Comments on: Top Affiliate Challenge Episode 5 Shut Down By Google! http://www.prospectmx.com/top-affiliate-challenge-episode-5-shut-down-by-google Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Tom http://www.prospectmx.com/top-affiliate-challenge-episode-5-shut-down-by-google#comment-153 Tom Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:04:41 +0000 http://www.prospectmx.com/top-affiliate-challenge-episode-5-shut-down-by-google#comment-153 It's really not that incredible, it's a well known trick that has been around for quite a while and is probably more work than it is worth. If you have a working campaign, you don't want to shut it down just to get free credits. The throw away cards and voucher trick might be good for test marketing, but it's not going to put you that far ahead. Go to the DPS forums and look how far back ppl have been selling vouchers for. Plus, I rarely see a $200 voucher, In fact I think those only existed when yahoo SEM first launched. At best you are going to get $50. So you buy the card for $30 plus $6.95 shipping and then you buy the $50 voucher for $5 or more. In the end you're ahead $8.05. If your campaign is going well and you cut it off, you lose your keyword price and your momentum. If not you can go back and start over, but you lose time and your overall stats and dollar cost averaging. Is that really worth $8 bucks? It’s really not that incredible, it’s a well known trick that has been around for quite a while and is probably more work than it is worth. If you have a working campaign, you don’t want to shut it down just to get free credits.

The throw away cards and voucher trick might be good for test marketing, but it’s not going to put you that far ahead. Go to the DPS forums and look how far back ppl have been selling vouchers for.

Plus, I rarely see a $200 voucher, In fact I think those only existed when yahoo SEM first launched. At best you are going to get $50. So you buy the card for $30 plus $6.95 shipping and then you buy the $50 voucher for $5 or more. In the end you’re ahead $8.05. If your campaign is going well and you cut it off, you lose your keyword price and your momentum. If not you can go back and start over, but you lose time and your overall stats and dollar cost averaging. Is that really worth $8 bucks?

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