CJ...NOW I really don't trust them..

CJ is one shady company...

[metakomm]

Here is the deal.

I go with one merchant who is HIGHLY profitable for 2 months. I would make 10-15 sales/day. I hooked up with this merchant through CJ.

Almost overnight, sales just came to a screeching halt. The EPC dropped drastically the following month. Sales were rare.

I talked to the merchant and they blamed the possible drop in having old banners. They created new banners, no difference.

I switched the code up and encrypted the links to see if there was a difference...Still nothing...This merchants EPC was in the toilet from previous months.

Anyhoo, Zanox picked up this merchant. So I wanted to see if I could resume the pace I was at when this merchant was hot through CJ.

Guess what?

My sales with this merchant are hot again. The sales rolled in IMMEDIATELY after I switched the code to go through Zanox.

Something is obviously up with CJ...

I still make a profit with using them, so I will continue to use them. But I really don't trust them...

[ronin]

It's the tracking.

I used to be affiliated with a merchant on BeFree. When I switched to the program of the same merchant on CJ, sales rose noticeably.

Since nothing else had changed I assumed that CJ must have better tracking than BeFree for that merchant.

Why some merchants are tracked better by some networks and not by others I have no idea. Perhaps it's the way the tracking is implemented.

[MovingOnUp]

It sounds like the merchant's Zanox implementation broke their CJ tracking. If so, that's totally a merchant issue.

[tyatay]

I also noticed this recently. I was making many many sales through eBay on CJ, and suddenly overnight it just stopped and I have not madde any since. Which is very very strange.

[Porkchop]

My sales are rotten this month. I just figured nobody is buying?

[bts111]

At this time, I am only using one merchant on cj.

The particular merchant brings in four figure cheques every month. This month it is going to be a high three figure cheque.

I can usually smell a network that cheats from a mile away. This month I can smell something that stinks ;)

[metakomm]

Well, in a letter sent to me from CJ, they admitted there was a brief period where transactions were not being recorded.

Hmmmmm....Where there is smoke, there is fire?

[kwngian]

Just to let you people know, I have this particular merchant that I have generated tonnes of clicks but not a single sales.

I was quite upset with them but could not find any alternative to what they are supplying. I suspect it has to do with cookies stolen by spywares so I do a redirect before going to the merchant's site.

And you know what, within the day, I got the first sales. Coincidence ah?

I am not good with PHP so there may be some clicks that may be invalidated.

Anyone here know of a way to prevent these stealware from stealing what is legitimately ours?