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webzenstar · 01-14-2007, 10:35 PM

Thanks for all your answers!

It appears even though my CJ ID is "deactivated", the banners still show up so the "bandwidth savings" argument, although entirely logical, doesn't appear to stand.

Furthermore, if the banners (from my web sites) are clicked and a sale occurs, who gets the commission, considering my account is "deactivated"?

In this logic, why would CJ continue to feed my web sites with banners even though they "deactivated" my account? Is this a rather low-level technique to avoid paying me accrued commissions or... to keep the commission to themselves, for all future sales?

I plan on taking down all the CJ banners I took so much time installing across my web site network... and it suddenly all seems like such a massive waste of time -and- money.

Until CJ changes 180 degrees, I can't see any financial viability (for publishers) to their apparently whimsical TOS tampering (remember, I got "deactivated" after roughly 45 days... and even though the Holiday Season is slower for me, I was pushing lots of clicks towards their merchants).

I feel it's important that I share this nightmarish experience with Commission Junction so other webmasters at least know about the way things can "suddenly end for no reason" and with no hope for an answer (yes, I sent 4 messages to their customers service with no response to date).

I appreciate everyone's response as this is surely an issue to continue monitoring!

01-14-2007, 10:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
webzenstar Contributing Member Join Date: 03-12-06 Location: Levis, QC Posts: 247 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: Is social networking just getting warmed up?	CJ Thanks for all your answers! It appears even though my CJ ID is "deactivated", the banners still show up so the "bandwidth savings" argument, although entirely logical, doesn't appear to stand. Furthermore, if the banners (from my web sites) are clicked and a sale occurs, who gets the commission, considering my account is "deactivated"? In this logic, why would CJ continue to feed my web sites with banners even though they "deactivated" my account? Is this a rather low-level technique to avoid paying me accrued commissions or... to keep the commission to themselves, for all future sales? I plan on taking down all the CJ banners I took so much time installing across my web site network... and it suddenly all seems like such a massive waste of time -and- money. Until CJ changes 180 degrees, I can't see any financial viability (for publishers) to their apparently whimsical TOS tampering (remember, I got "deactivated" after roughly 45 days... and even though the Holiday Season is slower for me, I was pushing lots of clicks towards their merchants). I feel it's important that I share this nightmarish experience with Commission Junction so other webmasters at least know about the way things can "suddenly end for no reason" and with no hope for an answer (yes, I sent 4 messages to their customers service with no response to date). I appreciate everyone's response as this is surely an issue to continue monitoring! __________________ Yes, that's right, I blog at beep.name!