So the Pepperjam team recently launched the PepperjamNetwork. I guess that’s all the “craze” right now but it seems like just any other network to me, which is a big disappointment. It was hyped up so much that I was expecting a lot more and there is already bad publicity flying around. But that’s what you get from blog owners who are friends with the people launching the product right? Sugar coated shit.
Here’s my take:
- There are really no interesting and/or unique offers/products/services that get me excited to promote. Nothing you can’t find anywhere else. CJ?
- Although I haven’t run into any problems myself, there has been things reported that are just plain annoying. Like for instance… If it took days to place tracking pixel.
- New networks should be explosive, this launch was more of a popper snapper. You know those little things you throw at a hard surface and they pop. Especially being the new company in town, you need to overturn expectations. We already know what we get from AzoogleAds or CJ.
- I guess they were emphasizing on open communication and affiliate transparency. So why wasn’t I contacted by an affiliate manager, yet the other networks did when I first joined?
- Referals are the worst I’ve seen. $5 to refer someone, that’s not even worth my time seriously wtf? All other networks at least give a % lifetime commission.
- The whole “communication” angle almost totally failed. On Copeac, for instance, I have 1 affiliate manager and he takes care of everything for me and he never fails to be on AIM from open of business to close of business and always checks his email. Why the hell would I want 20 different managers, not to mention having to inconveniently log on to the chat applet inside of the website?
So really, I doubt there will be much activity in my account for a while. I was pretty excited about this one but it turned out to be a real disappointment.
I give it a 5 out of 10. Most of the points are for having the balls to compete with huge long-standing networks.
But don’t take my word for it, try it out and let me know.
If anyone signs up THROUGH THIS AFFILIATE LINK, I’ll make a whopping $5 and I will match the total after the end of February and it will go to my favorite charity: room to read.
3 Comments
This post is quite funny. I mean there are like 7,000 posts saying that pepperjam network is something really cool - many of these posts actually contain substance - affiliates who actually became and affiliate and reviewed certain parts of pepperjam.
Hahah - you seem to just want to complain, without being specific.
Why not tell us why you don’t like pepperjam network? Other than to post to one other person who apparently has a spiff with pepperjam.
Anyway - you seem like a douche bag.
Jeff S.
Buddy… I don’t know if you skipped over the LIST where I pointed out what I don’t like about them.
And I wonder why you didn’t leave a link back to your blog, hm.
Interesting observations. It’s nice to read a “true post” than a not so sincere default “5 star review” with affiliate links all over the place. Imho I don’t see PepperJam Network having any real/big competitive advatange over other established networks (other than marketing that it’s an “affiliate network by affiliates” or smth).