The Best Ever Landing Page?

Over the past two days I have noticed a sharp drop in conversions with one of my CJ merchants. I initially paid no attention, but it began to worry when there was no conversion in two days. Well it turns out that CJ has implemented a spcial landing page for my affiliate links.

I hope you are getting my sarcasm. But it is really no laughing matter for affiliates who drive their sales via PPC campaigns. We have enough trouble keeping up with AdWords quality score requirements. I was fortunate enough not to have any PPC going for this merchant, but I wonder if so called “quality score” can be affected by something like this?

I am just wondering who is getting paid for my work? The only way out from that page is via an affiliate link that lands you on Commission Junction home page. If you look closely you will notice ids embedded in the affiliate link AID=13337 PID=396324. It is clear that AID belongs to Commision Junction themselves. So what about PID? Something tells me it belongs to CJ as well. So here is a question, is CJ ripping me off? How often is it done without being caught?

This problem can be eliminated when the tracking is done on the merchant’s website. So even if there is a problem or glitch in the system, visitors to your website do not end up looking at “CJ’s special landing page”.

So I have decided to actively pursue merchants I have been working with, to look for alternative networks.

If these and other shady things have happened to you I am begging you not to be silent. You owe them nothing! In fact they owe you!