[Brad]

Ok so I am a noob. Most of my affiliates are pay per lead on my main site and some per sale. I have noticed a good click rate and little to none conversion rate. I know this is possible but it seems that cj is lagging in reporting leads from click through. I know that some batch process but only 2 of mine do. I have noticed from merchants outside cj a good conversion rate and to be honest some of the merchants in cj have better site and should be providing better conversions. I guess my question here is has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?

Also I have a merchant that I was sending good traffic to through cj but no conversions. I contacted the merchant and he explained that I should go direct with him and I would see a higher conversion. The direct partnership pays less. I questioned this and he gave a answer that made no sense basically saying the program terms were not completely outlined in cj(misrepresented) In short I decided why not give it a try so I did. Now mysteriously after going direct with him I have a 33% conversion rate which is about what I expected and it is the same landing page etc. Is this odd? Who was missing the boat here cj or him?