I would like to know the answer to that question too.

plus

Not stress you Tissa but  when will the mobil version of the search engine be ready and when will HD publishing be replaced ( My link goes to a blank page = lost potential commissions)

Kirsten

Last edited by Kirsten Faucette (2010-10-03 12:24:23)

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Great to hear.

Ahh always good to come home to good news
do you have any good news about the mobil version of the search engine too? I cant wait to test that.

LOL well to late. I am changing, testing and adjusting my campaigns all the time. I cant decide if I should just run it in Yahoo or Bing or both. So far there isnt much of a difference, except it seem I get more Clickbank sales when I run it in Bing, but if I only run it in Yahoo I get more that enter the code. Luxary problem?

Hi Eden,

Your article marketing could be the problem. Not that there is anything wrong with article maketing, its atually a great way to get your sites ranked, but when it comes to the search engine, that you have to advertise to the US ONLY, you run in to problems, because you cant control the traffic as your articles can be viewed by people all over the world.

It could also be your landing page or did you have two? feel free to pm it to me if you want and I will have a look at it with the eyes of a costumer.

Kirsten

Last edited by Kirsten Faucette (2010-10-07 17:47:30)

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Can't wait to read the next thread, nail biting material Wicked stuff

You've made my day, and its only just begun too, 12.30am Saturday Morning here in South Australia!

PMSL, Alf Penny

Last edited by Starchaser (2010-10-08 08:59:26)

Hi Eden,

As Kirsten mentioned, it's essential that you limit your people search engine traffic to valid, U.S. traffic ONLY.  Also folks, let me explain the difference between "Conversion Rate" and "Traffic Quality":

Conversion Rate and Traffic Quality are very different metrics.  A high Conversion Rate does not automatically mean good Traffic Quality, just like a low Conversion Rate does not automatically mean poor Traffic Quality.  It's possible to have a 100% Conversion Rate with "Poor" Traffic Quality, or zero conversions with "Good" Traffic Quality.  Let me explain:

Let's say you have a conversion rate of 100% (unlikely, but just for the sake of illustration):

If your 100% conversion rate is because you asked your friends and family members to unlock results at your search engine so you can generate commissions, then your Traffic Quality will be "Poor", and you won't be paid any CPA commissions.  Just an example, but you get the idea.

On the other hand, if your 100% conversion rate is because you have been promoting your search engine to U.S residents ONLY who have a genuine desire to locate someone, then your Traffic Quality will be "Good", and you will be paid those hefty CPA commissions. (Between the two of them, Chad and Kirsten alone have already surpassed $1,000 in CPA commissions!)

If you're somewhere in-between, your Traffic Quality will show as "Needs Improvement", and you will be paid CPA commissions once your Traffic Quality changes to "Good" (which is quite possible if you refine your targeting to valid, U.S. traffic ONLY).  "Needs Improvement" is your warning to improve your targeting, before your Traffic Quality drops to "Poor".

So how can you ensure that your Traffic Quality is (and remains) "Good"?

By making sure that your search engine is used by U.S. residents ONLY, who have a genuine desire to locate someone in the U.S.  If you see any records in the "Country" column that don't have a U.S. flag, that means your search engine is being used by non-U.S. residents (or by non-valid, U.S. traffic) - which will reduce your Traffic Quality.

Also: NEVER "test" (or have anyone else test) your search engine, never offer any incentives for unlocking results, and never attempt to generate bogus commissions.  In these cases, your APS account will be disabled without notice, and you will forfeit all commissions earned - whether your Traffic Quality is "Good" or not.

Ultimately, it's important for everyone to remember that this is a CPA network offer based on email submits.  Which means it's an extremely lucrative offer for well-meaning affiliates - but also extremely appealing to the bad guys.  So there must be strict checks and balances in place to prevent fraud, so the opportunity can be preserved for the majority of folks.  As many APS affiliates know, MyLife/Reunion.com was one of the most lucrative CPA offers out there (also based on email submits), but affiliate fraud was one of the reasons why they discontinued their affiliate program.  I want to make sure this high-converting CPA offer remains available to as many well-meaning APS affiliates as possible!

Payments for the CPA offer will be sent this week!  Follow me on Twitter and check the forum for updates.

