Comments on: CJ – You Are The Weakest Link – Goodbye!

By: Around The Affiliate Blogosphere (w/e: 25th Jan 2008) · Affiliate Quanda

Around The Affiliate Blogosphere (w/e: 25th Jan 2008) · Affiliate Quanda — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:54:43 +0000

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By: Commission Junction - If You Pay Peanuts, You Get Monkeys » Affiliate Marketing Blog

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:29:17 +0000

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By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:58:09 +0000

Lucky you still had active commisions in your CJ acoount or they would of banned (Sorry pruned) your account like they have done with thousands of others without paying commisions over the years.

By: Margaret Simms

Margaret Simms — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:37:44 +0000

I’m with CJ. I spent days trying to work out how to use Smartzones. I finally gave up and emailed CJ for help. They said the fault was at their end! I was just beginning to think that affiliating was not for me when I received the Affilaite4U update. Now I have renewed hope and will keep trying.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:50:06 +0000

Yep, I can relate too. Had a problem with locked commissions a couple of times. Took 6 weeks to get a response. In fact it wasn’t until I posted on the Affiliates4U forum that I got an immediate reply.

Funnily enough, when THEY contacted ME about some dubious traffic I was required to respond within 3 days or risk having my account cancelled. Yet turn it around and what do you get…?

Not to mention their appallingly unreliable product feed API. It seems to break down every couple of days. I’m not entirely sure why I’m still with them.

By: Nils

Nils — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:42:36 +0000

I have recently started working with them though my job at an agency and beside their site is slow and times out. Many of the account managers I have worked with seems to do the same – being slow and times out, I can some times wait up to 2 weeks for a simple answer, as it is right now I do not recommend them to anyone.

Funny how I was thinking that they would have a top service as they are a big network and I could not have been more wrong!

By: Lammo.net: Affiliate Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Commission Junction died a slow and painful death many years ago

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:48 +0000

[...] Commission Junction the weakest link? More – CJ are a strange bunch. Go back 5 years, and they were major players in the UK Affiliate [...]

By: Ruck

Ruck — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:49:05 +0000

I’ve been earning from them for two years now and been to war with them a couple of times before. I’l agree they suck but fortunately for me I guess each situation was resolved and I was paid.

I am sorry to hear about your situation and what is even more disheartening is the fact the program you promoted was “Wealth of Nations”? This sucks big time.

I am liking Linkshare though

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:39:58 +0000

I had a similar problem a while back with CJ it was just to ask a really simple question about my account. It took over 2 weeks to get back to me, which is just madness! Considering other networks have got back to me within the hour.

It doesn’t really fill you with confidence!!!

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:24:42 +0000

I agree totally. CJ are a pain.
When I joined CJ, I entered my email address incorrectly by mistake. I contacted them several times through their “support” form on their website and NEVER received a reply. So, I joined with another email address. Then I had problems getting their links to track. Also, their website is sloooow and painful to use.

I wonder why they are even in this business when they treat affiliates so poorly?

Tony