Spamming Ecigs On Skype?

[mr doodles70]

I've had my Skype on for the last few days and every now and then a message pops up from someone I don't know. Almost nobody knows my Skype number, so I don't know how they do it. Anyways, I just got a message where they were promoting e-cigarettes and had a message/link to their affiliate e-cig page. Is spamming Skype a viable way to affiliate market? It can't cost much, I assume. Do these guys just have programs that somehow get Skype usernames and spam away? If it's just a program I don't see why everyone wouldn't just do it, in addition to whatever else they have going, and run the program in the background.....but I'm maybe not seeing the whole picture.

 

[nld2756]

not targeted and not worth the time, move on

 

[mapguy]

I met a guy at affiliate summit who makes a living spamming twitter. He spams twitter from 12am to 2am, because in that amount of time, by 2am he hit his daily lead cap of 200 conversions. (200 x 35 = 7k a day) Its not targeted traffic, but the volume of traffic exists, so if u saw it 3 days ago, and then today, its likely it is still working for the spammer.

I have no idea what the cost to the spammer is, probably $500 for a VPN proxy that he has to renew every week or so, and THATS ALL!

(Disclaimer: I do not condone spamming! I am simply exposing my minimal knowledge and interactions with a full time spammer. Do not spam!!!)

 

[DanGlobalizer]

I get spam on my Skype all the time, but not for ecigs. The click to conversion rate must be atrocious.

 

[erect]

If it's just a program I don't see why everyone wouldn't just do it, in addition to whatever else they have going, and run the program in the background.....but I'm maybe not seeing the whole picture.

Amateurs can now do this shit with ubot on the open market.

... thanks again Seth