How CPArev is screwing me out of $34,875.00
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I am sure this is directed at me, and I don't care if he uses Copeac, ads4dough, azoogle, hydra, Clickbooth or any other established network, i am pointing out that a new network really doesnt know what they are getting in to and you're in the same boat as them in that regard. Their mistakes cost you the publisher and vice versa.
I am a nervous fuck, my mind plays out every doomsday scenario and what impact it could have on my business. Mostly what happens if someone doesnt pay me.
Its tough to eat or sleep well when you're worried about collecting that 7 figure invoice on time.
i do agree the Aff needs to be paid, but he should take some personal responsibility for this shit, because its partly his fault too. Does taking some of the responsibility mean he should be paid less? not at all.
Blaming everyone when you do something stupid is nothing new. I do it myself.
I have a question... and don't flame me because I don't know how affiliate networks run their shit...
...but why don't networks just require advertisers to prepay? I mean, that's pretty much how it works with any other type of advertising. You want to get $100k worth of advertising, you pay $100k...
...but why don't networks just require advertisers to prepay? I mean, that's pretty much how it works with any other type of advertising. You want to get $100k worth of advertising, you pay $100k...
I suspect its because advertisers want control over their lead quality to some extent, and they have no idea how many leads they're going to send. No one likes capped offers.
The problem with this attitude, and I don't disagree with it one bit, is that it stalls the market. If a new guy comes in with an excellent idea, business plan, money to float, etc., you're saying people shouldn't work with him - because it sounds like a risk.
In reality, all this does is stifle competition.
I only work with "established" networks for most of my stuff though so whatever.
I love Rays...
What Krongel needs to do is get a nice pound of quality weed and take a week off.
I think it might be experience. I have been to the top and fallen to the bottom in an instant. Just wont let it happen again. Too many people rely on me to live, i cant let everyone down. I might just care more than others do who knows.
I don't think it stifles competition, look at the new networks like A4D and C2M who had great reputation in the past and started new networks. They aren't what i would call a newbie network, they have a following and reputation which helped their networks to grow. But a lot of these new networks have none of what C2M and A4D had which is why pubs end up in the situations they are in. I should have clarified what i meant which is stick to networks with a reputation even new networks if the founder/management have a good track record in our space.
With all due respect, you can't start a business without knowing your costs and risks up front. Taking this off-line for a second, would you buy stuff from a furniture store that didn't have stock and said "hey, just look at these pics. We don't have the capital to float the in-store stock". Or even better: "sorry, you can't test drive this car, but try out this cool simulator. It's better than the real thing!"
Same thing should apply with anyone with a new business plan. You have to think out the costs UP FRONT. If you think you are going to need to float $100K, you make sure you can float $100K. Not doing your research first is inexcusable.
Because most advertisers won't prepay. There are too many networks for them to choose from. If you push them, all you'll get is a "thanks, but no thanks. We'll go to that network over there".
i think most people know what they are getting into in starting a network. i've looked into it but luckily my offline business is firing on all cylinders right now and I don't have the time for it... but never say never
Anyway, i can't think of too many people with a new network who would go to an affiliate doing $5K a day and tell them to turn down their volume... the greed in all of us would be too much - they will hope/assume the advertiser pays and they get their $1k+ daily profit with no worries. And this idea runs across all industries IMO... typically you're not going to turn down potential income
Completely agree, being in the fulfillment business we float hundreds of thousands of dollars for advertisers but we don't accept just anyone we do our due diligence and don't just accept them as clients because of what they tell us, we have turned down far more clients then we have accepted but we have still be burned by a few advertisers its the risk of offering credit and cost of doing business.
Hope everything works out between CPARev and OP
