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One niche that you can still direct link in... (17)

02-01-2013 12:59 PM #1 cataclysm1987 (Member)
One niche that you can still direct link in...

Direct linking is every affiliate's dream. Nothing easier than throwing up a creative and getting paid with no additional work like testing landers, coming up with angles etc.

The problem is it doesn't work 90% of the time.

But one niche still survives where it occasionally works pretty well...

Gaming.

Think about it. Do people really need a presell on playing a free game? They just sign up and start playing. So what if the game sucks?

And there are tons of gaming sites you can buy ad space on and start advertising and making a profit.

I am even direct linking an offer on *GASP* Facebook and making some cash in the gaming niche. I would never have believed it, but some of the high payout offers you can actually make some serious dough direct linking, even if your traffic is a bit pricey.

Nifty, huh?

Anyways, if you're broke as hell and need some fast cash and don't even know how to make good landers, try the gaming niche for a bit, and even better, the online gambling section of the gaming niche. There are some surprisingly nice and consistent paydays in there and you don't necessarily need a lander!

02-01-2013 01:25 PM #2 Finch (Moderator)

Yep, gaming is one of the eternal earners. Not going to slow down anytime soon.

Personally I don't run gaming on Facebook anymore, but there are plenty of gaming-centric traffic sources out there where you can make some good money with relatively little creative work.

02-01-2013 01:30 PM #3 richardj (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by cataclysm1987 View Post
Direct linking is every affiliate's dream. Nothing easier than throwing up a creative and getting paid with no additional work like testing landers, coming up with angles etc.

The problem is it doesn't work 90% of the time.

But one niche still survives where it occasionally works pretty well...

Gaming.

Think about it. Do people really need a presell on playing a free game? They just sign up and start playing. So what if the game sucks?

And there are tons of gaming sites you can buy ad space on and start advertising and making a profit.

I am even direct linking an offer on *GASP* Facebook and making some cash in the gaming niche. I would never have believed it, but some of the high payout offers you can actually make some serious dough direct linking, even if your traffic is a bit pricey.

Nifty, huh?

Anyways, if you're broke as hell and need some fast cash and don't even know how to make good landers, try the gaming niche for a bit, and even better, the online gambling section of the gaming niche. There are some surprisingly nice and consistent paydays in there and you don't necessarily need a lander!
I've still made dating work on direct link, but it certainly is harder and your offer needs to convert really well.

02-01-2013 02:07 PM #4 cataclysm1987 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by Finch View Post
Yep, gaming is one of the eternal earners. Not going to slow down anytime soon.

Personally I don't run gaming on Facebook anymore, but there are plenty of gaming-centric traffic sources out there where you can make some good money with relatively little creative work.
Sounds good mate. More for me!

And thanks for the Adsimilis referral by the way, I'm loving these gaming offers...

02-01-2013 04:16 PM #5 allthegold (Member)

I've been a gamer since early childhood and Ive NEVER been able to get gaming on Facebook to work. For some reason it just doesn't work in my favor and I've tried very hard.

02-01-2013 09:00 PM #6 cataclysm1987 (Member)

You need a super high paying offer in an unsaturated market like Japan, New Zealand or Germany.

02-02-2013 07:29 AM #7 xerocool (Member)

Any examples what kind of offers work well?

02-02-2013 11:50 AM #8 Philwil (Member)

Yep ive been wanting to try this, here in NL I have lately seen tons of gaming ads on my FB. I tried but couldn't make it work either. I should try again,

02-02-2013 08:13 PM #9 zeno (Administrator)

Gaming on FB has been a really saturated over the past year or more, IMO too many people trying it and using horrible ads (crappy images, poor language/translations etc) and jading the user base to things gaming related. You need targeted campaigns not broad stroke stuff, and an emotional hook to call out the gamer in your audience.

02-02-2013 08:38 PM #10 _007_ (Member)

You can direct link anything ... laterally anything and you gonna make money but its easy to find profitable camps direct linking. Even revshare offers works direct linking on PPV but you just need to dig too hard to find them and when you find them you gonna make a shit load of money.

02-07-2013 02:08 PM #11 Sean (Member)

^^ that's incorrect, otherwise it would be done. Direct linking is of course possible from a tech point of view, but from a conversion point of view, and actually get eyes on the offer is not necessarily directly connected. Landing pages have become popular for a reason to weed out more of the crap to have a better chance at extending the campaign. Direct linking will not give you that advantage, however big or small it might be.

02-08-2013 04:41 PM #12 stackman (Administrator)

@cataclysm
Some really good points, direct linking will work quite often in a lot of niches. It's kind of luck really, sometimes the offer page just works well with the traffic/country/banners you're using and a landing page will hurt your conversion rather then help.

The FACT is: It's all a matter of split testing. Sometimes direct linking will convert higher then 10 different landing pages you try, and sometimes vice versa.

I'm running mobile offers right now, some i'm using landing pages for, and some i'm direct linking. For every single offer i'm running i've tested landing pages, so i'm not just going by chance. In 3/4 of the cases a landing page has worked better, and 1/4 of the offers direct linking is working. All a matter of testing, but like you said; never throw direct linking out of the question.

02-08-2013 07:29 PM #13 kokofai ()

Quote Originally Posted by stackman View Post
@cataclysm
Some really good points, direct linking will work quite often in a lot of niches. It's kind of luck really, sometimes the offer page just works well with the traffic/country/banners you're using and a landing page will hurt your conversion rather then help.

The FACT is: It's all a matter of split testing. Sometimes direct linking will convert higher then 10 different landing pages you try, and sometimes vice versa.

I'm running mobile offers right now, some i'm using landing pages for, and some i'm direct linking. For every single offer i'm running i've tested landing pages, so i'm not just going by chance. In 3/4 of the cases a landing page has worked better, and 1/4 of the offers direct linking is working. All a matter of testing, but like you said; never throw direct linking out of the question.
Well said sir!

02-08-2013 07:49 PM #14 thomasbhm (Member)

I think affiliate networks and publishers are creating better landers. When they used to send traffic to their homepage we had to build landers to bridge the gap. But, now that they are creating good landers themselves it's not always necessary to build our own. Gaming is a niche where you will encounter offers with good landers because they only need a registration or a download to complete the action.

02-08-2013 08:00 PM #15 zeno (Administrator)

Although, some landers are terrible, and a lot of them need to think about page load time and good site design. I complained to my AM once when a gaming offer had a 2.5 MB progressive PNG as the page background. I was like WTF this thing takes so long to load it's just stupid. 2.5 MB. What.

02-08-2013 09:24 PM #16 Finch (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by thomasbhm View Post
I think affiliate networks and publishers are creating better landers. When they used to send traffic to their homepage we had to build landers to bridge the gap. But, now that they are creating good landers themselves it's not always necessary to build our own. Gaming is a niche where you will encounter offers with good landers because they only need a registration or a download to complete the action.
I think a lot of merchants are vetting our best techniques for their own pages. I see more and more offers that look like they've been given the once-over by an affiliate's box of tricks.

It's a good thing, but I'm still bitter. I check my face for guinea pig whiskers every day.

06-24-2013 06:53 PM #17 dollar5 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by _007_ View Post
You can direct link anything ... laterally anything and you gonna make money but its easy to find profitable camps direct linking. Even revshare offers works direct linking on PPV but you just need to dig too hard to find them and when you find them you gonna make a shit load of money.
What do you mean laterally?

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