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Thank you for all the questions regarding my original post! I wanted to provide more context about my campaigns.

My main offer has been credit-related, targeting the German market. The creatives performed reasonably well there, with a 2% commission rate. I ran the campaigns with a daily budget of €15, resulting in around 30 visitors per day on my tracking link and an average of 3 conversions per day. This led to a commission of €6,000 over two weeks, but unfortunately, none of it was paid out. I tried again with another campaign, where I earned a commission of €5,000, but only €300 was paid.

I also ran an auto insurance offer in the US. The CTR was around 10%, which I think is pretty good, but over three days, I had zero conversions. This offer was through a network that said my creatives were performing well, but there are likely too many similar landing pages out there. All these ads were run on Facebook.

I've also worked with search arbitrage in the finance niche. I paid close attention to KPIs and data; for the first few weeks, I was making a profit of $100–$300 per day. However, suddenly, the performance dropped, and I've been struggling ever since.

I tried running a campaign with Adcombo for a joint pain relief cream in Mexico. I had one paid conversion, but the manager advised me to use their landing page instead of creating my own until I better understand what works. The CTR started at 4%, then went from 3 to 10, then back down to 1–1 sales, of which only one was actually valid, so I stopped the campaign.

From my experience with search arbitrage, I learned that you must constantly monitor the numbers, which sometimes drives me a bit crazy because I was watching them all day.

In the affiliate courses I took, I learned the importance of research and slightly modifying high-performing ads and landing pages. I've also tried coming up with my own new creatives, which often performed better than the ones I adapted. I ran the search arbitrage ads on TikTok.

I've heard conflicting advice: some say the algorithm needs three days, while others suggest stopping after one day if there are no conversions. At this point, I feel completely lost. I've put a lot of time and money into this, and I don’t expect anyone to do the work for me, of course, but I would appreciate some guidance. I know it’s possible to run successful campaigns, but right now, I’m struggling to see how.