Is Affiliate Marketing with CPA’s Legitimate?
So I was running some thoughts around my head, which is always dangerous, and I kept wondering if my one big money-maker is something I should be losing sleep over. It’s not spamming or phishing or anything of that nature but it does involve a bit of, shall we say, creativity.
And while this venture has been making me some nice money, I’ve always felt that if I could get a site with enough traffic I would sleep easier if I was making money with something more “legitimate”. Like with some affiliate sales via a CPA Network.
So after trying my hand with some CPA offers and making a few bucks here and there, it really dawned on me: So much of this stuff is total shit. I mean, “free” iPhones, “free” ringtones, “free” Xbox. Has anyone actually ever tried to go through the process to get any of thes freebies? It is a maze of crap that nobody is willing to go through.
So I concluded that even if you have a totally white hat site, say a Myspace resource site, and you’re making your change with CPA offers, it’s still a nasty, blackhattish way to make money. YOU get your bucks for the referral, the network gets their money and the vendor gets their lead. But the poor shmuck who clicked on the ad gets nothing. Or worse, gets bombed with future offers or charged for ringtones he didn’t want.
So I’m sleeping better, ya know? It’s all a game. It’s marketing in the 21st century I guess
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