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12-12-2012 01:29 AM #1 cupid (Member)
Cupid plc | Official Thread - Questions/Comments/Discussions

Hi guys,

It’s Holiday Season, and Cupid plc have a special Christmas and New Year present for you!

No matter whether you’re already a member of our network or only thinking about joining us, we’re offering you the opportunity to receive up to $7,500 for your outstanding promotional efforts if you take part in the Cupid plc Winter Competition*!

The competition will run from January 1 to January 31, 2013. Winners will be determined according to the amount of commission they earn during this period, as compared to other affiliates’ earnings.

The prizes are as follows:

First Prize: $7,500
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $2,500
Fourth Prize: $750
Fifth Prize: $500
6th–10th: $250

But that’s not all! For those affiliates who run our offers for Cupid.com, GirlsDateForFree.com, LoveAgain.com, PlanetSappho.com, BlackMatch.com, and DatingForParents.com, we have an EXTRA BONUS: we’ll pay you $100 for each 10th sale you make with us, no matter what offer you’re running (pay-per-lead, pay-per-sale, or percentage offer). In other words, you are already getting a reward just by taking part in this competition!

To make the picture even better, we want you to know that we have OPEN BUDGETS in January 2013. Send us as much traffic as you can. As long as it converts we'll buy it all from you. We’re growing and encouraging you to grow your business with us!

No special registration for this promotion is required: as long as you have an active account with us, you’re in. If you don’t have an account yet, please use this link to sign up Just send us your traffic, - and wait for the rewards!

We hope that 2012 has been successful for you. With this Winter Competition we can make 2013 a lucky year for you right from the start. Make the most of this chance!

For more information please contact the manager at rusyaev@cupid.com or Skype at vladimir.rusyayev Follow us on Twitter @CupidAffiliates and like us on www.Facebook.com/CupidAffiliates

Consider it a special gift to you for the Holiday Season from Cupid PLC. Happy Holidays!

Sincerely,
Cupid PLC Affiliate Network

ABOUT US: Cupid plc (www.cupidplc.com) is a global market leader in the online dating industry. Since 2005 we’ve built a base of over 54 million members in 58 countries. We offer a wide variety of online dating services targeted at different market segments: age groups, cultures, and social interest groups. We have mainstream, casual, and niche dating websites. The majority of services are also available via the Apple and Android App Stores, as well as through Facebook apps. You can promote most of our products via our Affiliate Network. One of the highest payouts in the industry, high conversions, awesome promo tools, advanced tracking platform, timely payments and our trustworthy, as well as dedicated affiliate managers are probably the best things about our network.

* Key terms and conditions:
• The competition covers the period from January 1 to January 31, 2013. Only affiliate commission earned during this period will be considered.
• The monetary prize (part of the promotion) covers ALL active affiliate offers (traditional, casual, and niche dating) on ALL three platforms (web, mobile, and Facebook) in ALL available countries; i. e. absolutely all offers you run count towards your overall monthly performance.
• The sale bonus (part of the promotion) covers ONLY specified products (Cupid.com, GirlsDateForFree.com, LoveAgain.com, PlanetSappho.com, BlackMatch.com, and DatingForParents.com) on ALL three platforms (web, mobile, and Facebook) in ALL available countries.
• Winners of the monetary prizes will be chosen after January 31, 2013 when participants’ monthly performance is evaluated. If you win a monetary prize, it will be added to your affiliate account after January 31, 2013.
• Your total sale bonus will be calculated after January 31, 2013 when your monthly performance is evaluated. It will be added to your affiliate account afterwards.
• All your special rewards (monetary prizes and/or sale bonuses) will be paid to you as regular affiliate commission.
• Conversions (leads and sales) rejected due to legal reasons (such as fraudulent leads and transactions, self-signups, etc.), as well as incentivized traffic, won’t be accepted and won’t count towards your performance.

01-04-2013 03:39 AM #2 cupid (Member)

Hi guys,

Happy New Year to everybody!

Just wanted to friendly remind you that our Winter Competition I've mentioned above has already started!

