Bluehost

different payout per signup

[blabla11]

Hi! I'm new here, sorry for my English.

Well, I registered at bluehost.com as an affiliate. They offer 65$ per refferal. Not so bad.
But then I registered on cj.com and saw bluehost offering 90$ per each sell.

Why are this numbers different? Should I delete my bluehost account and sign up at cj for bluehost.
Tnx for answers.

[QualityNonsense]

You may well find that the CJ program has a different cookie length (eg, one day instead of 30), so users who don't buy immediately wouldn't be credited to you. I learnt that the hard way with another merchant on CJ.

[blabla11]

hmm tnx!
but in this case cj offers:
Action Referral Period 120 day(s), which I think is a lot of time.
On bluehost.com i can't find the information of referral period.

And another question. Hosting for 1 year costs 7$*12=84$. So if I sign up with my refferal I get free hosting +6$?
Is bluehost stupid or I am?

[walkman]

>> Is bluehost stupid or I am?

Just go with the flow. They have a business plan and think it will work; only time will tell. Meanwhile, enjoy the money.

[humblebeginnings]

Hosting for 1 year costs 7$*12=84$. So if I sign up with my refferal I get free hosting +6$

Most merchants exclude their affiliates from ordering products through their own affiliate links. Some kick ya out if you try it anyway, so be careful.

[blabla11]

Ok, thank you.
Last question: can I offer on internet that I pay them 50$ if they sign up with my refferal? So they get hosting for 34$ and i get 40$?

[QualityNonsense]

can I offer on internet that I pay them 50$ if they sign up with my refferal? So they get hosting for 34$ and i get 40$?

Best to check with the affiliate manager for this sort of thing, ditto cookie length.

If you can't get answers, you could use a PHP script to randomize the CJ/in-house links and see which makes more money over a period of time.

[Marcia]

>>can I offer on internet that I pay them 50$ if they sign up with my refferal? So they get hosting for 34$ and i get 40$?

Then, what happens if people cancel their hosting and the transaction is reversed, meaning you get no commission? How easy do you think it would be to get that $50 back?

[blabla11]

I saw that Hostgator also pay different.
On their site:
If person sign up
1-5 a month $50
6-10 a month $75
11-20 a month $100
20+ a month $125

On cj:
1month: 100$
cookie last 2months

Of course prices are better on cj (nobody wiil sign up for 20+ moths). It would be logical if prices would be better on their homepage but they aren't.
I think their must be explanation for this. Maybe cj don't pay you for each sell (they cheat:)).
what do you think?

[gamiziuk]

Do they cheat? Gee, I dunno, but check this thread:

[webmasterworld.com...]

[QualityNonsense]

Funny thing is that merchants also have to pay 30% network override to CJ on all commission paid to affiliates. Obviously an in-house programme doesn't have to bear CJ's hefty costs, either.

I've heard a fair few stories from of 'tracking issues' from CJ affiliates. I switched a PPC campaign for an in house affiliate programme to CJ chasing higher commission rates, only to find that the conversion rate fell through the floor - despite no other changes. Make of that what you will.

[edited by: QualityNonsense at 8:45 am (utc) on Aug. 27, 2006]

[blabla11]

Hmmm...
Has anyone happened that your friend signed up with your refferal and you haven't gor commision? This would be the proof.