CJ.com - possibly the worst deal on line today.

In a change from your regularly scheduled doldrums I am going to re-view the world of money.

Disclaimer: all this is just my opinion so give it up if you think you want to sue me!

There is a web site it is www.cj.com where website owners can sign up and tie-up with advertisers. The code goes on their site and then when a sale is made the "publisher" gets some cash in their account. If you manage to earn $50 they will send you a cheque. Perhaps.

Don't use them!

They stink. What you will not be told is that should you have a bad patch and fail to earn for six months they take $10 from your total. But that is only half the story.

A friend has forwarded to me a message:

"Thank you for reading this message. I am a publisher on the CJ.com network and have been for some time; but it seems I may soon be gone - along with a large number of "bread and butter" type small scale publishers.
Recently with no reasonable explanation CJ.com cut my account from $23.40 to $4.00 and claimed they had taken a $10 fine for low activity.
It would seem that this commission network makes no profit by doing business but by the subtle denial of publisher funds at levels that indicate "no great" loss to the company. It is possible that they are in financial difficulties.
In other words if a publisher is producing "too little" sales the standard of operation seems to be to simply remove all funds from the account for that publisher and then obtusely refuse to deal with the issue.
So far I have been able to get nothing by way of a solid explanation but even what has been said fails to add up.
What will happen when and if the full effect of this is felt? The advertisers will loose the foundation of little guys that bring the customers. Their name would then be dragged through the mud as they become connected with the resentment felt by the publishers.
I am urging all advertisers I have signed up with to abandon CJ in favour of whatever more trustworthy companies can be found."

I have to warn everyone who thinks they would like some money from their site that this is not a good company to go with. I have heard from others that the small site owners are leaving like rats on a sinking ship.

I recommend you use Deal Group Media, Google ad-sense or Amazon for your cash needs.

MINUS: You will get shafted! Count on it. Anyway the site design reeks. It is total rubbish. (They are rated as a minor pest by spyware removers)
PLUS: you might get paid if you can avoid being shafted
Rule #0: If you want to make money then try not to piss too many people off.

Revisit: No! I deleted my account when I was done.

Layout: 7/10
Look and feel: 3/10
Wit and amusement: 0/10
commentary: 0/10
Extra: -5/10 the UI was a nightmare I couldn't find half the stuff I wanted without phoning some-one who had been with CJ.com for a long time.

TOTAL: 10% - Total Crap. Use Google Ad sense instead
  Saturday, August 28, 2004 0 comments -