Heartfelt case: how to raise $1.5k solo in gambling with a 446% ROI and build a team

Our guest today shares a story about a combination he found in early 2023. It was a gambling venture from which he earned $1338, multiplying his investment by 4.5 times. He's now running this combination with a team.

Input data:

• Work format: solo;
• Source: TikTok;
• GEO: USA;
• Affiliate network: Profitov.Partners;
• Offer: Wild Casino;
• Payment model: CPA (Qualified FTD);
• Payout per target action: $220;
• Working period: January to mid-February 2023;
• Expense: $300 (phones, virtual numbers, VPN, Keitaro);
• Revenue: $1638;
• Profit: $1338;
• ROI: 446%.

Important: The case is presented in an interview format to accurately convey the emotions and thought process of our protagonist

Why opt for Conditionally Free Traffic?

In the past, I ran ads on Facebook and through agency accounts on TikTok. It was challenging for me to keep track of all the income and expenses and consolidate them into reports. I decided to find an alternative where, as a creative individual, I could express myself through content creation. Conditionally Free Traffic started appearing frequently before my eyes, so I decided to delve deeper into it. Since October 2022, I've been closely studying various materials — information from publics and the experience of CFT teams, fortunately, they are present in my environment.

Why gambling and the USA as the GEO?

Gambling is a close story for me. I, myself, occasionally play online. Offline, I engage in poker, which is a top choice for me. I chose the USA due to the “enticing” bids. Yes, the conversion isn't as high as in Tier–2,3 countries, but in the long run, it looked quite promising.

The WildCasino [US] offer was recommended to me by the Profitov.Partners manager. I chose this affiliate network because I already knew the guys — we’ve talked at one of the conferences.

Offer description:

• Goal: minimum deposit of 20 USD + subsequent player activity;
• Target Audience/Targeting recommendation (STRICT): 25+;
• Minimum deposit on the product — 20 USD;
• Statistical update: once a day;
• Payout: once a month on the 20th, for 10 leads and more.

Account preparation

The first step was to prepare the accounts. After reading various posts and manuals, I opened my laptop, launched the browser, and entered “buy Android under 7k” in the search engine. I chose the POCO C51 64 GB. Received it via courier. I did the initial setup immediately for the GEO. There was a manual, but I don't remember all the steps now. The first connection was through ExpressVPN, which was still available in Russia. The location was set to Florida. The VPN cost me $14.5 with a commission. I shared the VPN through a “hop-stop” distribution from the laptop. VPN services have guides on their websites on how to share a VPN connection from a PC via Wi-Fi.

Registered a Gmail account, for which I used virtual phone numbers to receive SMS. I purchased these numbers for the first and all subsequent emails in these services:

• 5sim;
• Sms-activate.org.

Then I downloaded TikTok from Google Play, logged in with the new Gmail account, and started warming it up:

• searched for the gambling content I needed;
• scrolled through the feed;
• liked videos;
• followed accounts of other users with gambling-related content.

Classic farming, in short. I precisely replicated this process on other phones.

Creatives

Starting the process of creating creatives, I understood that it won’t be a quick one:

• First, I had to find source materials. I entered relevant queries on YouTube, such as casino, slots, poker, and similar searches. But only online, for example: “casino”, “online”, “best bonus”, “spin win”, and so on.
• The video format on YouTube is 16x9, while TikTok requires 9x16. I downloaded long videos, created short clips from them, and adjusted them to the required format. I used Movavi Video Editor Plus for creating the creatives.
• I want to clarify that I made a unique creative for each account. Those that “took off”, I made unique, then uploaded them to another account. For uniqueness, I didn't use any services, masks, effects, or noise. I just slightly adjusted the duration of the short clip.

Examples of creatives

Promotion scheme

I uploaded 3 creatives per day on 1 account. On 1 phone 3 accounts were created, meaning I needed 9 creatives. I had 3 phones at my disposal — 9 accounts, uploading 27 creatives every day.

Initially, I created approximately this number of videos (rounding up to 30).

The account that “took off” had over 10 thousand views at that time.

Example of the design and content filling for one of my accounts on TikTok

First results and euphoria

I didn't even notice the first deposit. I received a message from the affiliate network: “Congratulations, you've got a deposit!” My emotions at that moment: “What??? What was that?? No way!!!”. Thoughts were racing, palms were sweating, I was in some kind of euphoria. I'll say right away, don't lose your composure in such situations, keep yourself together. Later, I'll explain why this is important.

At that moment, I thought: I am ALL-MIGHTY, I can do anything and absolutely EVERYTHING! And I dove into creating creatives! After creating this unimaginable pile of creatives, I had to upload them, and I uploaded, uploaded, and uploaded. I did everything manually, without using any tools for process automation. The joy from the second, third, and all subsequent deposits was diminishing. I kept uploading, but the conversion kept dropping. And then I realized – that's it, I don't want it anymore! Why do I need this? Burnout, you might think? Burnout — I'll answer you.

Remember, I mentioned earlier – don't lose your composure! So, cherish your time and spend it wisely.

A little later, I found out that TikTok does a pretty good job of spreading across the GEOs.

TikTok got scattered across different GEOs.

How did I deal with the GEO spread and how did I centralize on the USA? Well, I didn’t! I simply analyzed what GEOs were there and started looking for offers based on them. Everything, like a handmade smartlink.

Time to scale up and try to survive in the process

In this mode, I lasted for 1.5 months. The revenue was $1638. My strength was running out, and the desire to work and earn more was not there. Then the question arose: “How to scale up?”.

The plan was (and it was great, jokes aside):

• outline all processes;
• develop training for future media buyers;
• purchase phones;
• start posting job vacancies to find media buyers in my region.

After stopping the traffic, I proceeded with everything listed above. At the moment, training of buyers and the scaling of the working combination are in progress. In the next couple of months, there will be more to share, but this time from the perspective of the team.

In conclusion, briefly

I've realized that CFT is an interesting long-term game. Now, I plan to create a network of accounts, each with its unique content and theme: slots, poker, aviators, roulettes, etc.