Buying fake traffic removes the first hurdle. People are social, and instinctively don&#x27;t trust something that has not been endorsed. It&#x27;s like walking by an empty restaurant - you assume the food must be bad.<p>But it doesn&#x27;t get you past the second hurdle. If you have bad content, no-one is going to share it. Which means zero percent growth. Zero percent growth on top of half a million paid-for views is still zero real visitors.<p>If you have good content and can ethically reconcile buying traffic, I guess this tactic could work. But if you can&#x27;t, you need a network of people to help publicise your launch.