I am planning to promote sweepstakes affiliate offers

[the247hustler]

Hi, Friends,

I am fairly new to affiliate marketing. However, I do know the concept.
I also have experience running ads on Google Ads, in which so far I promoted local businesses, but I have never tried affiliate offers as yet.
So, I am planning to start with promoting affiliate offers through Google Ads.
I do understand that Google Ads is not too affiliate friendly. So, I also know how to create safe landing pages, I know how to cloak an ad as well.
Therefore, I feel that I am good enough at the basic level and I would learn further through trial & error and also with the inputs I get from the community here.

I plan to start with running sweepstakes offers through Google Ads. I have a good idea about the targeting part of the ad campaign in order to attract the most suitable demography. I did my own research and I plan to start with Zeydoo affiliate platform's sweepstakes/giveaway offers.

If some of you can enlighten me about reliable affiliate platforms with sweepstakes/giveaway offers, I will appreciate it.

Thank you

 

[AdsCompass]

Hey! Nice to meet you here Google Ads experience is actually a solid base for affiliate marketing, you're ahead of many beginners, i think)

Zeydoo is fine for sweepstakes offers, but worth having a backup traffic source since Google can be unpredictable with this vertical. A lot of affiliates running sweepstakes use AdsCompass alongside it — 200+ GEOs, direct publisher traffic, and formats like Push, Pop, Native, In-page and even Tg-rewarded. Good for testing without blowing the budget

DM me if you want details, happy to help

 

[miketorres]

Welcome! Google Ads experience gives you a solid foundation. A few things I learned running sweeps that might help:

Networks: Zeydoo's fine. Also check MaxBounty, CrakRevenue, and A4D - they all have solid sweeps inventory. Your AM matters more than the network honestly.

Quick testing advice:
- Start with US/CA/UK (highest converting geos for sweeps in my experience)
- Tier 1 geos cost more but convert way better than tier 2/3 for sweepstakes
- Budget at least $100-200 for initial testing before you know what's working

Google Ads reality check:
You said you know cloaking - just be aware Google's getting aggressive about sweeps offers even with safe pages. I ran sweeps on Google for about 6 months before switching to popup/push traffic (PropellerAds, Adsterra). Less hassle, more volume, cheaper clicks.

Not saying don't try Google, just have a backup plan.

Good luck - sweeps can be profitable if you nail the geo + offer combo.

 

[ivanreach]

Hi, Friends,

I am fairly new to affiliate marketing. However, I do know the concept.
I also have experience running ads on Google Ads, in which so far I promoted local businesses, but I have never tried affiliate offers as yet.
So, I am planning to start with promoting affiliate offers through Google Ads.
I do understand that Google Ads is not too affiliate friendly. So, I also know how to create safe landing pages, I know how to cloak an ad as well.
Therefore, I feel that I am good enough at the basic level and I would learn further through trial & error and also with the inputs I get from the community here.

I plan to start with running sweepstakes offers through Google Ads. I have a good idea about the targeting part of the ad campaign in order to attract the most suitable demography. I did my own research and I plan to start with Zeydoo affiliate platform's sweepstakes/giveaway offers.

If some of you can enlighten me about reliable affiliate platforms with sweepstakes/giveaway offers, I will appreciate it.

Thank you

Zeydoo is a great start for sweepstakes and since you already have the technical side of cloaking down, you're in a great position to scale these campaigns quickly. For more specific scaling strategies and deeper insights, feel free to reach out to us for more info!

 

[luckybuddhaaffiliates]

One thing I'd add is that compliance and traffic source selection become really important with sweepstakes offers.

A lot of newcomers focus on the payout and EPC, but understanding the offer restrictions, approved traffic sources and GEO limitations can save a lot of headaches later on.

Google Ads can work, but I'd definitely make sure you fully understand each offer's terms before scaling. It can be an expensive learning curve otherwise.

Good luck with it and keep us updated on how your testing goes.

 

[FreeGifts-Eric]

A bit late to this thread, but I've been testing sweepstakes offers over the last couple months and wanted to add a couple things I wish someone had told me early on:

Lead quality is the hidden killer with sweeps. The conversion numbers look great on the dashboard (high EPC, easy to get clicks), but approval rates can be brutal if you're not careful. Advertisers know that sweeps attract people who just want free stuff and will enter fake info. I learned this the hard way — had a campaign with 20 conversions and only 12 approved because the leads were using disposable emails.

What helped:
- Pre-screening landing pages. A simple "Enter your email to see if you qualify" step before the offer page filters out people who won't use a real email.
- Sticking to offers that only ask for email + ZIP. The more fields the offer requires, the more people drop off — but the leads that do complete are higher quality.
- Starting with CPAlead or CPAGrip for sweeps inventory. Lower minimum payouts than MaxBounty, and you can test offers without a phone interview first.

Also, on the traffic source side — your Google Ads experience is valuable, but Google is pretty strict about direct affiliate links for sweeps. You might have better luck running ads to a content page that reviews or compares offers, rather than sending traffic straight to the offer.