TNX Referral program a scam?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by domainer_10, Jul 27, 2008.

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    Has anyone actually had earnings from people they referred to the TNX program? I have 20 different referrals over 6 months and NONE have converted. I even asked in the TNX thread and no one said anything. Im about ready to stop promoting them unless someone can confirm they have had affiliates confirm these days. maybe they converted at one time, but maybe they are scamming NOW?
     
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    Nobody is scamming! Your affiliates do not convert because they are not professional enough to even understand the system. If you helped them to get the slightest idea on what TNX can do, maybe then you would receive some income from your affiliates.
     
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    How come no one has ever claimed they had a conversion? I been waiting forever for a few to say something, but no one has yet to say they had a conversion. I have told them on my sites what TNX can do. I
     
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    What is TNX?
     
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    You sell text links. They have a referral program that pays a % of your referrals earnings for other publishers you refer to program.
     
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    #6
    It is hard to get successful person to speak about their success!
     
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    This is the only one well known affiliate program that has this problem.
     
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    What is your TNX ID or Login?
     
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    I've had plenty of referrals earn me some points through TNX, although the majority of referrals have earned 0. That's typical of any affiliate program and any business for that matter - only a small percentage succeed.

    I'd estimate half of one percent of my referrals earned any points, so at that rate, you'd be lucky to get one person earning anything from your 20 referrals.

    However, I tried to cash out from TNX at one point and lost all my points but didn't get any cash. So you're not really missing out on anything anyway! :)
     
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    What do you mean you lost all your points?
     
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    MTbiker Well-Known Member

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    Well you cash out your points if you want payment. When I did that, my point balance went to 0. That's what I mean.

    Supposedly TNX will PayPal you the monetary equivalent of your points in 3-4 business days, but I waited for a month (totally forgot about it actually) and got nothing.
     
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    How much do you request?
     
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    What is your TNX ID or Login?
     
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    Somewhere between $0.xx and $xxxx ;)

    It has all been paid now. It looks like there was a little hiccup in the system, but they took care of everything promptly as soon as I asked about it. :D

    So their affiliate program is definitely not a scam, you just have to refer people who will actually use TNX and make money with it, resulting in a small commission for yourself.
     
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    Thanks. Im just surprised by the low percentage of conversions. I mean its not even hard to use TNX.
     
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    they definitely NOT a scam as I can say. However, after many months, yes months with them, I think their system no longer work since it's been slapped by google :(, just my opinion.
     
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    Why you bought tons of links and it didn't help your seo?
     
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    well, just my opinion. It doesn't help :( probably google Know exactly which site has TXN code in it??? really have no clue.
     
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    I don't see how it couldn't help. Everyone knows spamming helps, so why not TNX?

    Maybe you bought too many links too early. More than a few a month is overkill, unless the site is very old and high ranking already IMO.
     
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    TNX code is not detectable in any way.
     
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