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justjeni · 04-17-2002, 11:52 AM

Does anyone else use cj.com as an affiliate? If so, are you getting one merchant after another dropping them due to their policy changes this year? I went through this nightmare with them last year but stuck it out - now I've had it. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. I'm on my fourth day getting all their links and banners off and it's getting extremely annoying. I had just signed on with one site, took two days to put their links up and not 24 hours later I get an e-mail they pulled from cj.com due to "policy changes". What is up with cj??? Anyone have a clue?

OZGRESSION · 04-18-2002, 08:21 AM

I gave up on cj.com ages ago.

The 2 that I use are focusin.com and clickxchange.com . They seem pretty good so far.

justjeni · 04-18-2002, 02:44 PM

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I gave up on cj.com ages ago.

You were smart!

I wish I would have. Sheeze! they've been a thorn in my side for a long time. I wanted to drop them last year and took all their links off my old site, went to cancel and then someone bought something and I wound up with a balance of $23.00. There it sat and I wanted that check. So I grabbed a few offers and tried promoting them to get my balance over $25 and do you think I could get anything?? Lol..I even got to the point I felt they were jilting me.

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The 2 that I use are focusin.com and clickxchange.com

I never heard of focusin - will have to check that one out, thanks. I just joined clickxchange last week - how long have you been using them? So far they seem all right to me, too. Luck to both of us!

OZGRESSION · 04-19-2002, 02:24 AM

I've been using focusin.com for about 5 months and clickxchange.com for about 3 weeks (you have to be carefull which affiliate you choose on that site though).

Good luck to you

justjeni · 04-19-2002, 03:45 PM

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(you have to be carefull which affiliate you choose on that site though).

On clickxchange? Why?

Jason · 04-19-2002, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by justjeni

On clickxchange? Why?

Well, if it's anything like clicktrade was (back in the day), then they might get a lot of merchants that wait until they get some good solid links from a large number of webmasters, and then yank away the program. It's a dirty way to get free traffic.

Is this what you were gettign at Oz?

justjeni · 04-20-2002, 02:44 AM

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It's a dirty way to get free traffic.

I'll say, that is just horrible! I hope I didn't make a mistake signing on with them. I'm only trying three merchants right now and it's only been a few days. In truth, I'm beginning to wonder about a lot of these merchant/affiliate sites. They put a date down for a merchant that's almost a year away so you think you can safely put their banners etc. on your site and not worry for a while and a week later it's "We had to pull..." or the merchant pulls themselves out. Gets annoying - but worse than that, very time consuming.

OZGRESSION · 04-20-2002, 11:45 PM

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Originally posted by Jason

Well, if it's anything like clicktrade was (back in the day), then they might get a lot of merchants that wait until they get some good solid links from a large number of webmasters, and then yank away the program. It's a dirty way to get free traffic.

Is this what you were gettign at Oz?

That's exactly what I was getting at. Sites come up with affiliate deals that give you 5 cents per click then, before they have to pay, they pull the plug on their program and take the free traffic and run...

justjeni · 04-21-2002, 07:36 PM

That really is rotton. I'm using one that is for a diabetic online store - payments via commissions on sales only - they have to pay clickxchange to have their site listed, don't they?

templates911 · 04-21-2002, 07:41 PM

I dont really mess with Cj.com anymore but I still use some of there links. But just a few. I really have no use to join affiliate programs. Unless it is to help a friend out.

justjeni · 04-21-2002, 09:00 PM

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I really have no use to join affiliate programs.

I hope I reach that point soon cuz I'm getting pretty tired of them all! Some are always e-mailing you telling you to push this or that - gets tiresome. Furthermore, I cannot help but wonder if any can truly be trusted 100%.

SWD · 05-23-2002, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by justjeni
Does anyone else use cj.com as an affiliate? If so, are you getting one merchant after another dropping them due to their policy changes this year? I went through this nightmare with them last year but stuck it out - now I've had it. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. I'm on my fourth day getting all their links and banners off and it's getting extremely annoying. I had just signed on with one site, took two days to put their links up and not 24 hours later I get an e-mail they pulled from cj.com due to "policy changes". What is up with cj??? Anyone have a clue?

about focusin , they sucked! I use cj sometimes since I haven't been that lucky with them! and clickxchange is a pretty good company stick with them!

justjeni: if you want to try some another good companies try

FineClicks - http://www.fineclicks.com/
One of the best companies out there offering CPA and CPC offers that always pay on time.

SuperTAF - http://www.supertaf.com/
Put a tell a friend form or button on your site and watch your hits sky rocket, Not only is it free, you also make money with it.

LeadCrunch - http://www.leadcrunch.com/
Another really good advertising company that pays on time. They have Pay-Per-Click, Pay-Per-Lead, Pop under and more.. They pay Net60. Start making money with your site

if you apply to them please use the links above!

Thanks, hope it helps!

justjeni · 05-24-2002, 02:50 AM

Thanks, Mike - I did drop cj.com and get this; when I went to cancel my account a message pops up and says "You are not allowed to delete this account"!! Believe that one??? Sheeze! So I fired off an e-mail and they said well, due to this, that and whatever, I had to click on this link they included. I did that and about 2 weeks later, recieved yet another e-mail that some merchants dropped so I went there to see if I could log in and sure enough, there sat my account, supposedly as active as it could be, even though I dropped all my merchants. E-mailed them again, got another stupid answer. Two more e-mails later I told them if my account wasn't cancelled and I got one more e-mail from them, doo-doo was going to hit the fan and I'd report them as SPAMMERS to boot. Haven't heard anything since.

Thanks for the links - I am affiliated with fineclicks already, but the other two I'm not familiar with. I copied the exact links for you and will check them out tomorrow. It's 20 to 3:00 AM here and I'm shot!

Luck to you - and me!

Jj

experienceads · 05-11-2008, 11:13 AM

I have been an affiliate and on the merchant side of CJ for years and you do have to pick companies with big brand-names so you know they arent going to deactive as an advertiser...but overall I think CJ is great.

Filliate · 06-25-2008, 09:47 PM

I use CJ, but anytime i can set up an affiliate directly with the site rather than through CJ i will. Its hard to get customized ads unless you use the API and pay a large fee