Hi,

I have been working for the past couple of months trying to make some $ with some web hosting affiliate programs. Because of my lack of experience with adwords, I wasted more than $2000 in advertising. I tried placing single ads for one program at a time. I also tried to make a web hosting review website. But regardless of what I do, I can't get anyone to sign up. Once they either click on my Google ad or they come to my website and read a review then visit the web host, they all just disappear. No sale. I've been tracking the clicks and they are all being accurately accounted for. But only 11 sales after 854 clicks since October 1? that's an ave. of 1 sale for over 77 clicks! Is someone stealing my sales or something? Is the industry slow? Is this normal? Man I am so frustrated. And to make matters worse, I keep getting emails from the affiliate companies saying how great sales are for them. They keep boasting about record breaking sales this month. What?! It's not working for me!:bawling:

Dave

Is 10-cheapwebhosting.com also your site?

http://www.10-cheapwebhosting.com/hosts/LunarPages.php
http://www.jdr-research.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20051004213616473

If so you might want to just run a single site. Less work since the sites are nearly identical. Also all your affiliate links are using Javascript mouseover to hide them. I personally see that as a minor deception. I don't mind using affiliate links so long as I know I'm being sold something where the seller gets a commission.

Other than that the site(s) look clean and if you're only paying a few bucks a month for hosting, consider yourself to be doing a good job :)

$2000 in adwords is nothing. Affiliates always full of BS - they just looking for loosers like you who will invest in their promises and then rip you off :)

Find a stable job and forget about this business sector - you need to have a LOT of time and expirience to make things go in right way in today's competitive market.

I'd agree. Affiliate is risky. I'm making now about $500 per month with CJ, and waste 4h per day for it. I'm thinking stop everything and get a job...

You are not alone.

Fortunately, I cut off my Google Adwords accounts long before I wasted that kind of money. At one point I was getting hundreds of clicks from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but the visitors left as soon as they got to the site. I finally figured out that people were just trying to drain my advertising budget.

Hi,

But only 11 sales after 854 clicks since October 1? that's an ave. of 1 sale for over 77 clicks! Is someone stealing my sales or something? Is the industry slow? Is this normal? Man I am so frustrated.

Dave

I understand your frustration, but 1 out of 77 ain't too bad. Its not great, but not bad either.

We actually cancelled our affiliate program. It wasn't working at all. All our affiliates were doing was ordering their own hosting and using it as a discount program. Based on my experience, I think hosting isn't the right industry for an affiliate system. Its too competitive, and its too hard for an affiliate to get noticed amongst all the hosts.

Try something different, there have to be better affiliate niches out there.

yea i'm not sure about hosting affiliate programs but all affiliate programs are tough if you are just doing adwords campaigns. Your competition probably is either A. affiliates with better payouts or B. the companies themselves who make more of a profit margin than you.

Try doing credit card affiliate programs. PM me if you want hooked up. A guy I know does sites pretty cheap. Like this http://www.findacard.com

is one sale out of 77 clicks bad??

yes... bad

yep....bad