I saw this today on Digital Point. I’ve been fairly sidetracked today because my celeb site was on Gawker again today and my server crashed. This traffic was harder than Digg. Mui impressed.
Anyway, apparently this is the affiliate site in question: http://www.cpacampaigns.com/
After Recieving my leads . After one month they told they were fraud.
Even the referer perfectly shows they are from search .
Today when i asked my payment this is what the affiliate manager replied.
Coolcowboy (08:22 PM) :
Hello
melissacpacamp (08:23 PM) :
hello
Coolcowboy (08:23 PM) :
I just called u up . Not sure if i am not audiable
melissacpacamp (08:24 PM) :
there was no one on the line
melissacpacamp (08:24 PM) :
what’s up?
Coolcowboy (08:24 PM) :
Its regarding my payment . Today is 1st .
melissacpacamp (08:24 PM) :
you are correct
melissacpacamp (08:25 PM) :
this is what has happened – all of the leads sent on the Ellis offer – the school has said that none of them are any good, therefore we will not be paying for them
Coolcowboy (08:25 PM) :
Well the leads are perfect from search engine .
Coolcowboy (08:25 PM) :
There is no way anyone can cheat it ryt
melissacpacamp (08:26 PM) :
and as per our Terms and Conditions, when fraud occurs, we reserve the right to refuse all payments, so I am sorry, but there will be no payments sent to you
Read the rest of the convo after the jump.
Coolcowboy (08:26 PM) :
Ok . I guess you need to keep all your documents perfect
Coolcowboy (08:26 PM) :
there are no terms and conditions during signup
Coolcowboy (08:26 PM) :
and also the traffic i have sent is perfect.
melissacpacamp (08:27 PM) :
uh. yes there are terms and conditions that you have to agree to to become an affiliate
melissacpacamp (08:27 PM) :
it will not let you continue without agreeing to them
Coolcowboy (08:27 PM) :
Okey . Thats fine actording to that its net 30
Coolcowboy (08:27 PM) :
i did wait for 30 days
melissacpacamp (08:27 PM) :
we also have heard that this has happened with you on other networks, so there really is no room to discuss this
Coolcowboy (08:27 PM) :
and well the traffic is perfect and the leads are not fraudlent
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
bcos i dont have any direct contact with the person who wil produce the lead
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
so i am in no way concrened
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
i have my google adword bills to prove things
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
and also the referer
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
i guess i need to speak to your ceo
Coolcowboy (08:28 PM) :
Well this is not the way to deal with the affiliates who send traffic from search
Coolcowboy (08:29 PM) :
I am not sending any free traffic in here
melissacpacamp (08:29 PM) :
Actually, you do not need to speak to my CEO – he is in complete agreement with me – and so is Sandy.
melissacpacamp (08:29 PM) :
We make united decisions here, and we never pay for fraud.
Coolcowboy (08:29 PM) :
Just prove me one thing
Coolcowboy (08:29 PM) :
that i made a fraud
melissacpacamp (08:29 PM) :
Yes?
Coolcowboy (08:29 PM) :
the referer is so clear
Coolcowboy (08:29 PM) :
that its being sent from Google
melissacpacamp (08:30 PM) :
NONE of the leads were accepted by the school – mostly because NONE of the email addresses or phone numbers worked
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
if they just say that not to play
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
pay*
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
i cant be responsible for that
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
i have sent in the traffic
melissacpacamp (08:30 PM) :
It expressly says that if the lead is incomplete or invalid, it can’t and won’t be paid for
melissacpacamp (08:30 PM) :
You have sent BAD traffic
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
. Well you can say that i made a mistake if i drive in traffic from my website . Pay incentives to users
Coolcowboy (08:30 PM) :
and make them signup
melissacpacamp (08:31 PM) :
and, as I said, this is not the first time you have done this – I asked around and you have done this before on other networks.
Coolcowboy (08:31 PM) :
its so clear the traffic is from search
melissacpacamp (08:31 PM) :
Wait – you ”
Coolcowboy (08:31 PM) :
well you can check with all others
melissacpacamp (08:31 PM) :
Pay incentives to users
melissacpacamp (08:31 PM) :
???
Coolcowboy (08:31 PM) :
i said i wont be paying incentives to users
melissacpacamp (08:31 PM) :
That is expressly forbidden on this offer
Coolcowboy (08:31 PM) :
as i am not having any direct contact with them
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
and well which network did i do this to ??
melissacpacamp (08:32 PM) :
Regardless, there really is nothing left to discuss – I am sorry if you spent money to send these leads, but the leads are considered fraud and WILL NOT be paid for
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
i am being paid by all networks for which i do search traffic
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
ok fine
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
wait for the notice
melissacpacamp (08:32 PM) :
Notice?
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
yup
melissacpacamp (08:32 PM) :
What kind of notice?
Coolcowboy (08:32 PM) :
You will hear soon
melissacpacamp (08:32 PM) :
Just so I can let our attorneys know
melissacpacamp (08:33 PM) :
they are waiting
Coolcowboy (08:33 PM) :
sure
melissacpacamp (08:33 PM) :
thank you
I am just planning to sue them for this as they wont repeat with anyother publisher of affiliate.