Tissa

Hi Tissa,

I just have a few questions:

1.  You said that the quality will be poor if non-US residents uses our search engine as indicated in the flag on the country column.  I just started my PPC campaign for my search engine and it had 4 users entering their email and name all US residents with 1 completing the search results.  How come my traffic quality is 'Poor' eventhough all those searches were performed by US residents?  Are there other factors that we need to watch out for like number of searchers using the code against those not completing the search results?

2.  Does the CPA follows up on these leads to complete the search results like follow-up emails to use the code already sent?

I think this CPA offer is really great and I'm willing to spend efforts like Kirsten and Chad to get into the earning circle.

Thanks Tissa!

Joseph

Awesome!

It's a little disappointing that of 17 unique searches, two were from other countries
so my Traffic Quality is poor. However, this a new CPA network, and we must learn
to operate within it's parameters.

While it may be very difficult to prevent people from other countries on the world wide web
from finding our search engines, even if all our advertising is targeted to the US, we can
take measures as I just have, to modify our search engines and make it clear to users that
the free people search is ONLY for US citizens to find others in the US, and that the emailed
password is ONLY for valid US email accounts (even if it isn't, shhhh...  ).

This may still not be 100% effective, but if our potential search engine users can read and
understand English, it should help a lot.

Arun

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Personally, i would one day like to see an icon style email system service status live within the back office (much like what clickbank uses for system status, and shows in the affiliate reports for delayed hop data.

This way we evidentially and clearly will know our aps affiliate, aps cpa network leads and all other messages are not lagged, staggered or delayed or even down, not getting through, jammed in the system, has a relay error, etc.

I'm sure with Tissa and those APS programming Gremlins at the helm we will be able keep up with the times and normal functions of other networks, if not exceed them quite easily in implementation and functionality!

What are your thoughts on: A system status page or system status icon field APS affiliates? Is it a suitable idea?
Good for CPA and the referral system, post a response and hopefully if there is demand Tissa can witness....

P.S I think traffic quality is dependant also on the conversion rate and not just the fact they should all be usa visitors who are unlocking results.

When implemented, the APS CPA network was explained as "commission only for usa traffic" and overseas visitors can also unlock free results without us earning the CPA variable, but nothing was said to declare oveseas visitors would decrease the visitor quality ratio - nor prevent us from or determine payout elegiblilty??? Personally making the rules as you go isn't fair!

Thanks, Alf Penny

Last edited by Starchaser (2010-10-13 09:45:05)

Grrrreat so since we are getting close to the 15th will that be the payout date for the previus months verefied leads?

I have seen a couple of those too. I doesnt necessarily have to be false emails. I think that sometimes people gets a little impatient if they dont get the code right away so they search again and use a different email.

You are most welcome Eden. Your landing page looks awesome. Congrats. on the Clickbank sale

Hmmm I have never heard of this before. It more sounds like a lame excuse for not having send you the traffic you paid for.
I have been using Yahoo for years and if I have targeted a specific country, well then I only get traffic from that country. Wonder if there was a glitch now that they are transitioning to Ad Center.

Kirsten

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Those sound like excellent changes, Eden!

Remember folks: As affiliates, its your role (and responsibility) to properly target your advertising, and to make adjustments as necessary to stay within any CPA network's restrictions.

Do that, and the commissions will follow (as folks will see when the APS CPA offer payments are sent this week!)

Tissa

Have a safe trip Tissa!

Awaiting for the CPA commission payouts..:)

I just got paid  the first payout from the CPA ever, thank you Tissa

Dear Kirsten Faucette,

Welcome to the ACME People Search CPA network -
where all APS affiliates are automatically approved!

ACME People Search just paid you $386.40 for visitors
who unlocked free results at your people search engine!

This payment for $386.40 was sent via PayPal to:
kirstenf@searchallpeople.com on 18-Oct-2010.

I couldnt wait for the mobile version of the search engine :D so I just started
playing with mobile advertising in Google.
So far 10 clicks to my ad and two persons entered the email and one the code.

Kirsten

Last edited by Kirsten Faucette (2010-10-18 17:29:35)

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Thanks Tissa!

Just received my first payment from the CPA offer.

More to come

Tony