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macdesign
Dec 7th 2004, 8:21 pm
I've only been using CJ for a week or two, I've applied to several advertisers that require their approval, and have gotten all those within a few days.

I just applied to one, and got an instant refusal as soon as I hit the "apply to Program"

Your application has been declined by this advertiser for one or more reasons. If you have a question please contact the advertiser through advertisers detail page within the account manager.

Any insights?
digitalpoint
Dec 7th 2004, 8:48 pm
What country are you in?
fryman
Dec 7th 2004, 9:04 pm
That is just an automatic filter. They filter out sites using criteria like country and category or theme.

Don't feel bad, it doesn't mean they didn't like your site, it is just an automatic message. Forget about it and move on. :)
macdesign
Dec 7th 2004, 9:33 pm
Yeah it's probably country, they are US, and I'm Canada, but most of the links I've got approval for are US. Doesn't make any sense why they should limit it. since all the web sites I'm putting links on are targetted to World or US.

It's annoying since I have a site that is very targetted towards their products.
hdpt00
Dec 7th 2004, 10:47 pm
Just email them and tell them. They'll usually let you in.
jarvi
Dec 8th 2004, 12:24 am
Definitely worth emailing them as it has worked for me sometimes.

Some programs don't like working with non-US people because of payment issues and others just seem too stupid to realise that you don't have to live in the US to target US people.
crear21
Dec 8th 2004, 2:42 am
Definitely worth emailing them as it has worked for me sometimes.

Some programs don't like working with non-US people because of payment issues and others just seem too stupid to realise that you don't have to live in the US to target US people.

There are really plenty of such stupid programs. I've never tried to email them... that's so obvious... :D
melfan
Dec 8th 2004, 6:37 am
There are really plenty of such stupid programs. I've never tried to email them... that's so obvious...

LOL me too. Its their loss not mine :)
5starAffiliates
Dec 8th 2004, 10:34 am
Some programs have clueless managers and some of the them don't even have a manager. Some had the auto filtering set up and dont even know it.

If it's a program you REALLY want, please do email them. Mistakes happen and no company wants to filter someone out who is very interested in promoting them. Email and give them a chance. If you don't get an answer then they probabably are not very well managed anyway. Find another merchant.

PS if they don't answer and it looks like a REALLY, REALLY good program, send me the lead and if we take them on as a client we will pay you a finders fee. :p
Cyclops
Dec 8th 2004, 5:10 pm
LOL macdesign, your lucky you don't live in Australia, we get refused by so many companies it's not funny anymore, apparently allthough the internet is the world wide web, the world to most Americans is the USA only.

Cyclops
misohoni
Feb 18th 2005, 10:30 am
Out of interest, what affiliate program do you Australian's use? I have a section on my site dedicated for those living in Oz and thought I should find a relevant affiliate that offers ads to Australian's and in OZ dollars....

LOL macdesign, your lucky you don't live in Australia, we get refused by so many companies it's not funny anymore, apparently allthough the internet is the world wide web, the world to most Americans is the USA only.

Cyclops
tomecki
Feb 18th 2005, 11:23 am
I have emailed to them and with no results. I think CJ is almost for US citizens.
Sirxl
Feb 25th 2005, 12:31 am
IF my account has been disabled by CJ, how do I activate it back ?
Marian
Mar 3rd 2005, 1:42 pm
My country is even more 'exotic', but I emailed a few aff programs contacts at CJ.com and I've been approved for most of them. You can't lose contacting the merchants anyway. :)
Marian
Mar 3rd 2005, 1:43 pm
IF my account has been disabled by CJ, how do I activate it back ?

Send the CJ an email and get an explanation from them...
mnemtsas
Mar 3rd 2005, 6:14 pm
I'm in Australia and with nicheretail. Its doing OK (given I spend almost no time on it), although they seem a little late with their january cheque.
tomecki
Mar 10th 2005, 11:09 am
My country is even more 'exotic', but I emailed a few aff programs contacts at CJ.com and I've been approved for most of them. You can't lose contacting the merchants anyway. :)

Did you tried affiliate programs related to loans or dating? In yahoo personals or match.com there is no way to get there not being US citizen.
nextgen66
Mar 3rd 2006, 10:06 am
It can be frustrating...I applied to 12 loan programs and only got approved
by half. The others have been sitting in the approval queue for 3 or 4 days now. Either they are really slow to approve; or the way they decline is just not to approve...which is what I suspect.

I did have three auto-decline, and that has to be because I am canadian. I really have no idea why that should make a difference. My site is for the american market, so whats the big deal ? My leads would be exactly the same as from an american owned site... I can't believe that anyone would refuse free advertising !

Its like someone already posted in this thread, some people must just be too stupid to realize that on the internet, the market you target need have nothing to do with your physical location.

Anyways, thanks 5-star for your advice in this thread. I sent emails to the ones I wanted most and already got one more approval.