I've been getting a steady 2000 unique hits a month on my poker related site. I didn't make squat with CJ. Granted I was using CJ in conjunction with promoting poker sites, but it was on for a good 2 months, with not a cent earned. Who here makes money on CJ? how many unique hits do you have a month and whats your niche?
I did, my niches were shoes, webhosting and naturopathic remedies....did decent with them, they terminated me today still waiting for a reason why? But thank god there are better paying networks out there ya know. They probably canned me for working at epiq systems (the court ordered 3rd party settlement adjusters for both of the lawsuits they lost) even though that was a bit ago we all know how slow cj is on getting new info... lol but you can make money in cj no doubt I did well and now I move all links to shareasale to do the same so no biggy. But I think for your niche and only getting 2k a month it would be difficult to convert, you would need to boost your traffic a bit b4 you would start to see $$$. I know that 2k a month probably sounds like a lot. But thats what I get in a day to one of my sites so I know its frustrating but don't call it quits w/cj just yet increase your traffic and of course make sure its targeted, stay away from ppc with this niche you will lose your money. Hope that helped a bit, even though I don't belong here in the CJ section I still LOVE IT.
I totallly agreed with FreeOnlinePokerSoftware bcz i have faced the same situation and I've been getting a steady 500 to 1500 unique hits per day on my hair care related site and also I didn't make a single cent with CJ . but luckily ,along with cj i promoted amazon and my sale on amazon was 150 $ per month with only 20 to 50 hits per day.
I don't know why people blame CJ instead of themselves for not making sales. CJ basically just provides a service to merchants and their affiliates. If someone is getting a couple thousand hits a day and not making sales, that should raise a red flag. You have to figure out why. Are you direct linking? If so, chances are the merchants landing page sucks. Take a look at it. Set up your own page, pre sell them there, capture their email address. Try that for awhile and see how things go. If still no improvement, maybe the product stinks. Or maybe you are not using the right keywords. Maybe you are getting untargeted traffic. Geez, it can be a lot of things. There are a bunch of reasons why sales aren't made but the fault is not CJs. Heck, they have some of the best products out there. Take the time to learn basic marketing. Learn how to test. Don't be afraid to try something new. Good luck, Zeek
I do real well with CJ, my niches are all business related and my uniques are in the 75K range monthly. My income with them averages between 8K and 10K monthly and I have a few other networks that I use but CJ is by far the best for me.
I trust CJ way more than I trust Clickbank. I've made some money with them, but it all comes down to what you're promoting on your site. Even with a poker site, there are poker related products that you can select, along with the banners. But if your content is more for playing than it is informational, you might be losing out on sales. I'm linked to one poker affiliate myself, but just because I wanted to offer some diversity of products on my sites.
I have a gambling related site covering casino's, poker, roulette, bingo, betting. I get more click thru's on the Bingo niche than anything else....so if you want a gambling niche, from my experience bingo pays better. Graham