I found a very interesting thread on other forum where someone shows his CJ (= Commission Juction) stats & makes $81,332.78 in 1 1/2 month:

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=339982

My question here is if someone is able to fake his balance (read: $81,332.78) by making a screenshot from i.e. his own CJ account and changing his balance amount! The design tools like Photshop, etc. allow someone to show fake stats? You think that somoene might be able to fake a screenshot like this by changing things OR this is not possible and therefore screenshot showed is 100% real?? What is your opinion guys?

Thanks

I'm not saying that screenshot is neccesarily fake, but it is pretty easy to do something like that, especially since all he would have had to chane is a piece of text.

I have attached my example. Of course, I did move the position and stuff, but I did it real quick to show you how easy it is.

It's easily done. I bet people fake stats etc. all the time like this.

I doubt, in this particular instance, it was fake though, looking at this guy's profile... unless he is particularly sad!

The best way to earn with affiliate programs is lot and lot of time effort and ptience i have learnt this myself

Affiliate program never, never and I mean never worked for. Mainly because I just don't have the patience to take the time. As for making a fake data, it isn't hard at all. You necessarily don't have to know the actual fontname and size used, but just clone different letters from that site.

He obvioulsy photoshopped out his name.. so, I dunno, maybe he did. Why would he feel the need to show someone that?

Originally Posted by tammyhart

He obvioulsy photoshopped out his name.. so, I dunno, maybe he did. Why would he feel the need to show someone that?

He's probably depressed and needs a reason for existing?

Personally I couldn't give two hoots about how much someone is supposedly earning - what's the point? there's far more to life than money!

Originally Posted by blue-dreamer

He's probably depressed and needs a reason for existing?

Personally I couldn't give two hoots about how much someone is supposedly earning - what's the point? there's far more to life than money!

Lies.

How exaclty does CJ work? How much does it cost to sign up for? Is it worth it?

Originally Posted by startsphere

How exaclty does CJ work? How much does it cost to sign up for? Is it worth it?

It's free to sign up. The way it works is you sign up with different companies through CJ, you get links to use on your sites, if someone clicks through your link and buys something you get a percentage. All the companies you can sign up for offer different percentages. They all use cookies so if a user buys something a week after clicking through you still get your cut. The cookie length depends on the individual company.
I think they might also have some pay-per-click programs now.
I personally haven't made any money with it, but my sites don't get much traffic and I havent' been careful about placing my ads.
Hosting and financial companies seem to pay the most.