WidgetBucks First Report
Oct 7th, 2007 by Nick
Like everyone else, I have now jumped on the WidgetBucks Bandwagon. Why? Why not? I dont use Adsense, Yahoo Publisher Network really isnt that great for my sites, I tried Chitika and it did terrible, why not give this PPC network a chance? What do I have to lose?
I am looking forward to the low payout of this program. Now I dont have to wait 2 or 3 months to reach $100 before I get my money, I only have to get $50, im sure I can do that every month (hopefully several times over). The Widget offers a few sizes. The ones you would expect from an ad, Skyscraper, Rectangle, Full Banner, Leaderboard. And then a custom one of 660×330. I guess that is if you plan on centering the entire site around those ads alone, which actually may not be too mad of an idea. You could pop up a quick niche site and just put up a header, an article and then an ad…(lightbulbs going on).
There are several people who have already made posts about the widgetbucks so chances are if you are reading this you have already read it somewhere else. But, to see what they look like, click on this post title to take you to that page, or look on the right sidebar and have a gander. So far, I have made a decent amount per click. My eCPm is pretty high also, so, if you dont get too much traffic maybe you should give it a try. I think WB states that some people are getting $3-6 dollars eCPM right now which is pretty good.
The only beef I have with it is that the revenue is delayed by a few days. I am the kind of person who wants stats one second after they happen. I think the refresh button on my browser is worn down because of it. I think I need to replace it. Today is really frustrating because I cant see how many impressions and clicks I have gotten today. I know I have had people visit my sites. I hope they fix it soon.
The control panel for WidgetBucks needs to be updated. It shows the breakdown per widget but does not give you a running total of everything combined. I would like for them to show “$XXX this pay period”. Im sure they will have that taken care of by the end of the month. It seems as if they are still making a lot of changes to it.
*picture taken down per TOS*
OK, I don’t understand how an RPC of $0.41 makes it a total of $2.88 for 10 clicks? Should it not have been $4.1? The same goes for all widgets.
Mail me if you have anidea.
Alev,
That was before they switched to real time stats. That was when they still had a delay of about 2 days between click and revenue, so the revenue there probably only counted 7 of those 10 clicks. And then a few days later the other clicks would count and you would see that money.
as per widgetbucks’ TOS, you are not allowed to show these information without their written consent.
where is the picture?
I took it down because it violates their terms of service. If you want to know more about it just let me know, I could tell you how it is going on AIM in more detail.