Reporting delays

If you have read my previous post about my first PPC campaign, you will notice that I decided to switch affiliates on one of my ad copies to test a theory I had. I ended up switching my affiliate link from www.jakesdoghouse.com to www.ebay.com because jake’s dog house would not let me link to specific products and i felt this was driving conversions away. After a disappointing day of almost 150 clicks on the ebay ad (more on this on my official update of the campaign)  and zero conversions I have gotten a bit discouraged. There might be a glimmering light of hope however, because I just received an email from the Ebay affiliate program

Dear Eric:

The ebay.com Affiliate Team wants to notify you that we are experiencing an ongoing reporting delay of up to 48 hours, affecting both Transaction Reports and Performance Reports.  The effect of this delay may be seen in Transaction Reports in the lag time between Posting Date and Event Data of daily transactions.  In Performance Reports, the delay may be seen in incomplete data for “Today” and “Yesterday”.

A small subset of our publisher base may also be affected by a separate reporting issue, which results in a delay in the calculation of the final value fee of a number of Winning Bids/BINs.  As a result, you may temporarily notice reduced revenue commission amounts for successful transactions that posted within the first few days of the month, and again at mid-month.  Note that this issue DOES NOT affect ACRU commissions or counts.

These issues are surfacing as a result of the surge in traffic tied to the holiday shopping season.  While reporting may be distorted during these specified time periods, please rest assured that tracking and recording of transactions remains fully functional, and publishers will be compensated correctly for all commissions at month end.  These reporting issues are expected to continue through the holiday season and possibly into early 2008, but we are working diligently towards a fix.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you in the meantime.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support of the program.

Sincerely,

The ebay.com Affiliate Team
ebayaffiliates@cj.com

So i wonder if there have been conversions made that just havn’t been reported yet?! Ill keep some faith, but I wont hold my breath. Either way i have only spend about $8.50 on the campaign, so no real harm done.

By the way, I’ll have a big update on the “dog christmas clothes” campaign later tonight, and an update of my next campaign ideas tomorrow! I will be including links to my landing page, so be sure to check back!

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