RIP - Facebook Ads

The IOS update was just the lid on the coffin.

Just go to Reddit, facebook groups, youtube...anywhere you will see thousands of complaints from honest people, businesses, scammers, local vendors, everyone is complaining: it is impossible to work with FB Ads in 2021.

It doesn't matter if you sell drugs, guns, rabbits, apples, water bottles, cell phones, kidneys or portable coffee makers: you will be banned.

The permanent ban is the result after weeks of asking for ID, deactivating your ad account, your profile, your business manager and then finally you will get a permanent ban.

It doesn't matter if you have a verified BM, there are people here selling that for $400, it is an extremely risky investment because they are also fragile...you can use RPD, high quality proxies, real documents, it doesn't matter, the problem is that the level of censorship is absurd.

Yes, as long as you are not banned, you can make sales. If you know the audience and have the creatives, because without that, you won't make it. Because in 2021 it is IMPOSSIBLE to test new audiences and creatives, if you create too many campaigns you will certainly have your account disabled for a few days.

I still make money with products that I already know the right audience and the right video, but after a few days the accounts get banned. All 100% white hat...also I don't need to mention that CPM, CPC costs are MUCH higher and you can't identify the age or the origin of the buyer...it's the end of FB Ads.

Why not try alternatives such as Google Ads ? yes, i do know that FB Ads may give certain advantages over GAds in terms of targetting, etc : But, when something is too rough for a while, during that time, better to go for alternatives rather than just waiting for the rough weather to settle back. You can always switch back to FB Ads when the weather gets better. Sometimes they tighten their nuts & bolts and after a while they loosen it again.

Very true, facebook ads now days is disaster. But there's always workaround. Moreover why not try tiktok / snapchat ads.They are working fine for now

I appreciate your suggestions. Yes, I will try alternatives

Iuzzu said:

you can't identify the age or the origin of the buyer

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This makes me mad , because i am not able to find my buyers who actually are buying , without this its impossible to scale

Correct. Overall digital marketing is dead. Digital marketing is nothing but running ads for clients.
How many can run ads for clients with +roi and earn their cut from that? Not many.

I think they should give warning before banning accounts. My two account banned for no reason. After chatting with care they opened but after couple of month got blocked again.

I get ads all the time so they can't be dead.

It is Facebook's primary source of revenue so I doubt they would kill it.

Most of the FB ads I see are for make money online courses or dropshippers.

Sounds like too many eggs in a single basket.

you cant figure it out does not mean it does not work ,i know a few people doing 6 figures per month profit with fb ads only

Cmon stop that,
If you do everything as it should there is not problem and you can scale as much as you wish for.
You got to have everything what they need and you are good.
Just because they are banning scammers and stupid people that are stupid doesnt mean facebook ads are dead.
From personal experience, give all and you are good to go. ONE SMALLEST SHIT you dont give to facebook = ban
They ban people to protect them from scammers.

It's an old news. FB was already ripped 2 years ago. I stopped bothering about it cos they stopped bothering about people who made them a billionaire.

It's so frustrating man. I have bought several accounts here on BHW all got banned in weeks. Now I have a new Facebook profile and I don't dare to use it for ads so I dont lose my friends and everyone again for the 6th time in like 3 years. For people saying you just have to do things right and legitimately, you all should count yourself lucky. It can happen to anyone! I never tried anything blackhat with Facebook. At least not to the best of my knowledge.

basketmouth said:

It's so frustrating man. I have bought several accounts here on BHW all got banned in weeks. Now I have a new Facebook profile and I don't dare to use it for ads so I dont lose my friends and everyone again for the 6th time in like 3 years. For people saying you just have to do things right and legitimately, you all should count yourself lucky. It can happen to anyone! I never tried anything blackhat with Facebook. At least not to the best of my knowledge.

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Its not luck, i've been banned multiple times like cake, my friend who is into fb ads also, but there is learning curve to everything, so why would FB ads be any different.
I dont want to be flameboy just you are missing out, facebook ads and what you can do with them, no other social network can come close.
Try with snapchat ads ( and other ads ), if what are you doing is good and is making you money try getting back to facebook. And please dont buy accounts maded in India and expect to work. Uncle Zuck is smarter than that

legendahomer said:

Cmon stop that,
If you do everything as it should there is not problem and you can scale as much as you wish for.
You got to have everything what they need and you are good.
Just because they are banning scammers and stupid people that are stupid doesnt mean facebook ads are dead.
From personal experience, give all and you are good to go. ONE SMALLEST SHIT you dont give to facebook = ban
They ban people to protect them from scammers.

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what is funny is that people don't understand fb win money with their ads, so they are by no way doing a shitty system, fb ads works or they would be no advertisers and no facebook...

If you know what you are doing and you are clean, they don't ban, I never had this problem.

With Facebook it is pretty easy.. don’t think ‘will this convert?’ or ‘will my customer see more traffic?’ The only question you need to ask yourself is.. Will Facebook like this, is it relevant to the user and will it keep the user on their platform. If you can make that work, they will love you and let you scale as much as you like.

bigmansyndrome said:

With Facebook it is pretty easy.. don’t think ‘will this convert?’ or ‘will my customer see more traffic?’ The only question you need to ask yourself is.. Will Facebook like this, is it relevant to the user and will it keep the user on their platform. If you can make that work, they will love you and let you scale as much as you like.

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I've been trying to come up with an idea they would like. Honestly it's impossible.

jk

bigmansyndrome said:

With Facebook it is pretty easy.. don’t think ‘will this convert?’ or ‘will my customer see more traffic?’ The only question you need to ask yourself is.. Will Facebook like this, is it relevant to the user and will it keep the user on their platform. If you can make that work, they will love you and let you scale as much as you like.

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The way Facebook can find you conversions, no one can come close, maybe google with search ads but still no. You can place super small amount of money and still will able to find conversion.
Snapchat ( and honestly all other ) might be cheaper, but for same money, it just doesnt have that much info about customers ( not even a 5% ) what facebook have.
Plus on fb got algo that is here years and years so pretty unbeatable for now, in that aspect

N.Bates said:

FB ads are dead now. It’s a horrific disaster.

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Hmm yeah..i guess you are right..only $29 billion in revenue last quarter

bigmansyndrome said:

Hmm yeah..i guess you are right..only $29 billion in revenue last quarter

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It's dead! Why you believe numbers and proven facts instead of random strangers ! It's dead!