I created an account with them the of middle of July. Once I filled out the app online I ended up waiting almost a week to hear back from them. Finally got started beginning of August but here's what I went through.
First Email
Hope you're well! I see that you have signed up to become an advertiser in
Trafficvance.
Before we go through the approval process I need to ask you some questions.
1. Are you aware of the $1000.00 minimum deposit?
a. If you were not aware, would you still like to continue with your
application?
2. How do you acquire the offers you will be running on
Trafficvance?
a. Do you own the website(s) you will be advertising? --- FYI>(You have to prove you own the site by creating a sub page and putting something like "Hi Trafficvance" for verification)
b. Do you acquire the offers through an affiliate network (i.e.
Commission Junction, Hydra, Neverblue, etc.)?
If you were referred into the network, please provide the name of the
referrer:
If you were not referred, please state how you heard about Trafficvance:
a. If you saw an online advertisement or through search, please provide
the location of the ad:
Then....
Thank you for your diligence; we have received your account verification documents and you're just a few steps away from setting your ads live:
Create a new campaign/s and load in new creatives;
Fund your account;
Sign & fax the payment authorization form if paying by credit card.
Then a couple days later....
E-mail a copy of each of the following to me: (if using credit card)
a. Signed Credit card authorization form
b. Photo id (or W-9 if using a company card) - both sides
c. Credit card used - both sides
Once your balance is low and you need to add funds, you have to go through the cc authorization all over again and it's a pain in the a**! They say if you spend $300 or more a day you can be put on auto billing.
All that being said once your set up, its fairly easy to get your campaigns started and with the right targeting and optimization you can run a pretty successful campaign. Its proving to be very cheap traffic for my travel site ($.06 cpc) and great for building my remarketing lists.