How to find profitable CPA Offers

• Tracker e.g. Bemob or Kintura (both free)
• Traffic Source - A Pop or Push traffic source e.g. Propeller Ads
• Affiliate Network - A place to find offers > I recommend Monetizer & Mobidea

• In monetizer you go into: "Insights" > "Inspire" then eCPM will show you what carrier offers are making the most money per impression
• Once you do that, check the CPM of your traffic source and see if it's less than the earnings in Monetizer
• If the CPM numbers make sense look for offers that are targeting the most profitable carriers and test them

• Mobidea have recently changed their system so that newbies can only view smartlinks data. I would recommend you get access to Offers access as they are far more profitable for you in the long run.
• Then look at the "opportunities" > then "offers"

• High quantity of conversions (ideally 50+) with a good conversion rate e.g. 2%
• The offer is doing well recently e.g. last 7 days so it hasn't been saturated by other affiliates yet
• Check it is also in spy tools as if other affiliates are making money off it - you probably can too
• In my example picture above you can see that South Africa's conversion rate was 1% overall. But if you drill down you can see that the iPhone offer has a higher conversion rate of 3.46% with 68 sign ups. That would make it a potential good offer to test.

• There are free spy tools that aren't the best but can help you a little: Visto & AdspyHub for Facebook and push.cpa.rip / affbank spy tool for push
• The main ones I'd recommend are: Push: Anstrex, PPV: Adplexity Mobile and Facebook: Adspy (paid edition)

• Once you have chosen multiple offers with potential that: target the most profitable carriers/devices, are seen in spy tools and are doing well in the last 7 days it's time to test

• x10 the payout so if the payout is $2 you should spend $20 and measure your results
• If you get -50% to -35% ROI after your first test then make tweaks and re-run the campaign. Otherwise cut your losses & try a different offer
• It's very important you get set up with a tracker to ensure you're tracking this accurately

• Once you get an offer that has potential e.g. -50% ROI after your first test it's time to tweak and make money!
• This is done by "pruning" a.k.a removing unprofitable segments of your ads
• You first start at "Zone ID's" which are the different websites that your ad is being posted on by the traffic network
• Once you've removed unprofitable zones you can focus on other areas using your tracker. The places I'd recommend you start with:
  • Creatives (you should test at least 3 adverts if you're running push and remove the ones performing badly)
  • Browser e.g. safari vs chrome
  • Carrier e.g. Vodafone or T-Mobile
  • Connection type e.g. Wi-fi vs 3G
  • Time of day
  • Landing page (if you're running push traffic you should use be testing at least 2 different landing pages)

benkingldn said:

Hello everyone,

I'm back with another guide following on from my popular how I went from $0 - $XXX revenue with CPA https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-i-went-from-0-xxx-revenue-months-with-affiliate-marketing-in-2020-2021.1299114/#post-14014271

BHW seems to not have as much content on CPA compared to the other threads and this is definitely an area where I can fill the gap

Common questions that I received on my last post and also saw in other threads was "How do I pick the right offer?".

Here is a simple process that you can use to find the right offer and make more money more quickly.

To use this process you will need the following at minimum:

• Tracker e.g. Bemob or Kintura (both free)
• Traffic Source - A Pop or Push traffic source e.g. Propeller Ads
• Affiliate Network - A place to find offers > I recommend Monetizer & Mobidea

The process is split into finding the offer and testing the offer.

Finding the right offer

In an ideal world you would message your affiliate manager and they would provide a spreadsheet that contains the best performing offers.

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The reality is if you're new affiliate managers don't care about you and aren't willing to give you this information. They aren't being mean either lol they just have 1000's of affiliates who come and go trying to make "sIx fIgUr£s iN ! MoNtH" so they focus their efforts on proven affiliates who make them money.

Who can blame them?

So as a new affiliate what do you do?

Focus on affiliate networks that provide you with the data upfront.

At the moment the two I recommend and have personally used are Monetizer and Mobidea.


Monetizer

• In monetizer you go into: "Insights" > "Inspire" then eCPM will show you what carrier offers are making the most money per impression
• Once you do that, check the CPM of your traffic source and see if it's less than the earnings in Monetizer
• If the CPM numbers make sense look for offers that are targeting the most profitable carriers and test them

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Mobidea

• Mobidea have recently changed their system so that newbies can only view smartlinks data. I would recommend you get access to Offers access as they are far more profitable for you in the long run.
• Then look at the "opportunities" > then "offers"

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I've also heard good things about "iMonetizeit" & "Mobipium" but haven't used them personally. CPAlead offers real time data too but I would not recommend it. Threads on BHW share that they shave leads and my personal experience would confirm this.


What makes a good offer?

