions? Something or body suuuuucks!!! Since I launched them, it's ME!
The -0- LP views/clicks are direct links.
The ## LP clicks only are remnant from previous month.
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"It is easier to go around the mountain, than over it, just takes a little longer to get there"
Now I will fall back on my marketing degree and see if I can still apply it, though it is from over 35 years ago.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards to All
What’s the traffic source? It would suck to end it all over getting some trash bot traffic, that would never convert
I understand you must feel down and stressed with bad results.
But better than blame it all on paid traffic you should sit down and analyze what went wrong.
As Nick asked above, what was the traffic source used?
Was it pop traffic?
Which source?
What offers you tried to make work?
Are these offers proven and converting for others with this traffic source?
Those results usually have some reason and you job is to find out what went wrong and how to fix it & make it better.
P.S. Search can be more expensive, very slow and frustrating with all the Google algo updates as well..
7 posts.
No Follow Along.
No Details.
21 days.
A bit early to give up, no?
Maybe I'm missing something.
I've been doing this 7 months and I still suck. But that's no reason to give up
Thank you ALL
I do not want to mention the traffic source because I do not want to blame them in anyway for my failure.
However; I did not say I was quitting affiliate marketing, I said paid traffic sources, and this is just til I figure things out.
I will be studying up and will be trying search traffic (Bing, Google and so on).
I know they very competitive and expensive, just want learn how.
Eventually I will return to the conventional paid traffic sources.
I have tried many traffic sources to list some: Advrtizer, Propellerads, Pushground, Admaven, Adcash, Clickadu, Popads and some other.
To answer one of the replies regarding type of traffic where allowed, I have used: Push, POPover & under, Native, Banner, Skim (CPC, CPM, Smart CPM) I was not able to try CPA cause my conversions was not consistent.
Verticals: Sweeps, Nutra, Business, Appinstalls, Dating and a few others. In 2 months I launched over 300 Campaigns.
The problem was, I was successful or LUCKY in the beginning and thought I figured it out. (My sons are laughing now)
The only good thing I was able to manage my cost, so in 2 months my total cost is less than (-900 USD).
The data in my thread were a mixture of Push & PoP, direct and w/lander, some landers I made, some from Adplexity I got from a friend.
I rarely give up in anything I am excited, interested or that challenges me, some things takes a little longer than others to succeed in.
I was developing several SEO sites that I put off for awhile in the 2 months I tried to succeed in AM, so meanwhile I will try to launch one and work part time in AM, just to clear my mind.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards.
Andy Jonatan
So you spent about $15 a day on over 300 campaigns using 4 different ad types in 5 different verticals?
I think I can safely say you were jumping around too much.
Shiny object syndrome is super common in AM
I'm assuming you mean SEO with Google and Bing... good SEO can can take up to 6-12 months even with niche sites these days. You can of course do paid traffic with Bing and Google as well 
If and when you come back to media buying, I would say stick with one ad type and one vertical and try to master that a bit first. Which, unless you're an outlier, is gonna take a bit longer than 2 months.
In any case, good luck! 
One question: Do you see the 6621 LP clicks in your CPA networks?
Just want to make sure that your tracking /redirects at least work.
And it´s really hard to say what went wrong without knowing more about what you did.
But come on, you signed up here just few days ago so do yourself a favor and spend at least a bit more time here that we can check your campaigns together.
You are not alone on your journey, we are here to help you.
So if you want to I would say just open a follow along and then let´s try together to solve your struggle
Hi Twinaxe
Firstly am not giving up as I stated before.
Second, one of the issue I have is, one or more of the offers were converting at other traffic sources but at a (-ROI) because the traffic was too expensive for the offer.
The problem is, I used the same exact details on a lower minimum traffic source, and just could not convert one.
So my GUESS is, the traffic is poor or the same offer to client base just do not match.
So am trying to work and experiment on other methods to find a way that will work for me.
Like I stated before, my budget is very limited so I need to manage my cost until such time cost comes second.
My sons pay up to $1.00+ per click, but he always averages daily (+ROI) on 1,500 campaigns.
However; he cannot help me with my campaigns, because he works directly with an advertiser, he has not done affiliate network offers in years.
Both of them just give whatever help they can, the rest is up to me. I will figure it out.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards.
Andy Jonatan
Quitting after 2 months? you don't deserve to be an Affiliate or an Entrepreneur. Go get a safe secure job and be a slave for someone else then because those of us who worked HARD to get to where we are, don't respect quitters.
Originally Posted by janigmoney
Relax man, who are you that you can decide what others deserve and what not?
What would you say when someone would talk like that to you?
Apart from that, did you really just bump a thread where the last post is 3 months ago just to rant about another user?
Also please do me a favor, don´t write as "we".
Your text is your very own and personal opinion so don´t talk as if we all think that way because I definitely don´t do it.
And then you really talk about what "we" respect?
Maybe you should first show some respect yourself before you try to teach others about respect.
Jonatan, do you remember about Thomas Edison's 1000 attempts to invent the light bulb?
He said nothing about failure he said "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
Many of us have such thought that it’s time to quit AM but you should be persistent, analyze and test.
I also had some offers that had a plenty of clicks but ZERO conversions.
Sounds familiar, huh?
I analyzed and tried to make a conversion by myself.
And guess what? The form was too complicated to fill in.
First, it was said I need to create a password with 1 uppercase letter, 1 symbol and 1 number (too complicated? Nah! Read further).
Second, I needed to accept terms and conditions.
Additionally, it was said that I should accept the terms to receive promo.
Keep the conversion flow simple. If 1 offer is not performing as you expect, don’t worry!
And don’t forget to double check the conversion flow by yourself.
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