AdBrite Advertising Marketplace
*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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12 opinions for AdBrite Advertising Marketplace
Court
May 8, 2007 at 7:07 am
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.
Glen
May 10, 2007 at 12:22 am
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.
Shai Coggins
May 10, 2007 at 11:48 pm
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?
Shai Coggins
May 10, 2007 at 11:50 pm
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?
Glen
May 11, 2007 at 4:57 am
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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Laura Betts
Oct 5, 2007 at 4:43 am
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.
Glen
Oct 6, 2007 at 1:01 am
I have removed Adbrite from all of my blogs The payout is to low and the ads made my blogs look cluttered.
Ajith
Feb 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Any idea on how much is Adbrite rate per click?
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successfuljoe
Jun 18, 2008 at 11:20 am
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.
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