If you're a Cupid affiliate already, don't miss your chance to earn more with us in January. If not yet, sign up now for one of the best affiliate dating programs out there AND get such a great bonus as cash prize for your hard work!

Hope to see you among the winners

02-12-2013 03:02 PM #3 scitox ()

These guys are LEGIT, really liking the cooperation so far. Very helpful and friendly support who're constantly looking to push you to the next level.

02-14-2013 04:03 AM #4 skoby (Member)

Are you going to shut down the UK offers?

02-14-2013 03:40 PM #5 cupid (Member)

Hi skoby,

No, not at all. UK is one of our core and TOP markets. Where did you heard this rumor?

02-27-2013 08:26 AM #6 buffalosol (Member)

Hey Rusyaev. I've been trying to get a hold of you.

I would love to send you more traffic and get your take on how sales are going for the leads I have already sent over.
Do you have any time to do a skype chat?

Thanks RJ

02-27-2013 02:49 PM #7 cupid (Member)

Hey buffalosol,

Thanks for your interest! I'm available on Skype most of the time today. In fact, I'm online right now. Let's chat soon. My Skype: oleksii.liman

Thanks!

03-29-2013 04:22 AM #8 cupid (Member)

Hi guys!

I just wanted to let you all know that we've added to our offer list a bunch of casual offers for Northern European countries, and they're REALLY blowing up right now. Don't miss a chance to test our BeNaughty offer for Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. You can find these and other offers along with the public rates we pay here: http://affiliates.cupid.com/offers/programs

Other than the offers above, I can suggest everyone interested to test the following casual offers that are converting well right now:

Web: Flirt US, Flirt CAN, Flirt BRA, BeNaughty IN, Flirt AUS
Mobile: WildBuddies US, BeNaughty US, BeNaughty CAN, BeNaughty AU, BeNaughty FR

Bu the way, these are not the only countries available: we have 19 countries on our list at the moment, and you can find them all here: http://affiliates.cupid.com/offers/programs

Also, PlanetSappho.com US and CAN are doing a good job, so if you have lesbian traffic this would be your first choice.

If you would like to give these offers a try please sign up here Feel free to contact me at rusyaev@cupid.com or Skype vladimir.rusyayev I can guide you on setting up your campaign and directly introduce you to one of our AMs

03-29-2013 04:29 AM #9 sandyone (Member)

Hi rusyaev

I hear great things about Cupid.

How often do you guys pay affiliates?

Thank you.

03-29-2013 04:47 AM #10 cupid (Member)

Hi rusyaev

I hear great things about Cupid.

How often do you guys pay affiliates?

Thank you.

Hi sandyone,

Thanks for your interest! Normally we pay our affiliates monthly Net15, but if your commission exceeds $2,000 per week you’ll be paid weekly. Although, once you hit $1,000 per week we can discuss bi-monthly payments.

03-29-2013 04:37 PM #11 numerouno (Member)

I really like Cupid, they're a great company to work with and I've been working with them for 2 years.

However, one thing I dislike, is when you guys pause campaigns at the end of months, especially just before the most profitable weekend in dating (Easter). This can be really difficult to manage.

Also, for this payment thing, I just asked my AM and he tells me I can't get paid weekly, even if I run in average 1.5k to 2k daily, and ran more than 6 figures since I've started to work with you guys.

03-29-2013 04:43 PM #12 leeches (Member)

I ran a fairly small amount with Cupid PLC and it's the only time I have ever not been paid by a network. Yes I agreed to the 4% conversion when signing up but considering I was running same ad and lander as everyone else, I find it hard to believe mine converted any less better than anyone else. Again I ran just some small test traffic and only did around $600 in revenue but fuck that felt really shitty. The AM was less than helpful and basically ignored my emails. Hell even EWA eventually paid me but not these guys.

03-29-2013 05:07 PM #13 pokersensei (Member)

Originally Posted by leeches

Yes I agreed to the 4% conversion when signing up but considering I was running same ad and lander as everyone else, I find it hard to believe mine converted any less better than anyone else.

So you admit you were fully aware of the 4% rule and yet you still bash them for not paying you? Ads/Landers aren't the only things that influences quality. The traffic source and targeting are equally important.

