Hey I’m Brad.

I’ve been working on the internet since the year 2000, started doing affiliate marketing in 2004 and have been full-time in affiliate marketing since 2005. (You can read more about me on the “about” page if you’re interested.)

One thing I’ve learned is that things are not always as they appear on the internet–especially when there’s money involved. Sales people will lie to your face if it will make them money. That goes for affiliate managers too. Not all affiliate managers are bad or shady by any means, but they have a job to do and that’s to get you to promote their products.

That’s where this CPA / Affiliate Network Reviews site comes into play. I’ve written reviews of some of the CPA and affiliate networks that I work with personally. I tell you the good and the bad from my experience. This site is a work in progress and I’m adding reviews as I get the time. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions, ideas for other review criteria, other networks, etc.

I encourage you to add your own reviews and comments of the various CPA networks. The more opinions the better.

Copeac CPA Network Reviews

Although Copeac is one of the big CPA Networks, I never cared for them very much in the past. Luckily they seem to be improving and are doing a lot to have more offers, pay better, and have better communication. They’re not perfect yet in my opinion but they’re heading in the right direction. Copeac is one of the larger CPA networks and if you’re going to be in the CPA game, Copeac is one of the CPA networks you should sign up with.

Copeac generally pays toward the higher end of the spectrum as compared to other networks. Lately they seem to be very aggressively trying to compete with other networks and have been raising their payouts. I’ve received several emails from my affiliate manager telling that they’re determined to be the top network and payouts of course is a big part of what draws affiliates. In addition, I’ve never had a problem getting my payouts raised–some pretty substantially. Like I said, lately they’ve been very aggressively competing and trying to get more affiliates and better offers.

OFFERS

Copeac is showing 455 offers today. They have a pretty good selection of niches from health and beauty, finance, to dating. For the most part their landing pages tend to be pretty good. I have noticed that they are conscious of the design elements that improve conversions on landing pages. A lot of networks have no clue about this so it’s good to see some good landing pages.

SCRUBBING

This is a thorn in my side. I’ve never achieved close to the conversion rate that my affiliate manager says people are getting. I don’t know what it is. I asked him how much they scrub and he told me in no uncertain terms that they do not scrub. Of course there could be a lot going on with the merchant but that’s hard to prove.

So I can’t say for sure that there’s scrubbing going on but I suspect there is. Either that or they’ve got some major tracking issues. (See below about tracking.) Either way, as an affiliate it’s something you should be aware of.

AFFILIATE MANAGERS / COMMUNICATION (SUPPORT)

My affiliate manager is pretty proactive. I get their “what’s hot” newsletter weekly and and sometimes I get more weekly mailings than that. As I said earlier, my affiliate manager has never said no to a request to bump up my payout, so you gotta love that.

INTERFACE

They finally got rid of direct track. Thank god because direct track sucks. The interface is much improved. (Maybe they listened to all of my suggestions and bitching You can search for offers by category, country, type of traffic and banner sizes.

REPORTING

Again…it seems to be very much improved now that they got rid of direct track. But honestly, I haven’t done much with Copeac since the transition to the new interface and tracking system so I don’t have enough data to say how accurate it is these days. In the past with direct track it was absolutely horrible and inaccurate, so lets hope it’s much better now with the new system.

PAYMENTS

Net 15 for US affiliates, Net 30 for non-US affiliates and a $100 minimum payment. You can get paid by check or direct deposit. You can’t just set direct deposit up in your interface. You have to contact your affiliate manager to set it up.

My checks are always on time and that’s a big plus.

NON-US OFFERS

• UK – 59
• Canada – 82
• Australia – 70
• Germany – 16
• Kyrgyzstan – 16

Copeac passes the Kyrgyzstan test!

PROS

• Good payouts
• Aggressively working on improvement
• Good communication
• Net 15 payments

CONS

• Not sure about their tracking. It used to be horrible, inaccurate, and dropped a lot of leads (or there’s a lot of scrubbing going on (which they deny). Hopefully it’s better now with the new interface.

OTHER COMMENTS

Copeac has their pros and cons but since they are one of the largest CPA affiliate networks, it’s a good idea to join them. They have a decent number of offers and they are aggressively seeking affiliates and paying good payouts.

You can sign up for Copeac here.