CJ declined most of my application

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by jaydev, May 19, 2008.

  1. #1
    I just created an account in CJ and tried to add few (good paying) ads. But most of my application got declined but there is no explanation why is it rejected, is there any way for me to know the rejection reason so that I can fix them?

    Thanks for your help
     
    jaydev, May 19, 2008 IP
  2. cylai

    cylai Peon

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    hm... you can try to write a love letter to the merchants.It may helps or may not.

    Alternatively, move on to other affiliate networks, CJ is not the only place to join affiliate program .
     
    cylai, May 20, 2008 IP
  3. NwS

    NwS Well-Known Member

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    Do you have incentive traffic?
    You can request the reason by messaging the advertisers through CJ. Some (yeah only some of them) will actually reply to you..
     
    NwS, May 20, 2008 IP
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    what type of offers are you trying to get into? lots of the lead gen / loan related offers won't let in new publishers (or once with incentivized checked, or one who has never pushed any volume through CJ).

    Try starting out with some of the easier to get into programs, send some leads to them, then work on the harder to get into programs.
     
    tyler3, May 20, 2008 IP
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    What websites are in your profile? I can look at them & tell you the most likely reasons why you were declined (if it was a manual decline). Automatic declines are based on your country, earnings bars (whether you're a new publisher in the last 3 months, or have a history earning ranked on a 1-5 scale), and if you offer any incentives (or have anything written in the Special/Incentive description).
     
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  6. cylai

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    jaydev:

    write the the publisher, explain your business model, website revenue & traffic, elaborate your marketing plan to promote their product. it may help.

    let us know how it goes.
     
    cylai, May 20, 2008 IP
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    ancer Well-Known Member

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    #7
    Out of the 30 programs I applied for, 12 got rejected. Just keep a look out for other programs. Don't quit.
     
    ancer, May 20, 2008 IP
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    I think this is very good.
     
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  9. cylai

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    I used those strategy to re-apply, some merchants accept me, some merchants still say no.

    howevver it's worth a try.
     
    cylai, May 22, 2008 IP
  10. kmkruthila

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    18 out of 30 rejected me
     
    kmkruthila, May 22, 2008 IP
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    zk5182 Active Member

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    You need to have a relevant site for the affiliate programs you want to market...if you dont have a site they will reject you. To start off you can showcase a blog or a squidoo lens on the topic and have the same submitted in your CJ profile for affilate to accept you
     
    zk5182, May 23, 2008 IP
  12. cylai

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    squidoo lense would not be very good idea. I'd recommend on getting your own's domain.
     
    cylai, May 23, 2008 IP
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    jaydev Well-Known Member

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    Thanks I will try to contact merchants. by the way what is squidoo lense?
     
    jaydev, May 25, 2008 IP
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    squidoo lense is a webpage that you can create with squidoo, with a URL like this http://squidoo.com/NAME

    NAME= whatever URL you choose.
     
    cylai, May 26, 2008 IP
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    #15
    I've got this problem too.
     
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  16. Robert25

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    Those who accept you start working for them,Then you can reapply to merchants showing your stats.
     
    Robert25, May 26, 2008 IP
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    #17

    It's not CJ that declines your offer, it's the corresponding company you're applying for.
    You always have the option to write to the company and ask them "why". In some cases they will reply.
    Have in mind that there are many automatic rejections - for example, a lot of companies reject your application directly if you're not from US or some specific country. In these cases, you have also the possibility to write and convince them to accept you - for example, if you have Danish traffic but you're not living in Denmark.
     
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    It could be because of your country, where are you based? I have a few times but being in the UK I mainly get accepted for anything UK, USA, Canada, Aus, NZ.
     
    SoftCloud, May 26, 2008 IP
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    yeah, it's cuz of ur country
     
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    #20
    Someone rejects you, go to their competitors then send them a nasty email 3 months from now with a screenshot of the thousand bucks you've earned for his competitor.

    That's what I've done, and get a response like:

    If you join now you can get our affiliate "plus" directly from our website with increase comission. blah blah blah. SHOVE IT.
     
    zerk, May 27, 2008 IP