Buying Traffic - Is it Worth the Money?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Burta, Oct 1, 2006.

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    Someone pointed this site out to me - is this worth the time or the money?
     
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  2. sundaybrew

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    No - No - No Buying Traffic just wastes time and bandwith.

    Buy some Qualtity Traffic links,

    Just my opinion
     
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  3. bbardot

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    Unless it's really targeted and they can prove it to you, it's completely useless. In fact, they don't convert at all! Some even give you cheap chinese traffic.

    I agree, best invest in links, and SEO.
     
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    if you are talking about buying traffic from mlm sources ,incentive sources , pay to surf programs , i will not recommend them . best way is to spend that money on " contextual advertising" if your budget is small . but if you have sufficient money launch your own affiliate program with some reputed affiliate network .
     
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  5. boron

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    I had never got a new member from links I've put in Manual/Autosurf traffic exchangers, I was dissapointed.

    But I did sign up on few sites while I was clicking on Manual surf...When I was a newbie..and the site should tell: A big contest here :D .
    I mean if you can offer some earning opportunity for a newbie, manual surfs can work...
     
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    It is simple...

    Noone will sell You good quality traffic.. Everyone can convert quality traffic for real money... so why they should sell it ??

    99% selling traffic is worth almost 0...

    Read and learn a little : SEO isn't so difficult to learn... and You can get best quality SE natural traffic!

    The best way to get revenue... it only cost You some time!

    Mark
     
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  7. aeiouy

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    People are painting with too broad a brush here. There are lots of paid traffic sources where you can get worthwhile traffic depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

    I wouldn't buy traffic from a traffic exchange type place, but there are a lot of traffic sources out there you can pay for good traffic.
     
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    There may be some good paid traffic sources where you can get worthwhile traffic but the best way is to optimize your site, get quality incoming links and build natural traffic.
     
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    I need to find a good supplier of one way text links, anyone now whom can I buy them off of?

    Also do you think that they would need to be escort related, as my site is an escort agency?

    Many thanks
     
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  10. Burta

    Burta Well-Known Member

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    Do you have any specific sources you'd like to recommend?
     
    Burta, Oct 2, 2006 IP
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    Some traffic is worth it. For example, someone just paid me $40 for a MySpace bulletin and it's turned into an estimated 2,500 visits. That's 1.6 cents/visitor. It's targeted too, considering the bulletin title was exactly what his site was about.
     
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  12. Terrena

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    Well, I do believe PPC is buying traffic and almost everyone does that.

    So yes buying traffic works; it is just a matter of junk traffic or refined traffic.
     
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    i find that it's only worth it in the adult realm. (bulk traffic anyway)
     
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    I think if its targeted traffic and converts then i think it should worth the buy.
    You get what you pay for.
     
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    There is no such thing as "buying" Traffic. Traffic only comes naturally through search engines, link exchanges and writing articles.


    :)
     
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    Yeah except even then all traffic is bought.

    The actual answer is... "There is no such thing as FREE traffic".
     
    aeiouy, Oct 22, 2006 IP
  17. The Special One

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    Unless you have secret methods ;)
     
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  18. aeiouy

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    Not really. I guarantee you I can point out all kinds of associated costs regardless of your secret methods.
     
    aeiouy, Oct 22, 2006 IP