03-29-2013 05:36 PM #14 leeches (Member)

I not happy with them for their lack of response to me to try explain why this happened. Bashing them? I don't think so. My data showed everything was all good in Cupid. All signs showed everything was running smoothly and to keep pushing it. I definitely didn't receive a notification that those leads were bad. By email or through the interface.

My competition was running to Cupid and sending way more traffic than I was. After a few weeks of seeing this, I thought I would go through the exact same source and link out to same cupid lander. It's the only reason I signed up to try it. I'm just telling everyone what happened to me. I'm happy it has worked out for you but I see no reason not to give the forum a heads up from my experience. It's not all fucking roses.

03-29-2013 06:20 PM #15 numerouno (Member)

FYI guys, rusyaev has already contacted me, explained a lot of things that I didn't know of and is working very fast to make sure everything is all right for my campaigns.

Thanks for the help !

03-29-2013 07:20 PM #16 grieve (Member)

Tested an offer with them, and it didn't back out well for them - it was the offer that just isn't profitable for them apparently. Was paid on time, and my AM is incredibly responsive. Would love to work with these guys again in the future.

03-29-2013 07:46 PM #17 cupid (Member)

Hi leeches,

I'm sorry your test didn't go well. It's true that we have the 4% conversion requirement that affiliates have to meet. However, I want to note that if you miss the target but your conversion is >0% we simply adjust your payout but you still get paid. The only time we don't pay at all is when your conversion is 0%, i.e. when your traffic generates 0 sales. Unfortunately, we can't pay for such traffic since it generates no value on our sites. I suspect in your case this is precisely what has happened. If you want, you can PM me or email me rusyaev@cupid.com with you details I can check the account for you.

While our AMs check the incoming traffic and ask affiliates to pause inefficient campaigns on a regular basis, it's an affiliate's job too to make sure the traffic is converting. The best way to do it is to check sales in your account. If you're running a PPL offer, you can check the box "Goal" in your report, and then all sales (if any) will have the word Sale in the new column Goal in the report table. If there are no sales after a decent amount of leads sent, it's a good indication that your campaign isn't working well.

Finally, as pokersensei has pointed out above there are more factors that help to create an efficient campaign than using the same Ads/Landers. Even if you're using the same source, there are lots of other things (including targeting) your competitors might do to make their campaigns work that you might not be aware of. Just like with any business opportunity there's always a risk when you're running our affiliate offers. But while one tests don't work out, plenty of other affiliates make good money on the same offers.

03-29-2013 07:52 PM #18 cupid (Member)

Hey grieve, thanks for your post! What offer did you test with us? Also, what kind of offers you could test now (what platform (web/mobile/Facebook), what kind of sites (casual/mainstream/niches) and in what countries)? I'm just curious, maybe there is something we can offer you at the moment.

03-29-2013 08:55 PM #19 Philwil (Member)

Originally Posted by rusyaev

Hi leeches,

I'm sorry your test didn't go well. It's true that we have the 4% conversion requirement that affiliates have to meet. However, I want to note that if you miss the target but your conversion is >0% we simply adjust your payout but you still get paid. The only time we don't pay at all is when your conversion is 0%, i.e. when your traffic generates 0 sales. Unfortunately, we can't pay for such traffic since it generates no value on our sites. I suspect in your case this is precisely what has happened. If you want, you can PM me or email me alex.liman@cupid.com with you details I can check the account for you.

While our AMs check the incoming traffic and ask affiliates to pause inefficient campaigns on a regular basis, it's an affiliate's job too to make sure the traffic is converting. The best way to do it is to check sales in your account. If you're running a PPL offer, you can check the box "Goal" in your report, and then all sales (if any) will have the word Sale in the new column Goal in the report table. If there are no sales after a decent amount of leads sent, it's a good indication that your campaign isn't working well.

Finally, as pokersensei has pointed out above there are more factors that help to create an efficient campaign than using the same Ads/Landers. Even if you're using the same source, there are lots of other things (including targeting) your competitors might do to make their campaigns work that you might not be aware of. Just like with any business opportunity there's always a risk when you're running our affiliate offers. But while one tests don't work out, plenty of other affiliates make good money on the same offers.

