Is it illegal that I buy stuff with myself link in CJ to earn a price differnce?

I have a thought that I buy stuff with myself CJ link to sell stuff to others. In this way, I got some money in price diffenrence. Is it legal in cj?

 

I think as long as you are paying for the item , it doesnt matter whether you are buying via your own CJ link

Good Luck!

 

yes, I really pay for some sales. If my CTR is too high in my cj account, is it not be allowed?

 

I don't think it's illegal, but I never do that with CJ, in Amazon, I used it when I bought from Amazon

 

In Amazon i think that it is not allowed.

 

yes, I know this behaviours are illegal in Amazon. But cj is not like Amazon, maybe I can do this for myself.

 

i think you can do ,it's not illegal...

 

In my opinion you're the same customer as anyone else so if they are willing to pay some percentage for a sale why they should treat you differently.

It's possible that the small saving from affiliation, will make you to buy from them and not from their competitor.

 

Try sending them an email regarding this, posing as a person who is interested to join their network (don’t send it from your account). I think I had read some where that this is illegal, not sure if it was for adsense affiliate (the beta one) or cj.

 

you mean that I send a request email from my normal mailbox, such as gmail, not send it from my cj mailbox? and is it necessary to perform it?
If I buy stuff and got a high CTR in cj account, is it dangerous to be cancel my cj account?

 

For many affiliate programs it's against the TOS and most kick you out if they notice any such activity

 

I meant send it from an email address that is in no way associated with your CJ account, this way if they say no, they will not investigate your account which they might do if you send an email through your CJ account.

 

Thanks a lot. I had writen a anonymous email to ask them. If they agree, I will do it in my way, if not, I will give it up. Isn't it right?

 

Is that all they do is kick you out? or can they take legal action?

 

I've made personal online purchases from merchants through my own CJ links without a problem. I do same with other affiliate programs also with no problem.

 

Did you get any response from them yet, if yes then what was it?

 

it is not illegal. Maybe against their "rules" (not sure), but certainly no illegal.

 

I don't think it's illegal. More you cheat, more they make money! They should be happy for this

 

Why not just join a cashback website for free, and then make any purchases using the cashback website? Then you can earn affiliate money from the cashback website instead of clicking links from your website.

Some cashback websites pay %100 the rate of affiliate money, so you wouldn't lose any money from this.


Matt

 

I haven't had a problem ordering things through my CJ account. I just put the stuff in my mom's name.