ImBackBaby
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- May 23, 2023
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Cool to see others inspired by @oni3350 , and you should definitely start your own journey thread, I’d surely follow it. Do you have any prior experience with CPA and media buying?
[CASE STUDY] How I Made $8,686.15 Profit In 22 Days From Adult Media Buying
SomeRandomPleb
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- May 20, 2023
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Thanks for the kind words. No, I have 0 experience with CPA nor media buying.
I used to run a crypto brokerage in the UK back in the golden yrs from 2015-2018 and made most of my money from manual arbitrage (long dead since late 2019).
I've been trying to find something new ever since, but I haven't found it yet. The thing I've always struggled with the most is getting traffic (maybe I'm just too impatient to stick with any free traffic strategy until the results actually show). This thread inspired me because at the bottom level it's nothing different than some kind of arbitrage. You buy something for cheaper than you sell it for. It's what I always loved, maybe I can make it work.
I'll get the journey thread going eventually. Currently working a normie job, so I rather spend my time on getting the ball rolling first before I start posting.
jonathan101
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Thanks for sharing this..
No it’s not possible
oni3350
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Its not possible for absolute specific videos....
The closest thing you can do is, category target on Traffic Factory and keyword target on Traffic Junky.
You can't track data from specific video URLs either, but networks do allow you to pass back keyword/category data to your tracking, so you can get a bit of an idea which are the most profitable for you.
oni3350
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Yes, these offers can work well.
Because these are generally PPS offers, meaning they will pay you a higher amount when a user spends money on the product, you will need more ad budget to test until you get sales. Around $400-$500 per day is a good amount to shoot for.
nitin teotia
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All the best for your journey.
Thanks for the Share
Thanks for the Share
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These are very good threads, thanks.I know this one is a bit old, but I thought I'd replace some of the really old sticky threads across the forum with newer ones, so I stickied this thread.
Thank you for sharing with the community.
0xWarDaddy
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Anyone interested in starting a discord group for this ?
Great case study — even though this is from a while back, the core principles still hold. The key takeaway for anyone reading this in 2026: paid traffic + proper tracking + aggressive optimization = profitability. That hasn't changed.
What HAS changed since this was posted:
1. Traffic costs went up across the board — especially for tier 1 GEOs in the adult vertical. The same approach now works better in tier 2-3 countries where CPMs are still dirt cheap and competition is low.
2. Tracking got more important, not less. With cookie deprecation and privacy changes, server-side tracking (S2S postbacks) is now mandatory. If you're still relying on pixel-based tracking, you're losing data on 20-30% of your conversions.
3. Pre-landers became essential. Direct linking to an offer used to work fine. Now, especially on pop traffic, you need a pre-lander to warm up the user and filter out accidental clicks. This alone can double your CR.
For anyone starting media buying today — this case study is a perfect template of the right mindset. Start small, track everything, kill losers fast, scale winners slowly. The vertical might change but the process is timeless.
What HAS changed since this was posted:
1. Traffic costs went up across the board — especially for tier 1 GEOs in the adult vertical. The same approach now works better in tier 2-3 countries where CPMs are still dirt cheap and competition is low.
2. Tracking got more important, not less. With cookie deprecation and privacy changes, server-side tracking (S2S postbacks) is now mandatory. If you're still relying on pixel-based tracking, you're losing data on 20-30% of your conversions.
3. Pre-landers became essential. Direct linking to an offer used to work fine. Now, especially on pop traffic, you need a pre-lander to warm up the user and filter out accidental clicks. This alone can double your CR.
For anyone starting media buying today — this case study is a perfect template of the right mindset. Start small, track everything, kill losers fast, scale winners slowly. The vertical might change but the process is timeless.