BidVertiser

BidVertiser - Site targeted marketplace

BidVertiser is a CPC ad network. They show text ads, and optionally eBay ads, targeted on your site. Their advertisers bid against each other to give you best income and they have no minimum impression rate for your site.

Pros

Applying to BidVertiser is easy, as sites are first auto accepted into the program, and only removed if they break the rules. Sign up only takes minutes; you can have the ads on your site in less than 20 minutes. Customizing the ads to your website is easy with their ad editor. You can choose from various sizes, and select either text only ads, or allow eBay ads too.

They give you targeted ads - apparently through website categorization - and offer a filtering service to block unwanted ads from appearing on your site. All ads must also be pre-approved by their editorial team.

With your account you can also refer other publishers or advertisers, and gain revenue from ads that they buy of sell. According to their site, "When a user signs as an advertiser and first spends $10, we'll credit your account with $5. When that same advertiser spends $50, you will be credited with an additional $20." and "When a user signs as a publisher and first earns $10, we'll credit your account with $10. When that same publisher earns $50, you will be credited with an additional $40."

They have a tracking system with which you can view statistics for each of your ads, and see impressions and clicks separately. The impression and click statistics update a few hours late, so don't be surprised if they don't seem to work at first.

You can view the highest bids for ads from your account, and the rates are usually quite high compared to for example AdSense. The system automatically displays the best paying ads on your site. You'll see ads with CPC of $1-$2.5 even.

Cons

If you wish to advertise yous site with them you have to create another account, as 'Advertiser' and 'Publisher' accounts exist separately. They also have some rules that you have to know; read them from the How to avoid account termination link on the publisher section. The single most important rule is: never click your own ads!

A large share of the advertising money is earned by the referrer: $40 of the first $90. This means that to really profit you need to also run the referral program. Fortunately the BidVertiser account also works as a referrer account, and the link above your ads is a referral link (unlike in AdSense).

Overall

My Rating: 4/5

I highly recommend BidVertiser. Their rates are good, and it is very easy to set up. The ads can be customized to look like your site content. BidVertiser is also good for sites with little visitors, since their minimum withdrawal is $10 through PayPal. They also offer a free $20 for new advertisers, which you can claim below.

Monetize your Website or Blog with BidVertiser
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Text Link Ads

Smart Link Marketing by Text Link Ads

Text Link Ads serve static HTML text link ads, that are priced at a flat per month rate. They accept high traffic sites, and allow their ads to be run along AdSense ads, or other contextual ads.

Pros

Text Link Ads are priced at a flat rate, regardless of the number of impressions, or clicks. This ensures a steady source of income - if the search engine rank of your site happened to drop for a couple of weeks, you would still get the same revenue, despite your lower number of clicks and impressions that month.

You also have complete control over what links to display on your site: you can set all ads to be accepted or denied by you.

Publishers get 50% of ad price. This is payed out the first of each month. PayPal payments can be of any size - there is no minimum. They also cost nothing to the publisher. Check payment minimum is $25.

TLA also has an affiliate program, where you earn $25 for each referred publisher or advertiser. Referred publishers have to publish ads for a minimum of 7 days. Referred advertisers earn the commission as soon as they purchase advertisement.

Cons

Becoming a publisher requires a high traffic site, and the process of being accepted and getting ads may take 1-3 days. The ad script is in PHP; having a server that supports PHP is a requirement.

Referral earnings are a flat per referral fee. Referring a high traffic publisher or an advertiser with a large campaign will only earn you $25, unlike in other programs, where you earn a percentage commission.

Overall

My Rating: 4/5

If you have a high traffic website, Text Link Ads is a very good alternative for you. If not, I suggest you take a look at the other networks reviewed. If you are planning an advertisement campaign, take a look at the offer below.

Monetize Your Site with Text Link Ads
$100 in FREE Links for new advertisers