freestuffspace
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- Oct 26, 2011
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nice to ti ...............
Wow...Anyone else working with this hotel affiliate program?
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- Oct 12, 2011
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As far as I read out the rules, bumping old threads may result to infraction or ban? Goodluck to you freestuff
MKelly
Regular Member
- Aug 27, 2010
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HotelsCombined is a complete rip off for affiliates, I started with them, sites started getting good traffic, but what I was making was a pittance, maybe $20 per day.
I moved away from HotelsCombined and I started to make serious money, and I mean serious.
Let me give an example:
For a HotelsCombined click through on a certain site I got around $0.20 for a click through. I switched to another hotel affiliate program for one week to test the water.. I was gobsmacked!
I was getting $20-60 per booking, with a lookers-to-bookers rate of around 5%, so per 100 site visits, around 66% of those clicked through the affiliate links.
Per 100 visitors to my site, I was getting around $13 from HotelsCombined, per 100 visitors with a direct affiliate site I was getting anywhere between $50 - $200.
I was actually in quite a rage, since when I signed up it said I would get 70%, 70% of what exactly?
You don't get 70% of anything, if they are a preferred affiliate of a company and get 10%-12% of the total booking value, a hotel booked at $1000 should net you $70, but it does not, it gets you a dollar if you're lucky.
I didn't say anything to HotelsCombined, I just left quietly, took my business elsewhere and became a preferred affiliate myself.
I'm not going to give away the name of the sites I'm affiliated with, but I'll give a tip:
Look at the sites that HotelsCombined gets the prices and rates from, join their affiliate programs directly to make sure you get paid fairly.
P.S. That jargon HotelsCombined give about being paid instantly it complete rubbish, they often pay affiliates late, if you get commission on the 1st of the month, you won't get paid for six or seven weeks.
I moved away from HotelsCombined and I started to make serious money, and I mean serious.
Let me give an example:
For a HotelsCombined click through on a certain site I got around $0.20 for a click through. I switched to another hotel affiliate program for one week to test the water.. I was gobsmacked!
I was getting $20-60 per booking, with a lookers-to-bookers rate of around 5%, so per 100 site visits, around 66% of those clicked through the affiliate links.
Per 100 visitors to my site, I was getting around $13 from HotelsCombined, per 100 visitors with a direct affiliate site I was getting anywhere between $50 - $200.
I was actually in quite a rage, since when I signed up it said I would get 70%, 70% of what exactly?
You don't get 70% of anything, if they are a preferred affiliate of a company and get 10%-12% of the total booking value, a hotel booked at $1000 should net you $70, but it does not, it gets you a dollar if you're lucky.
I didn't say anything to HotelsCombined, I just left quietly, took my business elsewhere and became a preferred affiliate myself.
I'm not going to give away the name of the sites I'm affiliated with, but I'll give a tip:
Look at the sites that HotelsCombined gets the prices and rates from, join their affiliate programs directly to make sure you get paid fairly.
P.S. That jargon HotelsCombined give about being paid instantly it complete rubbish, they often pay affiliates late, if you get commission on the 1st of the month, you won't get paid for six or seven weeks.
I guess you yourself needed a bit of goodluck but its too late now.
I am looking for someone to help me get started in this line by being a mentor. If anyone would like to offer such help for a small monetary compensation please PM me. Thanks
- May 1, 2010
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Do you promote your hotel sites using just seo?
Do you use content from your affiliate site such as booking.com or you write content on your own?
Do you use content from your affiliate site such as booking.com or you write content on your own?
Bossbynature
Newbie
- May 23, 2013
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I just spend alot of money to advertise them, 
hope i wont get screwed this thread scared me lol.:cussing:
hope i wont get screwed this thread scared me lol.:cussing:Bossbynature
Newbie
- May 23, 2013
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I just spend alot of money to advertise them,
Hello ****,
As part of our continued commitment to our suppliers and Affiliate Partners, HotelsCombined conducts regular traffic audits on all Affiliate accounts. Our suppliers provide us with booking conversion data which we use to determine the conversion rate for each Affiliate Partner's traffic. We do this to ensure that quality traffic is delivered to our suppliers and maximum Lead Value is maintained for all Affiliate Partners.
Unfortunately, during our last review we identified an issue with the traffic originating from your account. Specifically, we analysed 1,119 leads tracked through your account so far and found that none of your leads converted into any bookings for our suppliers.
Although we pay per leads, we require a certain proportion of your users to generate booking revenue for our compared suppliers. As your account generated no booking revenue, as per our Affiliate agreement Clause 11.2, please consider this to be your Affiliate Account Closure notice effective immediately. Your remaining unpaid balance will be forfeited.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused, this is a necessary step we have to take to ensure the high standard of our Affiliate Program is maintained and all our partners are not disadvantaged in any way.
Please reply to this email if you wish to discuss further.
Best regards,
HotelsCombined Affiliate Support
Cute, waste of solid time and alot of money. Stay away from them people y'all been warned.