The following is one of my 8 'online dating' email campaigns. The other all had similar stats although this one had accumulated the most money during the 6 days. The one that had been doing the worst had made $776.



After a bunch of research I decided on one dating website and before I even signed up I got in contact with the head affiliate manager. The following is what I said;

Hello. I currently work together with another big online dating site. I know my affiliate manager very well and we have been friends for a long time. My question for you is this. I drive traffic to them by way of emailing. Having said that my emails typically are not 100% compliant but I do provide an opt-out url and subtract their suppression list for every email blast. When ever too many complaints come in, I make myself a different account, he cancels my old one, removes my personal information from their system and switches my funds to the new account. Next, I start up again. He really does this to cover his butt and it works out very well for us both. Are you interested in something similar to this? I make big money with them and he is really happy with the conversion rates he gets from my traffic so its a win-win. If not, no worries. I just feel like being truthful about this stuff from the beginning is the way to go.
He decided to test the traffic and ended up being pleased with the end results. I have been with them for almost 2 years now.

I launch campaigns on three different affiliate accounts I set up with them. The first 2 accounts I utilize totally for emailing. My 3rd one is for whitehat traffic along the lines of banner advertising, Facebook ads, YouTube and off-line traffic. Throughout this thread I'm going to only focus on my emailing campaigns.

Most of my emails are scraped online. I do not target any sort of keywords or niches. I set up some Windows VPS boxes with a good email scraper, load up big lists of common words and names and set them to run 24/7.

I get a lot of scraped emails each day this way. Now from here I remove dupes then split the email lists up into parts. Then I import them to different VPS boxes with Interspire IEM installed. They are all scrubbed against a large list of spamtraps and their suppression list while it is being imported. Next, I send out a simple message to the lists. It is normally something like;

Subject: Hello

Message: Hello. How are things? We may be driving down there to your area soon and I thought maybe we could all go get a bite to eat and catch up? I will keep you posted. Talk to you soon. Dan
Generally people will think it's from somebody they used to know or assume it was sent to them by mistake. Nevertheless seeing that it's not trying to sell them something, most people will just delete it after looking at it. The significant thing here is that the majority of of these people will not label it as spam and simply by viewing it, elevates my IP's reputation.

By doing this I'm able to efficiently parse out all the hard bounces and get a clean email list that's free from most spam traps and suppression emails. Then I export the clean lists to another set of VPS boxes which are used for mailing out my dating ads.

I try and keep my own ads short and simple. They all say something similar to;

Largest Singles Website In The World
Over 27 Million Members
It Costs Nothing To Join
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The offer I use when emailing pays me per each free lead. I start at $2 per lead until I get my first paid sign up. The pay rate fluctuates based on my conversion ratio. They pay out every 2 weeks so what I do is send out emails as quickly as possible for the first 7 days for my 1st account. Next, I move the traffic to my 2nd account and send as many as possible to it for 7 days. Then I cycle back to the 1st and start over. By doing it like this, my 1st account gets loads of free signups for the first week, then throughout the 2nd week, some of the free joins start to convert to paying members which makes my conversion ratio better for that pay period. Now, no matter what I am going to make at least $2 for every free lead however most of the time I'll be at $3 Or $4 per free lead when the pay period ends.

I am not going to crunch the numbers here because in affiliate marketing, what you make every payday is often different thanks to fluctuations in conversions and how many joins you end up receiving. Even so I will say that cash is no longer something I need to worry about. Obviously I have to be careful mainly because BlackHat emailing can be a risky game to play. I've never had any problems, knock on wood, but yeah it is something I'm extremely meticulous about.

You will find lots of online dating sites around with affiliate programs. When selecting one I would suggest applying directly with them and not through one of the big affiliate networks like (CJ, Azoogle or MaxBounty for instance). One thing you ought to look into when signing up for any affiliate website is what other affiliates are saying about them. I believe all of them shave leads. The trick is to find one that doesn't shave excessively and ensure that your conversion rates stay fairly consistent. If you use one that makes you a lot of money the first few paychecks, then you notice a drastic drop in conversions, 9 times out of 10 they've started shaving too much and they are not a company you should stay with.

The site I chose stays extremely consistent and pays me every two weeks like clockwork. They keep my info safe and tell me when I need to change accounts. Additionally they let me register using phony information and are pretty flexible with the way I want to get paid. I'm not going to mention the website I use in this thread because they wouldn't appreciate it if all of the search engines started displaying that they are BlackHat friendly. But yeah, if you would like to give them a shot, send me a pm and I will tell you there.

For those of you out there wanting to make money online, give some consideration to affiliate marketing in the online dating field. The bottom line is sex sells, period!

Got questions? Go ahead and ask. I'll do my best to respond to them all.