Affiliate Fraud

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redhack

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Sorry for the newbie question:

but what would stop someone from creating fake accounts on say friendfinder to get the $2 signup payout using IP rotation and adding some PPC traffic to make it look legit?
 
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Simple: If less than 1:25 of your offers convert to a paid sale, you get transferred to a percentage payout, and you don't get shit. Ever. Then you get banned. Been there, done that.
 
Well that pretty much kills all blackhat methods for CPA right? I mean WTFWNAGE works by tricking job seekers to sign up for offers, but no one is going to be tricked in PAYING for anything. So how are people making money via WTFWNAGE's method if the 1:25 rule exists?
 
Really, so this is what people count on? Even if you trick a few and they somehow are compelled to puchase the ad they were tricked into clicking on, like FreetheTV said, anything less then a 1:25 conversion you get banned! And I know at least 90% will not be tricked into a paid conversion.
 
redhack said:
And I know at least 90% will not be tricked into a paid conversion.
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You do not know that. You assume that based on your own understanding of what is happening. People are much more gullible than most are comfortable admitting. This is why black hat CPA methods work.
 
redhack said:
Well that pretty much kills all blackhat methods for CPA right? I mean WTFWNAGE works by tricking job seekers to sign up for offers, but no one is going to be tricked in PAYING for anything. So how are people making money via WTFWNAGE's method if the 1:25 rule exists?
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Ewhore company's and cpa company's are totally different with this rule with cpa the percentage does not exist as it does with ewhoring.
 
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That is also true. The 1:25 "rule" isn't standard.
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Well that's what I'm doing (ewhore) with friendfinder. But I'm using a variation of WTFWNAGE's method to get the sheep to register a free account. Does the conversion rule apply to friendfinder??
 
yes, check the Affiliate program T&C. unless they'd be using a script to weed out accounts providing them with worthless subscriptions, it takes an AM to decide that. if you get some real (paying leads) in the mix and count on the AM's greed, you might be able to pull the trick for a while. I see it as petty fraud, but you can squeeze some money off them this way.
 
@ Alex, LOL I think they were referring to a member on here though seems I don't see him anymore.
 
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It's W-T-F-P-W-N-A-G-E. And i guess he's off the map.

And I never said 1:25 was a rule guys. Listen to Oldenstyle, he knows what he's talking about.
 
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redhack said:
Sorry for the newbie question:

but what would stop someone from creating fake accounts on say friendfinder to get the $2 signup payout using IP rotation and adding some PPC traffic to make it look legit?
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I think Black Hat DOES NOT mean fraud... You are talking about scamming the network, they will catch you, but if they don't, they will lose money and soon or later they will stop paying you simply because they can't.

So stop thinking about cheating the networks and use that time creating legit methods. ;)
 
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