Affiliate Marketing June Earnings
What happened with my missing payments?
Few weeks ago, I talked about this network which owed me approximately $2800 and my own going struggle for getting that money. To recap and make the story short, basically, I generated about $2800 worth of leads for this offer when suddenly, the advertiser refused to pay the network for the leads I generated. The network refused to pay me until the advertiser pays the them. Everyday, I would ask my affiliate manager when I will be paid, and my AM would reply back to me saying the advertiser is not responding their calls or emails and they have no idea when I will be paid for the leads.
It was such a huge headache running after them and not knowing what the status was, why exactly the story was and when I will be paid. Finally, the network came forward and paid me last week the money they owed. According to my AM, they still can’t get hold of the advertiser and they paid me out their pocket. I will never know what real the story is but I’m happy to be paid.
Most of you guys guessed the network. It is Hydra. I am very happy that Hydra came forward and listened to me and paid me. I did harass my AM everyday about it and I gave them proof of how I was generating the leads. They know I was following all the rules and probably figured it’s better to pay since the payments were only 2.8k. Had it been $25,000 or something in that range, I don’t if they had paid me. But I like to thank my Affiliate Manager Nicole Webb from Hydra for getting the payments to me.
June Results:
Revenue: $14013.38
Expenses: $9303.85
Profit: $4709.53
ROI: 50% approximately
Last month was like a roller coaster. In the first week alone I had done close to $8k already. I was pulling in little over $1k a day in revenue when I was told that I have to pause my traffic due to lead quality issue and will be not be paid for previous leads until further investigation. I didn’t start any new offers either because I was concerned about the money I was owed and just wasn’t in the mood to start anything new.
This month I’m not doing much either. I’m in the in the process of looking for a new home and probably will be busy with that.
I’m however reading up a little and trying find out other forms of advertising other than search and content. I want to become less depend on Google and get into display advertising. I’m currently looking into starting off with Yahoo display advertising network. If anyone have any experiencing with it, I would like to hear.
-G
Jul 6, 2009
I knew it, HA!
glad to hear you get paid
Robert
Jun 19, 2009
mm i guess is hydra
Post ReplyJul 6, 2009
4709$ in net profits is better than my 607$ profit with CB products. Most of my tests failed, the ROI is just 14% thanks to the very profitable campaign that I’m running for physical product from other aff network.
My next big step is jumping into CPA offers as it seems that CB, despite being easy to work with, is really tough for PPC and esp. direct linking.
Post ReplyJul 6, 2009
Good to hear things worked out with you and Hydra. I run with them also and they can be a pain in the ass sometimes but usually come through. I had an issue with them over 1200 bucks awhile back when an advertiser accused me of promoting on craigslist (which wasn’t true) but they paid me the money.
Post ReplyHave a great month, keep those nice %age returns rolling.
Jul 6, 2009
I am glad to see you got paid. I am finally moving forward in affiliate marketing and hopefully it pays off.
Post ReplyJul 6, 2009
Its nice to know that you got paid and all is well with you and hydra.
I have been following your blog and right now still on verge of finding out profitable campaigns. I am still on the learning curve of this industry and hopefully soon, I could make it somehow.
A post like this serves an inspiration for newbie like me. Keep it coming. Also, congrats on your June earnings.
Any tips for individuals just starting out with this MMO method? Thanks.
subscribed a long time ago,
Post ReplyJAYL
Jul 9, 2009
Keep things up and stay positive, try and fail and try and fail, finally you will be successful.
Post ReplyJul 13, 2009
I have same experience, it seems that. First, the advertiser requested (through my AM) me to remove my links to their offers as the traffic is not backing out for them. One day later my status for those campaigns was rejected.
Now, my June earning does not appear in my account history, whereas the previous month earning should appear in my account history. Yups, it was such a huge headache.
I think I must do such what you have done. Harass my AM, give them proof of how I was generating the leads. Since I was following all the rules and do nothing that violated the term.
Post ReplyJul 15, 2009
I have the same experience.. I constantly communicate to my AM to make sure that I will get my payment.
Lucky me the advertiser didn’t give a lead invalidation. I got paid and I’m happy, and will be very extra careful with my traffic quality next time.
Post ReplyJul 15, 2009
Finally. nice result and happy ending
Me too, I got paid.
Post ReplyI just need to find another campaign replacing my previous one.
Aug 6, 2009
Congrats, that is a huge sum.
What is that the name of the advertiser that doesn’t want to pay you?
Post ReplyOct 4, 2009
Nice to hear that you got your hard earned money back.
Post ReplyOct 16, 2009
Affiliate Marketing pays much higher than adsense or adbrite. i signed up with Amazon affiliate program and also on some health stores.
Post ReplyOct 24, 2009
Hi mate! Why you stopped update your blog? that was interesting to know how that goes for you
Post ReplyDec 7, 2009
i tried Affiliate Marketing using amazon, clickbank and others. so far i earn a decent amount of money from them. the secret to earning money on affiliate marketing is none other than lots of website traffic..
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Dec 19, 2009
Great news!! Your rocking man. I had some of the same issues with a network that wouldnt pay. It sucks when the averstier doesnt pay the network cause their really isnt anything you can do.
Post ReplyDec 25, 2009
i am interested in earning money through Affiliate Marketing and i just joined amazon affiliate programs, clickbank and others. they say i need lots of US and UK traffic to earn decently on Affiliate marketing.
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