Are traffic audits becoming a joke? Scrubbed without explanation...

Hey folks,

I wanted to open this up because I’ve had a frustrating experience recently and I know I’m not the only one.

I ran a CPL campaign in the insurance leadgen vertical — clean traffic, mostly native + some email (double opt-in). EPC was decent, and conversions were flowing. Then out of nowhere:

Payout got slashed

No report or reason

Network said “traffic didn’t meet quality expectations”

No feedback, no warning. Just scrubbed.

And the kicker? They kept the leads and closed the campaign a week later.

I get that traffic needs to convert on the backend — but if we’re not even told what went wrong, how the hell do we optimize?

So here’s my question:

Are traffic audits just a way for networks to protect their margins now?
Is this happening more with sensitive verticals like CC Submit, PIN Submit, Loan, Insurance?

Also:

Which networks (in your experience) are fair and actually give proper feedback?

And which ones should we absolutely avoid?

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Same here. Ran PIN submit traffic recently — clean clicks, decent CR, still got scrubbed with zero explanation. It’s becoming way too common in high-risk verticals

Been through this too. Now I only work with networks that offer real-time reporting and AMs who actually respond. Anyone have good experience with insurance CPL offers lately?

Damn, this hits close. I was running a health insurance offer with clean traffic and decent volume. Out of nowhere, the payout dropped and they gave the usual “didnt meet quality” line. No explanation, but they kept all the leads. It’s frustrating because if they just told us what the issue was, we could actually fix it. Instead, its radio silence and a shutdown campaign. I'm curious if anyone’s working with networks that actually give real feedback.