*Although I’ve signed up with AdBrite for the last two years, I realise that I haven’t written about them just yet. And, there’s a reason for this. But, I thought I’d take the time to remedy this situation for now and introduce AdBrite to JMMO readers who may not have heard of them just yet.
Who or What is AdBrite?
AdBrite is another advertising marketplace. It’s where individuals and/or businesses can advertise their products and/or services using a variety of advertising options (text links, banners, interstitials).
And, if you own a blog or a website, you can sign up as a publisher and run network ads on your site and/or sell advertising on your site.
Another way you can make money from AdBrite is by signing up for an account and taking part in their referral programme. Affiliates earn 50% of AdBrite’s profits for the first 3 months and 10% of AdBrite’s profit for the next 9 months (from the people you refer to them).
Some Good Points on AdBrite:
- It’s a good way to start in selling ads on your site. There are different ad formats available. And, there’s the option to set up various ‘zones’ if you have different web properties and charge different ad rates on different zones.
- The ability to choose between running a house/network ad and/or just ads that get sold on your site. You can even opt to run alternative ads if they don’t meet your revenue requirements. For example, you can run an AdBrite ad code on your site and set AdSense as you’re alternative. This is a good way to make sure the ad space on your site doesn’t get wasted, if you know you can earn more from AdSense (or other ad programmes).
The Bad? Well, in the last two years that I’ve been running AdBrite on one or two sites, I haven’t seen a good return. And, since they only send cheques, I set my payment threshold quite high (no point in cashing cheques below a certain amount for me, since I’m based in Australia). Yes, for some reason, the AdBrite ads I’ve ran so far aren’t converting well on my sites. Hence, I haven’t seen a single payment from AdBrite yet, even though there’s some cash stuck in my account. Oh, and I’m also not a big fan interstitial ads
What about you? Have you tried AdBrite yet?
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Any idea how much you have made with AdBrite per thousand impressions? I’m looking for new revenue streams, but want one that pays well.
I have used Adbrite on some of my older blogs but haven’t considered it for my latest blog. The payout is to low and depending on the post it puts an ad on a lot of words making post look really spam like.
The money that I have made in six months with Adbrite I make in a few hours with Adsense.
Glen: Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes, my personal experience with AdBrite is quite disappointing too. But, I’m continuing to use it in a handful of places to see if it’ll improve at some stage. We’ll see…
So, have you completely phased out AdBrite in your blogs?
Court: My own AdBrite experience isn’t great so far. That’s why I’d probably suggest other revenue streams, based on my own attempts at monetising my sites/blogs. I think it depends on the kind of blogs/sites you’ve got. What have you tried so far?
Currently Im only using Adbrite on one blog. Haven’t even considered putting the code anyplace else.
I am also trying out Kontera but even that hasn’t brought in a lot of money.
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While AdBrite may bring you lots of “traffic†do not expect conversions or any ROI. Their manner of listings is borderline fraudulent… Yes, they will show you a huge very detailed report tracking each any every site you paid for but you’ll find no customer revenue or site sales from any of them. Lack of customer support and service only compound the issues. If you are looking to actually generate revenue for your business (as opposed to just paying lots of money for NOTHING) save your money and avoid AdBrite.
I have removed Adbrite from all of my blogs The payout is to low and the ads made my blogs look cluttered.
Any idea on how much is Adbrite rate per click?
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You guys should really try Adbrite. It works wonders. Even better than google adsense. can jump up to 200$ daily if your really work and have good strategy.
http://webcashier.blogspot.com
Useful article, especially for those that had been banned from adsense. I think adbrite is next after adsense. But I would not risk my adsense account by displaying adbrite ads. So, my advice is just focus on one program, use adbrite as a second alternative after adsense.
Good info…
Hello friends!
Adbrite is really cool up till my usage!
I have only used Adbrite for more than a year. Yes the fact is true that they pay a less amount than other ad programs but the company is really trustworthy as they are good with their payment system and pay the checks regularly after we hit our payout margin.
My request to all new bloggers is to go for adbrite straight away because publishers can keep a min payout of $5 which is really good and better than other programs.
I am looking for advertisers too on my blog. Its generating 48,000+ pageviews . Please advertise on my blog!
its 48,000 pageviews /month ! so it will be really cool to invest on such a high traffic blog!
I signed up for AdBrite. I used the html code for the ad. All I got was an ad by AdBrite to try to attract advertisers, on my web site. Something like “Your ad here”. They said in a few days I would get ads. I never did. So I dumped them. Adsense just displays ads, no free “Your Ad Here” on my precious real estate.
We get something like 50,000 page views per month, we’re not permitted by Google to mention how much Google pays.