I know adf.ly for years but never tried it as I read bad reports about the traffic. Was searching for a low cost traffic source and adf.ly came to mind. I spend few dollars on it and promoted a couple of products from CPAgrip. Now I have 19 conversions: http://screencast.com/t/LUVOsNYZ I am in loss but if the product was paying 2 dollars, I would have been in profit. Maybe with more tests there could be something worth with this traffic.
I am confused with your process. Can you elaborate a little more please? I used adf.ly just tonight and had no problem with the conversion or amount of money earned.
Not sure how you used adf.ly. Maybe you are a publisher. I used it as an advertiser. I advertised some product from cpagrip.com and got 19 conversions or sales.
No, if anyone wants to get cheaper clicks and make some money, adf.ly might work. But sure it requires lots of testing. Anyone with a deeper pocket and the guts to do it, may find a profitable campaign there.
To give some hint I promoted to an asian country. I let it go for both mobile and desktop. Still trying it so can't give details.