Click banners V.S. Commision Junction (CJ.com)

I want to know your opionons,...

[Pendragon]

I have been using CJ.com for a while. I would say 3 years. I resently opened a few sites that are bringing in wonderful traffic. Between all of them I am getting 30,000 hits a month. I am getting ruffly 200 clicks a day to CJ.com ads. I noticed though they are all registered on CJ's link tracker, they are only clicks and CJ.com doesn't pay for clicks, they pay for leads, signups and sales. With 5000+ clicks I hadn't made a penny.
I realized I would be doing better with a payper click site. I saw AllClicks today and almost signed up but I didn't like the fact that they ask for your SSN.

I have a few questions for you folks out there.
Q1. Have any of you actually made money from CJ.com?
Q2. Do any of you know of any good trustworthy Payper Click sites that don't require a SSN on signup?
Q3. What is your opinion of CJ.com? And CJ.com VS other pay per click sites?

Lastly, and off subject, if this is supposted to be a webmasters world, why do we not have a spellchecker on this forum, I've impemented one on my forum with no problem.

Please reply if you have pertinent info, I'd like to see how many people like CJ vs how many people like other sites.

[sean]

Pendragon, welcome to the forums.

In general, PPC networks may pay by the click, but good ones will still want traffic that has a chance of converting, in order to get repeat advertisers. Convert, and intead of chasing advertisers, they will be chasing you.

actually made money

Yes. But do not take my word for it, check their SEC filings. (VLCK)

don't require a SSN

SSN is not usually an issue because most networks will also accept EIN.

opinion of CJ.com

In some areas they have must-use merchants, in other areas not so much.

You can find more info at the affiliate forum: [webmasterworld.com...]

[Pendragon]

Wow guys, anyone else with any input? I was trying to get a general consencious.

[zomega42]

If they don't ask for SSN or EIN, then they aren't a real company. They are required (at least in the US) to provide that info to the IRS when they file their taxes.

So really it should be the other way around -- if a PPC company doesn't ask you for your SSN, then don't sign up!

[Pendragon]

Hey guys, I would really appreciate some input on this, like there are TONS of people here, and only two people have responded.

[PatrickDeese]

It could be that the traffic or the niche or the merchants (or the creatives that you've selected) - just aren't converting.

all that said and done have you tried a program like adsense?

If I send lots of traffic to a merchant site and it doesn't convert, I try a different merchant, different creatives, different ad placement etc.

[kodaks]

Welcome, Pendragon!

About the spell checker, you may want to post your comment in the WebmasterWorld Community Center (http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum19/).

[Pendragon]

I haven't tried adsence, have any of you tried AllClicks? I don't want to have merchants, I just want banners, I can be paid for when I get them clicks, my site just gets alot of traffic, and banners could turn profit. I am just trying to figure out which click site to use.

[PatrickDeese]

Adsense is the best paying program I use. By far.

I would say most content site owners have a parallel experience.