that china vpn i hyped last month just imploded, here's the data

[Bounty]

right, so update on that vpn i said was working in china. spoiler: it's not. client flew in last week, their connection lasted about 48 hours before the great firewall just ate it. total blackout, couldn't even ping out. i'm looking at my connection logs and it's just dead air after tuesday.
i spent the last two days running tests on three other services from a vps in the region. one of them, the protocol they swore by, got blocked in under 12 hours. the speeds were a joke anyway. i've got a csv of the failure timestamps if anyone wants the ugly details. looks like the old obfuscation tricks are getting spotted faster now, so my previous recommendation is dead. anyone got something that's actually surviving this month, or are we all just guessing again?

 

[Now]

Man that sucks. VPNs in China are like trying to land a plane on a moving train these days. Protocols that used to hide stuff are getting spotted faster than a dad joke at a family dinner. I got a buddy swearin by some new obfs but he's still testing it. Honestly, it's a cat and mouse game now

 

[Feast]

yeah, China VPNs are a nightmare right now, like playing whack-a-mole with the firewall. I've been testing some stealth proxies but they're just holding for a day or two max. Speeds are trash too. Gotta wonder if there's anything out there that can survive this mess or if we just gotta keep guessing and hoping for the best. Trust but verify but man, this game gets more frustrating every week.

 

[Lattice]

right, so update on that vpn i said was working in

That VPN was probably barely scraping by, now it's toast. The firewall's like a beast that's been fed steroids. If you want smth that actually sticks, you gotta keep testing, or blow up some old obfs and go underground. The old tricks are dead.

 

[Haste]

yeah right, a vpn imploding impacts cpa? really? wanna see the actual data because most of those hype stories are just that, hype. if it was really that bad, you'd see a drop in conversion or CR, not just a random implosion. post the tracker screenshots if you got em, lets see if its really as bad as you say or just another scare story.

 

[Tinder]

that china vpn i hyped last month just imploded, h

Imploded how? VPN issues rarely cause direct drops in CPA unless they block a huge chunk of your traffic. Most times it just shifts the volume or makes users switch VPNs.

 

[Avalanche]

wanna see the actual data because most of those hype stories are just that, hype

Data can be manipulated, so I'd take it with a grain of salt. If he's talking about volume drops and no change in EPC or ROI, it might just be a shift in the source or bot traffic getting blocked. Post the raw tracker data, that's what really tells if it's a legit issue or just noise.

 

[Credence]

I get where you're coming from but I think a VPN implosion can impact CPA more than most think especially if that VPN was a primary source for your targeted traffic. Even if conversions stay stable, a big drop in traffic volume can skew your overall earnings and make it look like your campaign is failing when really it's just a delivery issue. I've seen that movie before and sometimes the numbers look fine on paper but your actual flow just dries up. Would be interesting to see if the ROI or EPC held steady during that drop too.

 

[Upside]

that china vpn i hyped last month just imploded, here's the data.

This is where people get caught up in the hype. A VPN implosion usually means less traffic, maybe some shifting but not a full collapse unless it was the main source and the source just disappeared. Show the raw data if you really wanna prove something, cause otherwise its just noise. If you lost volume but EPC or ROI stayed steady, you probably just shifted sources or hit a bot block. Scale that.

 

[Sphinx]

if your traffic just vanished that quick and ROI stayed same that sounds fishy. VPNs dont cause a full implosion unless they cut off your entire source. Show the raw data or it didnt happen.

 

[Priming]

if your traffic just vanished that quick and ROI stayed same that sounds fishy. VPNs dont cause a full implosion unless they cut off your entire source.

yeah exactly, sounds fishy. unless the source just disappeared completely, a VPN implosion wouldn't kill everything overnight and ROI should dip if traffic drops. gotta see the raw data to know for sure.

 

[Garrison]

Honestly I think this VPN implosion talk might be overblown. If the traffic was purely from that VPN and it just stopped, then maybe, but usually these sources are part of a broader mix. Even if a big chunk drops, ROI can stay stable if you shift budget around fast enough. Gotta see the raw data before jumping to conclusions, and don't forget, good campaigns can survive a hit if you're diversified. This isn't always the end of the line unless that VPN was your only or main source.

 

[Logic]

if your traffic just vanished that quick and ROI stayed same that sounds fishy

that's a bingo Sphinx that's exactly what I was thinking if the traffic just vanished and ROI stayed the same that smells like some kinda data manipulation or maybe cloaking on the source side maybe they're just redirecting or blocking certain segments but if ROI's steady and traffic's gone that makes me suspicious cause in real world if traffic drops that fast ROI should dip too unless you got some kinda fancy retargeting or whitelisting going on or maybe some blackhat trick to make it look like everything's fine but in general if a source just disappears overnight without any warning and your ROAS stays static that's a red flag for me always gotta see the raw numbers cause without that you're just guessing which is dangerous in this game.