I have gone direct with a few dating advertisers but wondering if it is possible to go direct with Match.com or eHarmony? Has anyone done this or do you have to deal with a network? I know CJ is really big for both of these guys also.
Yea, it is. The only merchant I'd be weary of going direct with is Mate1 if you're an individual publisher. I've heard some horror stories (and delt with quite a few myself). A lot of dating companies, for whatever reason, don't want to work direct with publishers (usually just out of convenience) - but some will.
Yea Ryan had to deal with my situation with Mate1. They owed me 2.5k and refused to pay me for my "Fraud Traffic"
I don't understand how I can bring them fraud traffic with Facebook. Oh well. Thanks for trying Ryan. It is what it is.
If you want to go direct with Cupid advertiser you can sign up to their affiliate program and work directly with them here:
http://affiliates.cupid.com/
If you want to go direct with others then you first need to bring in some quality volume so you can get their attention. Then you search around for an email online and eventually find the right guy to talk to and discuss business.
I was told by others to include your estimated monthly budget, estimated revenue per day, growth etc.. Numbers talk 