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Fresh news and updates of AlterCPA products, as well as unique information from the world of affiliate marketing, which will help you multiply your income in the traffic arbitrage industry.

How to lose megabucks due to the negligence of techies

How to lose megabucks due to the negligence of techies

This article especially emphasizes the title of my cozy blog “How to create an affiliate network and not go broke.” The situation that will be discussed today, its causes and consequences, is guaranteed to lead to the death of several networks at once. And the rest of the victims will be left afloat only due to the airbag or resourcefulness of the management. Let’s move straight to the sweetest part.

AlterCPA anniversary: the memoires

AlterCPA anniversary: the memoires

In the beginning there was a word, and the word was two bytes… Every project, even the fattest one, started somewhere. What is now familiar to you as AlterCPA from the WR team also has …

AlterCPA Pro v.30

AlterCPA Pro v.30

Who turned thirty? This is AlterCPA Pro v.30, please love and favor the old lady! In this version I have nothing to surprise you – you are already accustomed to the best. Therefore, catch: one new product, one polished product and one more planned product. But where is AlterCPA Pro itself? And it contains a whole bunch of little things so that every user can say: great, I was waiting for this!

Checklist: making your affiliate network attractive to marketers

Checklist: making your affiliate network attractive to marketers

As the creator of an affiliate network platform engine, I regularly communicate with dozens of creators of these businesses. And, to my deep dissatisfaction, I understand that they do not apply even half of the points that will be discussed. I would like to ask you to delve into each point, because there is nothing critically difficult in creating a successful affiliate program if you use the right approach and tick all 7 points on today’s checklist.

Overview of the tracker AlterCPA Red

Overview of the tracker AlterCPA Red

Should a beginner affiliate marketer spend money on a tracker? In most verticals, you will have to, because this tool doesn’t just collects statistics, from which you can get a dopamine rush when worked on the plus side. The tracker also allows you to distribute traffic between landing pages, conduct split tests, filter from bots, and distribute visits between advertisers. Without these tools, it is extremely difficult to optimize the traffic to the plus.

Affiliate network scam: how did it happen and how to protect yourself?

Affiliate network scam: how did it happen and how to protect yourself?

This year I have already witnessed several scam stories from affiliate networks. The scenario is very similar in all cases. And the worst thing for me is that these scenarios use ready-made engines for creating affiliate networks, including my AlterCPA Cloud. I will tell you about these two cases.

Checklist: CloudFlare under DDoS attack

Checklist: CloudFlare under DDoS attack

Is your site under DDoS attack? Immediately go under the cat! This article will help you quickly get your site up and running if it’s under DDoS attack, but you’ve wisely covered it up with CloudFlare. If this has not already been done, your zero step should be transferring the domain to CloudFlare.

Malicious software: why Google shows this error?

Malicious software: why Google shows this error?

As an arbitrage techie to the bone, who single-handedly created the AlterCPA Pro affiliate network engine, I have a deep understanding of processes. I often laugh at how affiliates perceive and try to solve problems, creating another cargo cult. Myths on one of these problems I will destroy today. And let’s talk about malicious software – the simplest mistake in Google advertising campaigns.

AlterCPA Pro v.29

AlterCPA Pro v.29

Have you managed to lose weight for the summer? So I didn’t have time, because all spring I have been creating for you the magnificent AlterCPA Pro v.29 with huge improvements! In this issue: boxes, a micro-cloak in streams, a mega-cloak in splits, domain statistics, new hacks and a dozen fat “little things” that didn’t even think of losing weight by the summer.

Choosing server for the network and team

Choosing server for the network and team

The infrastructure of affiliate networks and large arbitrage teams is very similar to each other. Both of them need to connect a lot of buyers, distribute traffic between different advertisers with different rates, track and transmit conversion statuses, and much more. Certainly there are differences. But basically, the infrastructure is similar and the server system is also identical. In this article, we will deal with servers. Yes, there will be more than one server.

Media buying conferences: why and why not?

Media buying conferences: why and why not?

There is a topic in our community that is rarely discussed among the masses and remains the lot of smoking rooms and kitchens. Conferences. Are they needed at all in 2023? Who cares to go there? What to expect? How to behave correctly? What goals to set and how to achieve them?

Your network has a place in the cemetery!

Your network has a place in the cemetery!

How to determine in five minutes that you are opening a stillborn affiliate program? Very often, a couple of minutes of communication with a future businessman is enough to understand that his project is already dead, at the stage of conception. Given that I have a platform for affiliate networks, I have been communicating with this audience very often over the past several thousand days. The eye is trained, the conclusions are made, and today I will share them here.

How does the cloak actually work?

How does the cloak actually work?

“We have the most impenetrable cloaker”, “We use artificial intelligence to analyze traffic”, “We analyze SSL fingerprints”. Such statements from the creators of the cloakers are a great way to attract new gullible customers and raise the price at least an order of magnitude. To understand why all this is nothing more than marketing, you need to understand how the cloak work from the inside. That is what I will tell you today.

AlterCPA Pro v.28

AlterCPA Pro v.28

Who joked about “Club 27” in the last version? It didn’t work, we are releasing AlterCPA Pro v.28 right on schedule. There will be nothing particularly outstanding in this issue: a pinch of artificial intelligence, a new service, completely new statistics … What, I’m trying to hide?

Create affiliate support department

Create affiliate support department

The final love or hatred for the affiliate network will depend on 90% of the support and affiliate managers who communicate with the aff almost daily. In this article, I will give a dozen practical tips that, I hope, will help you build a support department for a healthy person. Or fix the current one, if you already have an active affiliate program, but you notice that too many affiliates fall off for no reason.