If you are a blogger involved in product or commodity related niche markets WidgetBucks is a great new contextual advertising service for blogs and websites.Widgetbucks its a hybrid alike amazon auction ads and adsense , yet it's way better and more user friendly ,
For those of you unfamiliar with WidgetBucks - here's a sample ad unit to remind you ----------->
WidgetBucks works on a CPC model and does not require any readers to purchase from the advertiser, you get paid every time someone clicks on one of the links. This service is nothing like most ad services you see out there.
Everybody is talking about the higher revenue with Widget Bucks. There is a $25 sign up bonus as well which is great and all payments are made with paypal or check .
WidgetBucks shares the cost-per-click revenue with bloggers, promising the equivalent of $3 to $6 CPMs (cost-per-thousand views)The widgets tap into merchandise from 30,000 retailers, including Amazon, Shopping.com, Target, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and the Gap.
I've noticed that many people are asking questions that have already been answered on the WidgetBucks site in different sections (FAQs, Terms OF Use, etc.).
Here are the answers to the most popular of them.
1) They pay out for the earned revenue within 45 days after the end of each month, if you have earned a minimum of $50.
2) The $25 sign up bonus is viewable in the section "My bucks".
3) You can place more than one WidgetBucks ad on your site.
4) According to their site WidgetBucks is compatible with all other ad systems including Google AdSense.
5) You can easily place the Widget Bucks ads code in blogs like Blogspot / Blogger and Typepad.
6) Impressions and clicks are updated each hour. The revenue reporting of the actual earnings is done up to 72 hours later.
7)The WidgetBucks code should be placed only on pages that have content primarily written in English.
Positive
- Cost per clicks is high compared to other advertising network (for some popular categories)
- Free $25 sign up bonus
- Easy to set up ads from the template design to inserting the HTML codes
- Visual appeal of advertisements. Visitors are more likely to click on the ads.
Negative
- Statistics is not real time. According to Widgetbucks, the advertiser will check for fraudulent clicks before getting back to Widgetbucks. After which, Widgetbucks will credit the revenue into our account. For my account, it took about 5 days for my revenue to show. This is way too long. I would prefer a real time statistic. But dont forget that they just launced this program and we have to expect for the next month rapid changes .
- High withdrawal amount at $50. Potential drawback for new bloggers.
- Referral commission is only valid for 12 months after the new member of yours join.
- No editing of the advertisment codes.If you analyse the codes close enough, it gives Widgetbucks a free link back from your website.
Tips
- The cost per clicks differ significantly between categories. Be sure to choose the category which you think is the one advertisers are willing to pay. For one category I only received $0.20 for 2 clicks whereas the other category I got paid $0.47 for one click.
WidgetBucks works on a CPC model and does not require any readers to purchase from the advertiser.
Why not sign up and test it out? It's free and you have nothing to lose.
Earn $$ with WidgetBucks
I wish you all the best and good luck :-)
