CPC Networks... your comments...

[LastActionHero]

These accept small sites...

Click For Pennies - (www.plugingo.com ?)

Nickel A Click - (www.nickelaclick.com)

Adtomi - (www.adtomi.com)

Click2Net - (www.click2net.com)

EAds - (www.eads.com)

Web Site Sponsors - (www.websitesponsors.com)- Asian sites in english eligible?

Affiliate Target - (www.affiliatetarget.com)

Amazing Media - (www.amazingmedia.com)

Bullex - (www.bullex.org)

Clear Blue Media - (www.clearbluemedia.com)

ContentZone - (www.contentzone.com)

thankx to web sponser zone (www.websponserzone.com) for the list.

[Czar]

Some comments on those that I have used (or am very familiar with):

Click2Net - (www.click2net.com)

- Great. Has been offering low payouts (6-8 cents/click) in the past, but has expressed their plan to increase this to 10 cents+ for quality sites. Seem to be struggling to establish their new Singapore office.

EAds - (www.eads.com)

- Good. I personally had a negative experience with this company 2 years ago, but have heard many positive comments since then. There are better options out there, but they're not a bad second-choice.

Web Site Sponsors - (www.websitesponsors.com)- Asian sites in english eligible?

- Great. Not accepting new sites. When they are accepting, they now only consider sites from the US and Canada. Great payouts, great service.

Affiliate Target - (www.affiliatetarget.com)

- Very bad rep. Many Asian-based affiliates have reported payment withholding, or undue termination. As far as I am aware, nobody has ever graduated to their CPM program. Try all others first.

Amazing Media - (www.amazingmedia.com)

- Not bad. Have cut their rates in half, and terminated several members of late (myself included). Payments are constantly late, but do arrive. They make a great default option due to their fixed rates. Worth exploring.

Bullex - (www.bullex.org)

- Bad rep. Seems to be dead. Don't waste your time.

Clear Blue Media - (www.clearbluemedia.com)

- Quite good, but suffering. They have virtually closed their banner program, and now seem to mainly support their popunder option. Not accepting new sites.

ContentZone - (www.contentzone.com)

- Mediocre. Formerly known as The Commonwealth Network, which was taken to court in a class action lawsuit launched by its affiliates due to non-payment. Owned by 24/7 Media, which isn't in the most secure financial position:
http://geekvillage.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005128.html

[Cheap Bastard]

eads is dead, and has been for several months now... I don't know why they're still on pretty much every 'webmaster affiliate program' site... i guess it's cuz of their old 10% referral thing.

[Czar]

Thanks for the heads-up CB!

I was one of those offending sites until a few minutes ago...and I wasn't even collecting the referral payment since I left the network back in 97.

I guess that's why the eAds crew has stopped sending me emails about the negative review that I had given them. ;)

[Cheap Bastard]

actually i loved eAds... Nice payment (was getting 12-13 cents/click), choice between 5 banners (sometimes they actually had banners that had to do with gaming, for my gaming site... a rarity with any ad-network).

always paid right on time. Minimum check only 10bucks. Fast servers... Almost everyone got accepted... Too bad they died :(

[coolguy23]

i know....eAds was the best...i got my first cheque from them and then after a few days they dropped their program to 5c a click so i still kept going but then they shut down!....and the best part was...my ads were targeted! :)
i wish they are still alive

[LastActionHero]

What kind of ads to people clicking on? I'am building a community website and planning to put on those win $1,000,000 ads and click here for free this and free that kind of ads. good move?

[Czar]

Those perform well, as do fake alert windows, 'punch-the-monkey' style ads and banners that look as though you are downloading a file (ie Club Regal Casino at CJ).

If you're being paid on a CPC basis, ads like these are a godsend. Most of the time, though, these information-starved ads will pay on a CPM basis.

[LastActionHero]

What about search box programs? any good ones?

[Czar]

Well, we're going a little off-topic now, but anyway...

The best searchbox programs that are still accepting new members are SearchTraffic (5 cents/2nd page click), AdSearches (3-12 cents/first click), GoClick (2 cents/first click - flat rate) and GoTo.com (2 cents/first click - flat rate).

There are more solid performers in operation (such as Searchbucks and SearchReferral), but which aren't presently accepting new members.

[Ahmed]

When it comes to banner ads, I have yet to find ANY better than the punch the money. More that consisten 5% CTR, and this was on various sites I tested it out.

For search boxes, try SearchPrograms.com. They have quite a few reviewed, and you can add your own comments eve.

[LastActionHero]

thankx everybody for their help! i have learned a lot. :)

[romhost]

Does anybody know something about ValueAd.com? Can you please help me? Have you got any feedback about this network!!!

Hey, thanks in advance!!!

[Czar]

ValueAd's founder is a member of Geek/Talk. You can find a great deal of information about this firm by visiting the following page:
http://geekvillage.com/ubb/search.cgi?action=intro&default=4
And searching for "ValueAd".

[romhost]

Thank You Czar

[ticksoft]

Just though I would mention that Click2Net do pay higher than mentioned above, particularly for UK sites, I for example was approached by one of their sales people and get 20 cents for each click.

[Czar]

Malcolm, rates that you are offered can vary dramatically from rates that you receive.

Did you actually sign up with them to test this theory?


BTW, I don't want this to seem like an attack on Click2Net, as I consider them to be a reputable firm. It's meant as an industry-wide criticism about networks who offer far more than what they deliver in practice.

[ticksoft]

Yeah, I did sign up for them but my current (old) layout for FreesiteUK isn't the best for a CPC programme and I am too busy with DVDBlokes to finish the new layout, so it is only shown 50% of the time.

And they do pay 20 cents. In fact, when I stopped using them (when the code was deleted by mistake), another sales guy called me up and told me that they may be able to offer me a higher rate if I continued to use them in a few more months.

[Czar]

That's fantastic news. It verifies the claims made to me by a Click2Net staff member a few months ago, but which a few existing Click2Net members disputed.

I guess only those sites with suitable demographics see the higher rates.