Adding a site a to your profile a merchant might not like?

#1 · 17-10-02

I am thinking of adding a new site to my profile, however I fell this will damage the rep of the other sites as it's to do with betting.

For example on this betting site I would not ever think of adding for example M&S or B&Q or any brand like that, it would be betting sites only, however my fear is new merchants might not understand this and I am rejected for mainstream sites where they would be happy to approve me but for fear I might promote them on the betting site also.

Anyone know/think it might be better if I just have a new account for my betting stuff and leave my current account as it stands?

#2 · 17-10-02

Not had that problem myself with my betting site.

As I expect you are a $$$$$ I don't think you're going to have an issue. They tend to look at that first in my experience judging by the amount of junk propositions I get.

#3 · 17-10-02

It fact with CJ before CJUK I was a $$$ (the year before I done very well from Flutter but after they became BetFair all communication stop for me so I gave up on them) .. Just now I am a $$$$ been like that for a few months and I think very soon I will be a $$$$$ as I have made more in the last 3 weeks on CJ than I have done in over a year.

3 month epic $1.91
7 day epic $34.77

I think that 7 day figure is good, and I expect my 3 months figure to look like that in well 3 months LOL.

I fell good that after cracking DGM, TD I now have finally cracked CJ (once again) and even AW are doing well.. the last 2 being really bad for me for ages.

#4 · 17-10-02

I'm sure you'll be fine. If not you can always email

#5 · 18-10-02

Be careful though - we got prevented from using The BBC shop on CJ because we had a betting element on Loquax - apparently the casino element was fine but the betting bit was "our company Sporting Bet" and not just a link out. (The fact we had shop.loquax, xmastime, a cd/dvd site, and a host of language sites waiting to use their excellent content was totally lost).

Despite trying to explain to the people in charge we weren't allowed to use it.

Fortunately not every merchant is as blinkered or as incapable of understanding how a website works.

Jason

#6 · 18-10-02

Cj is the only one I have cracked. I get nothing whats so ever from DGM or Tradedoubler. Although I have never found one which really fits my sites.

#7 · 18-10-02

We have a $$$$$ at CJ - but I wouldn't say we'd cracked it as there's so much more that could be happening... getting a few betting commissions does help bump up the figures, but I'd like to see more sales at the likes of Wellbeing, M&S, B&Q, Argos - and all the other bigger name brands (and why do so few of them have any decent creative).

Only merchant where "cracked it" is appropriate is Amazon.. made more in 2 weeks in October, than in the first 2 quarters of the year - now that was kinda cool.

Jason
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Loquax - www.loquax.co.uk
The UK's Competition Portal

#8 · 18-10-02

Amazon is converting really well at the moment, I would never say I have cracked it, but hopefully it will become my cash cow.
You can always make more money so none of the programs are cracked until I have made loads from all.

OK what way do people do a site. Do you do site then fit products to it, or choose products to promote do site for it.

I know many people do shopping sites, or SEO pages.