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Affiliate/arbitrage campaigns — is buying an account a reasonable shortcut?
Okay, honest question from someone who’s been experimenting with affiliate campaigns and traffic arbitrage: sometimes ads for certain verticals get hard to approve quickly on brand-new accounts. I’ve seen people recommend buying aged accounts to avoid long moderator delays, but I’m torn — is this a reasonable business shortcut for affiliates, or a risky shortcut that invites bans? I want concrete pros/cons, and any safeguards (e.g., sticking to compliant creatives, gradual spend increases, or using manager accounts) to avoid getting both the account and my business blacklisted. Any real-life learnings or hilarious fails welcome — I will take a laugh and a lesson.
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Buy TBC Boost — does it actually make sense during the Anniversary?
Hey everyone, looking for some honest opinions here. I’m playing WoW Classic again because of the Burning Crusade Anniversary and I love the atmosphere, but I’m already feeling the burnout creeping in. Between work, family stuff, and real life, I simply don’t have the time to grind heroics for hours, farm reputation to exalted, level professions, and still be raid-ready. I really want to see raids like Black Temple and Hyjal while the event is active, and maybe even gear up for some PvP, but progress feels painfully slow. I keep seeing people say “just buy a boost,” but I’m skeptical — how safe is it, how structured is the process, and does it feel like cheating yourself out of the experience? Has anyone actually decided to buy a TBC boost and can share how it went in real life, not just marketing talk?
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Short version: buying an aged account can reduce friction, but it’s not magic — policies still apply and risky creatives or sudden behavior will trigger flags no matter the account age. Pros: faster moderation in some cases, pre-existing history that can look “normal,” and the ability to run multiple experiments without muddying one client’s metrics. Cons: if the account’s history hides prior policy violations, you inherit risk; or, if you use an aged account to run clearly non-compliant material, you’ll accelerate a ban rather than avoid it. Safeguards: run the cleanest possible creatives, ramp spend slowly (don’t blow the account with a sudden $5k spend your first day), use whitelisted landing pages and transparent claims, and consider a manager account structure for client separation. If you want to see a vendor that offers aged/trust accounts and explains typical use-cases (plus their buyer/seller workflow), visit https://adwordsresources.com/en/ My embarrassing fail: I once launched 10 aggressive creatives at once on an old account — Google banned it in 48 hours and I learned to test one creative per day like a civilized human