Thats a decent response

Which concludes me to sign up now

03-29-2013 09:56 PM #20 grieve (Member)

Originally Posted by rusyaev

Hey Alex! We've spoken on skype a few times, my name is George. Cupid ES App was the offer and I'm already working on a new offer with you guys that I won't mention here because I think it could be a good one

Just wanted to back you guys up and represent!

03-29-2013 10:21 PM #21 cupid (Member)

Thats a decent response Which concludes me to sign up now

Thanks for joining us philwilrgm! Glad to see you on board

Do you want me to introduce you directly to the AM? You could Skype me oleksii.liman

03-29-2013 10:23 PM #22 cupid (Member)

Ahh, George, nice to see you here!

Yeah, I remember. Sounds good, good luck with your business! And thanks again for backing us up

04-01-2013 05:23 PM #23 chrisd (Member)

rusyaev,

I've a quick question. I just started out with Cupid middle of last month. Now today (first of the month) all my previous conversions vanished from reports. Is this some end of month reporting issue?

Thanks!

04-02-2013 02:52 AM #24 cupid (Member)

Hi chrisd,

Thanks for contacting us and sending me a private message with your details. I'm looking into your account right now. I suspect there's an issue of quality (0% conversion) and that's why your leads got rejected. I'll PM you with more details on this.

Thanks!

04-02-2013 11:42 PM #25 maynzie (Moderator)

Thanks for contacting us and sending me a private message with your details. I'm looking into your account right now. I suspect there's an issue of quality (0% conversion) and that's why your leads got rejected. I'll PM you with more details on this.

Hmm... somethings really wrong here Rusyaev. You pay CPL in risk of you not getting conversions... not so you can play god on payments

(N)

04-03-2013 02:56 AM #26 cupid (Member)

Hmm... somethings really wrong here Rusyaev. You pay CPL in risk of you not getting conversions... not so you can play god on payments

(N)

I and one of our AMs have spoken to chrisd today. We've explained that the reason why his leads got rejected was that his lead2sale conversion was 0%. There is a clear statement that we requires at least 4% lead2sale conversion for all our web CPL offers (2% for mobile CPL offers), otherwise the payout may be revised. An affiliate has to accept this condition (check the box) before he can even run a lead offer. If an affiliate's conversion is lower than 4% we adjust the requirement accordingly to reflect the price that we can pay for the traffic that generates lower value than expected. However, if this traffic conversion is 0% it means it generates no value on our sites, and we can't pay for such traffic. There is no playing God on payments. This condition is mandatory and straightforward, and everybody who meets the target gets paid the full rate (or gets an adjusted payout in case his conversion is <4% but >0%).

04-03-2013 02:57 AM #27 maynzie (Moderator)

Fair enough, never worked with you guys direct so didn't know it was outlined

04-17-2013 04:55 PM #28 kokofai ()

Originally Posted by rusyaev

How many leads did he send in total?

05-13-2013 08:52 PM #29 cupid (Member)

How many leads did he send in total?

Kokofai, there were 78 leads and 0 sales.

07-06-2013 03:38 AM #30 cupid (Member)
Cupid plc Offers Update

Hi guys!

I just wanted to reach out to you all and share info on the best performing Cupid plc offers right now.

Mainstream and Niche

If you have mainstream and/or niche traffic we can recommend you to try PlanetSappho.com (lesbian dating) US/CAN, LoveAgain.com US/CAN/AUS/DE (mature dating), and MatureDatingUK.com for your web traffic. With your mobile traffic you could test GirlsDateForFree (traditional mainstream) US/CAN/AUS/UK along with LoveAgain US/CAN/AUS/UK and Cupid (traditional mainstream) AUS/UK. If you have Facebook traffic and would like to promote some Fb apps we can offer you our SociaLove US/CAN/SE/NO/AUS.

Something new

Among our new offers we strongly recommend Ulla FR/AU/UK and UniformDating UK/AU/US. To be more specific, UniformDating is a mainstream dating offer for people who look for a soulmate of the same profession or just love people in uniform. All Ulla and UniformDating offers are for males/females 25+ and we accept non-incentivized PPC (FB, POF), search, and display mainstream traffic.

