Drastic Drop in Earnings when Merchant went to CJ
My speciality web site has been running for 2 to 3 years now. During all this time, despite floundering in the Google sandbox, one merchant has consistently returned better results than the others. This is not surprising since it is the product I most recommend on my site.
Some months back, this merchant moved from their in-house affiliate scheme to CJ. Around the same time, my site finally came out of the Google sandbox and shot from not being in the first 1,000 results to now ranking position 5 for my keywords. Despite the resultant large hike in traffic to my site, my earnings for this merchant have dropped to a third of their previous level.
It seems we’re totally at the mercy of CJ, so I guess there’s little we can do about it. I did e-mail CJ but, of course, have not received a reply or acknowledgement.
I’ll be contacting the merchant to tell them of my experience and urge them to return to their previous scheme. I won’t be holding my breath though.
Alan
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