Mobiles.co.uk very low sales approval ratio, even dialaphone and P4u same

[keydevon]

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Hi Guys,


From last few of months we notice that mobiles.co.uk approval ratio is very low.
Can you guys face same problem just like me: We are running mobile sites like
Mobilephonescomparison.co.uk, contractmobiletariff.co.uk:

See our last few month sales stat of mobiles.co.uk form affiliate window:

April:
mobiles.co.uk
Total sales: 29
Confirm sale =9
Declined = 20

Phones4U
Total sale= 11
Confirm= 3
Declined =8

Dial-a-Phone
Total sales = 17
Confirm sale = 4
Declined = 13

Vodafone Ltd
Total Sales= 4
Confirm = 4
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May:
mobiles.co.uk
Total sales: 39
Confirm sale =11
Pending=1
Declined = 27

Phones4U
Total sale= 4
Declined =4

Dial-a-Phone
Total sales = 23
Confirm sale = 6
Declined = 17

Vodafone Ltd

Total Sales= 7
Confirm =6
Declined =7
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June
Mobiles.co.uk
Total number of sale =93
Confirm sale= 24
Declined =69

Dial-a-Phone
Total sales = 7
Confirm sale = 2
Declined = 5

Phones4U
Total sale= 8
Confirm = 5
Declined = 3

Vodafone Ltd
Total sales=6
Confirm =6
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July

mobiles.co.uk
Total sales: 93
Confirm sale = 17
Pending= 28
Declined = 48

Phones4U
Total sale= 27
Approved = 7
Declined = 20

Dial-a-Phone
We are not promoted the dial a phone in this month

Vodafone Ltd
Total Sales= 7
Confirm =2
Pending = 5

I am very disappoint with mobiles.co.uk, phones4u and dial a phone due to lager number of declined sales. I am very happy with Vodafone ltd.
Really affiliate marketing is blind game.

Guys help me; suggest to me what I can do?

Best regards
Navneet

[mobiles4everyone]

Navneet,

They look unusually low. Our approval rates have been quite consistant over the last few months. Our average approval figures for June/July below, which are typical of a normal month.

95% Vodafone
69% Affordable mobiles
66% Mobiles.co.uk
65% Buy Mobile Phones
57% Phones4u
54% e2save
53% Dialaphone

Note that Vodafone are paying on an application basis, hence the very high approval rate. Mobiles.co.uk and e2save approve on despatch and everyone else is approving after the customer's 7/14 day return period.

Any idea why your decline rate is so high? First places to look are quality/source of traffic, merchant landing pages and product availability (e.g. are you targeting pre-order phones or phones with a naturally high decline rate). Happy to share a little bit more drilled-down data with you if you want to PM me.

[keydevon]

Hi Darren,

I know you are champ in mobile affiliate and white label too.

We are not promoted pre order handsets, Even are site traffic comes via generic keywords like contract phones, cheap contract phones, mobile free gifts etc.

I am sure our more traffic come on free gifts offers pages, and generally sales comes on top handsets, you know well these handsets.

I realize that Mobiles.co.uk doing some cheating with me only, because your approval stat is good.
Even carphonewarehouse group’s site approval ratio is bad.

Just see my previous stat :


There is other affiliate, who face the low approval ratio by carphonewarehouse group sites?

[nightyard]

I experienced dreadful approval rates with dialascam, I've stopped promoting and moved onto three, ive already got more approved in the past week then i did in a months worth of dial a phone

have a look at this, same traffic used for every merchant;

[keydevon]

My Commission Report for January 1, 2012 - April 20, 2012 (based on validation date)

OSPS Commissions Report for January 1, 2012 - April 20, 2012 (based on validation date)

Pending total : £159.00

Approved total : £397.50

Declined total: £4,743.50

PAID : £1,116.00



Mobiles.co.uk Commissions Report for January 1, 2012 - April 20, 2012 (based on validation date)

Pending total : £265.00

Approved total : £583.00

Declined total : £4,746.50

Paid total : £1,967.00



E2save: Commissions Report for January 1, 2012 - April 20, 2012 (based on validation date)

Pending total: £82.50

Approved total: £1,232.00

Declined total : £3,552.00

Paid total : £558.50



Carphone Warehouse: Commissions Report for January 1, 2012 - April 20, 2012 (based on validation date)

Pending total: £410.00

Approved total: £5.00

Declined total: £910.00

Paid total : £35.03

So that stat is very disappointed.

Navneet

[dheer]

Being a newbie...in this field...its gives me jitters...and to rethink again to enter mobile industry at this stage....experts comment would be welcome.....is it temporary or has the space become overcrowded....

[muj1984]

@dheer the space has been flooded by marketing companies trading from india they own and market these websites in uk, Somebody needs to put a stop to this.

[keydevon]

Hi Muj Ali,

There are few companies doing trading from India, and few are lost their lost business when Google change the algo. Only few players those have the good and quality websites stay.
If somebody give the better option to compare the deals, search and valuable information to UK audience, so it is not a matter you are running a website from India, UK, USA and other countries..
If you are in the same industry (have the website contractdealers.co.uk ) obviously you want to stop these outsiders guys.
Do well and get well ..... there is tuff completion in every field..