To look at all our available public offers and rates please use this link: https://aff.cupidplc.com

If you would like to sign up please use this button:

As usual, please don't hesitate to email me rusyaev@cupid.com or Skype vladimir.rusyayev I can guide you on setting up your campaign and directly introduce you to one of our AMs

08-30-2013 09:16 AM #31 toofy (Member)

Hi,Rusyaev
I started a follow along, adult mobile. One of offers I'm promting is m.BeNaughty ( 1154). I have generated around 134 leads so far, 113 out of 134 today.
I Have been trying to contact Cupid for a while. Firstly for testing link, now for quality checking. My AM is no longer taking care of affiliate business due to splitting business. My email was forwarded to another AM Anna, I have not received her replay yet.
Since I started to promote cupid offer, I have not received any information from Cupid. I know Cupid is strict, many rules there, that's why I need help to get quality report and keep improving the qualities,So the lead will be backing out in you end.
I'm full time on this business and serious about it.
Could you please help me reach my AM, your help will be appreciated.
Sean.

09-18-2013 02:13 AM #32 square1 (Member)

@Toofy ... did you get any response from them?

Stackers ... anyone know if it's worth promoting their offers, or have things changed there "due to splitting business" (in Toofy's words)? Been no response to Toofy's post in almost 3 weeks now.

09-23-2013 11:22 AM #33 cupid (Member)

Hi guys, as you may know Cupid plc has sold its casual assets to focus on mainstream and niche dating from now on and we will be very pleased to see you running our offers. If you have any questions/concerns/problems regarding our traditional/niche offers please do not hesitate to contact me right away. My Skype is vladimir.rusyayev (GMT+2) and AIM is (vladimirsocaff).

Thanks.

10-03-2013 08:39 AM #34 cpasuperstar (Member)

Hey guys

I am adding my CPV Lab's Postback URL to Cupid PLC.

I added "subid=xxc1xx" to the end of my image pixel.

Is this the correct URL:

http://thedatingguru.com/adclick.php?subid=xxc1xx

* Contacted my AM, but he is not sure.

10-03-2013 01:44 PM #35 casual_dating_offers (Member)

Hey guys, it's Alex here!

I just wanted to point out that if somebody here is interested the casual offers (such as BeNaughty.com, Flirt.com, and WildBuddies.com) that Cupid has recently sold please contact me directly on this forum (via PM), via email (alex.liman@cupid.com) or on Skype (oleksii.liman).

Also, you might want to check out our thread here http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...offers-special and read about a few hot promotions that are happening right now for everybody who runs or wants to run our casual dating offers. Cheers!

10-03-2013 02:00 PM #36 cupid (Member)

Originally Posted by cpasuperstar

I hope that is now resolved. In case it is not please let me know.

10-24-2013 05:05 PM #37 kabouter (Member)

Just checked out the Cupid network, but I can't see payouts for any of the offers? Anyone else experiencing this problem?
And what was the parameter for passing back the subid? xxc1xx?

10-24-2013 06:04 PM #38 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Originally Posted by kabouter

Just checked out the Cupid network, but I can't see payouts for any of the offers? Anyone else experiencing this problem?
And what was the parameter for passing back the subid? xxc1xx?

You can't get links yourself apart from CPS so better contact someone there and set also up CPL with custom payouts.

10-24-2013 08:40 PM #39 kabouter (Member)

Oh, that's weird I can actually get a link, wasn't planning on running anything though only to find out I'm not getting paid/the payout is very low.

p.s. I can't see any payouts either for the CPS. Just have to wait on a response then.

10-25-2013 02:48 PM #40 cupid (Member)

Originally Posted by kabouter

kabouter, you can contact either me (skype vladimir.rusyayev) or dedicated affiliate manager Dmitry (skype dima_affiliate) in regards to traditional/niche offers and payouts as well as available product/countries. As far is our affiliate platform is concerned it is being redeveloped right now for affiliates so unfortunately some sections there might be inactive. But like I stated our team can help you with any questions you might have.

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