• High quantity of conversions (ideally 50+) with a good conversion rate e.g. 2%
• The offer is doing well recently e.g. last 7 days so it hasn't been saturated by other affiliates yet
• Check it is also in spy tools as if other affiliates are making money off it - you probably can too
• In my example picture above you can see that South Africa's conversion rate was 1% overall. But if you drill down you can see that the iPhone offer has a higher conversion rate of 3.46% with 68 sign ups. That would make it a potential good offer to test.

Spy tools

• There are free spy tools that aren't the best but can help you a little: https://www.visto.li/?gclid=CjwKCAiA6aSABhApEiwA6Cbm_4jE4m4nP3G1Fhx1G7XkSSGSSOX8NPM9GBFYr3GHKtxoyNdQ_SrspxoCWT4QAvD_BwE & https://adspyhub.com/ for Facebook and https://push.cpa.rip/ / https://affbank.com/ads-spy-tool for push
• The main ones I'd recommend are: Push: Anstrex, PPV: Adplexity Mobile and Facebook: Adspy (paid edition)
• The above tools are expensive e.g. ~$120 a month but I can point you in the right direction to get it much cheaper (pm me as it's greyhat)

Testing the offer

• Once you have chosen multiple offers with potential that: target the most profitable carriers/devices, are seen in spy tools and are doing well in the last 7 days it's time to test

How much should I spend on the test?

• x10 the payout so if the payout is $2 you should spend $20 and measure your results
• If you get -50% to -35% ROI after your first test then make tweaks and re-run the campaign. Otherwise cut your losses & try a different offer
• It's very important you get set up with a tracker to ensure you're tracking this accurately

Turning offer tests into profits

• Once you get an offer that has potential e.g. -50% ROI after your first test it's time to tweak and make money!
• This is done by "pruning" a.k.a removing unprofitable segments of your ads
• You first start at "Zone ID's" which are the different websites that your ad is being posted on by the traffic network
• Once you've removed unprofitable zones you can focus on other areas using your tracker. The places I'd recommend you start with:
  • Creatives (you should test at least 3 adverts if you're running push and remove the ones performing badly)
  • Browser e.g. safari vs chrome
  • Carrier e.g. Vodafone or T-Mobile
  • Connection type e.g. Wi-fi vs 3G
  • Time of day
  • Landing page (if you're running push traffic you should use be testing at least 2 different landing pages)

Don't give up and be consistent!

Even though affiliate marketing is very simple in theory it's difficult in practice. This is because of the large learning curve and overwhelming amount of information from so many sources trying to sell you something. With that said the way people go from 0 - $$$$$$$$ is by constantly testing offers until you find a winner.

I personally tested 2 campaigns a day for about 3 weeks before I got my first profitable campaign. Shiny object syndrome won't help you and will just confuse you more.

As a result you should research the different options and focus on what you think will work for you. With that said if you're a beginner I'd strongly recommend PPV and CPA offers to learn and master the basics before you decide if you want to branch out and try something else.


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I use the attached spreadsheet in order to automatically calculate whether offers have a good chance of being profitable based on the conversion rate and payout. This isn't a silver bullet and the best way to learn what works is by your own experience but hopefully this helps someone out!

Wishing you success,

BKL

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lazouille said:

Wow thanks a lot! How long have you been doing this?

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woodsea said:

Mobidea provides upfront data, which is good. But as a CPA network, it's not a good choice in the long run. Though, it's easier for freshmen to get accepted.

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randy02 said:

thanks for the great share, but i want to ask you, with your experience what is the best kind of offers that convert well with google ads. thank in advance.

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wanessmark said:

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Love this thank you so much!

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randy02 said:

thank you

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dealmein923 said:

Thank you for this excellent guidance.

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NobodySpecia1 said:

Hey @benkingldn, thanks for the in depth guide, this is really valuable information for a newbie like me. Also can you please pm me about getting paid spy tools for cheaper as I can't pm yet.

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1day@freedom said:

Thanks for your great share. Regarding your suggestion on choosing Propeller ads for traffic source, do you have any tips to get pass the VAT number as at the moment I dont have any VAT number so I have to pay more for the traffic.

Beside the quality traffic source "Propeller ads", What do you think about other ones such as Evadav and Adsterra? Are they both good for testing and scaling?

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1day@freedom said:

Thanks for your great share. Regarding your suggestion on choosing Propeller ads for traffic source, do you have any tips to get pass the VAT number as at the moment I dont have any VAT number so I have to pay more for the traffic.

Beside the quality traffic source "Propeller ads", What do you think about other ones such as Evadav and Adsterra? Are they both good for testing and scaling?

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HustleTong said:

Killer write up, mate
I haven't personally attempted CPA before.
This makes sense.

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McJeff said:

Nice guide!
Propeller Ads were based a lot on here though, any other traffic sources you can recommend?

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IM Rider said:

Nice post.
Theres are not many CPA threads because lot of people burn money and end up with -tive roi campaigns.
Question for you:
How much money did you burn before have a +tive roi campaign (for lack of a better word)?

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