UPDATE: My StatsJunky Second Impression
Stay FAR FAR away from StatsJunky. I’ve owned the program 8 months now and as it stands now, the program is currently next to useless. Many of the major services don’t work anymore like Facebook and Trafficvance which are two of the major traffic sources I’d expect any stats tracking program to work with. Not only that, but StatsJunky support is completely terrible as well. I’ve sent in several support requests and they always take forever to respond. And when they do finally do, they never actually handle your issue like they say they will.
Supposedly, they are coming out with a new version of StatsJunky that will fix everything. However, I don’t trust these guys at all, and I would not recommend them in the future, no matter how good their next version is. They promised me a fix for Traffic Vance several months ago and they could never deliver. Why should I trust them to fix it now? Please don’t waste your money on StatsJunky. If you’re looking for an alternative, try StatsRemote.
So, what is StatsJunky? Basically it is a Windows program that you run on your own computer and pulls your stats from all your different affiliate accounts. If you are a big time affiliate marketer, you know what a pain it can be to login to each of your dozens of affiliate and PPC accounts everyday to check your stats. StatsJunky solves this problem by retrieving this data for you automatically and making it accessible to you. By having this information in one place, you can save time and be able to check out your stats whenever you want.
Adding your affiliate accounts to the program is pretty straightforward. Basically you just need to select your network from a dropdown and then specify your username and password. StatsJunky clearly states on its site that it does not access your account info at all, for those who are worried about that. All your information is stored on your computer, and not on a third-party server. I found that StatsJunky supported all of the major affiliate and PPC networks that I was a part of, but if you find a network is missing, you can request to have it added from within the program itself.
StatsJunky Interface
Retrieving my stats seemed a little slow. It took about 15 minutes to pull down about 6 months worth of data for my Commission Junction account. Also, it wasn’t immediately obvious to me, but you can see the status of the update by hovering over the icon in the status column. They really should make it standout more with a progress bar or something because my first impression was that it was stuck. My other complaint is that it was unable to retrieve any data from my TrafficVance account. I sent them an email, so it will be interesting to see how long it takes for them to respond.
I’ve played with StatsJunky for a couple of hours now and I have a mostly positive impression of it so far. I’ve found a few quirks, but I really like the idea of being able to retrieve and see my revenues and cost data in one place. It definitely is not for everyone, but if you do business with a lot of affiliate networks, a program like StatsJunky could be a huge timesaver. I doubt I would pay $99 a month for the program, but at $297, it seems a lot more reasonable. The StatsJunky birthday special ends on July 24th (Update: Just got an email saying the sale has been extended to July 31st), so check it out if you are in the market for such a program. There’s a full 30 day money back guarantee, so there really is no risk to try it out.
Pros
- See all your affiliate data in one place.
- Supports most major affiliate and PPC networks.
- Slick looking interface.
Cons
- No Mac support.
- Can only install on one computer.
- Data retrieval seems slow.
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Just read your update Chris. I have to agree that StatsJunky is awful. Luckily, I was able to return it a couple of weeks after I bought it.
February 16th, 2010