What's the best ad network for a faucet? (other than AdSense)

[Lorenzo]

It's not that I have anything against AdSense. It's just that I've been having some difficulties with them (basically I signed up using a domain which I no longer own and I never bothered pasting the ad code in so I never passed the second verification step, and now there's no way of changing it).

So other than AdSense, what's the best ad network for a faucet? I see that Freebitco.in uses AdSense so that doesn't help. Landofbitcoin.com uses a mix of Adbit.co and referral links. The faucets which use FaucetBOX (which is the script I'm using) use a variety of ad providers including CoinURL, Bitmedia.io, and of course AdSense. Are the first two any good?

I've also heard of another one called Anonymous Ads. Adbit.co, CoinURL, Bitmedia.io, and Anonymous Ads all seem to pay out in bitcoin which would be preferable but not necessary since I also have a PayPal account. Has anyone tried any of these? Are there any particular ones out there which faucet owners here would recommend?

[Rude Boy]

Unfortunately, i'm not a faucet owner. But, i won some blogs and websites. 
Yes! adbit.co and some sites you mentioned might be good one but someone have to advertise their banner.
Otherwise, chitika might helps you better for publishers. But chitika proving text adds only (it shoes only text ads on my blog, so i've removed it from my blog)
Or why do you not create another gmail account? if you want adsense
//bad english?//

~Rude Boy

[Lorenzo]

Unfortunately, i'm not a faucet owner. But, i won some blogs and websites. 
Yes! adbit.co and some sites you mentioned might be good one but someone have to advertise their banner.
Otherwise, chitika might helps you better for publishers. But chitika proving text adds only (it shoes only text ads on my blog, so i've removed it from my blog)
Or why do you not create another gmail account? if you want adsense
//bad english?//

~Rude Boy

I guess I could do that, although the last time I tried that (which was three years ago), their automated system discovered my other account so I couldn't get past the registration page. I think I used the same payment details though so that might have been the problem.

Adbit.co was the one I was originally thinking of too since they seem quite popular. But I decided to give Anonymous Ads a try since their registration process is faster. I'll probably sign up to multiple ad networks and do some tests to see which ones work the best. I'll be sure to post the results here.

I do have a Chitika account as well, although I only made an account with them just recently so it's still being approved. I know AdSense requires that sites should have some original content so I'm not sure what the rules for Chitika are.

[gkv9]

Don't know whether you know about this or not, but you should definitely try out http://www.infolinks.com/

I had been working with them and so far so good results as compared to Adsense...

They provide many kinds of advertising including squared, in-line, search, etc...

[jdebunt]

it's always better if you can get advertisers to come to you instead of the other way round. How much traffic is your faucet generating?

[Rude Boy]

I guess I could do that, although the last time I tried that (which was three years ago), their automated system discovered my other account so I couldn't get past the registration page. I think I used the same payment details though so that might have been the problem.

Adbit.co was the one I was originally thinking of too since they seem quite popular. But I decided to give Anonymous Ads a try since their registration process is faster. I'll probably sign up to multiple ad networks and do some tests to see which ones work the best. I'll be sure to post the results here.

I do have a Chitika account as well, although I only made an account with them just recently so it's still being approved. I know AdSense requires that sites should have some original content so I'm not sure what the rules for Chitika are.

Well! in my personal experience, chitika needs no verification at all. You can display chitika ads on your website instantly, when you create your account, you're already granted to display ads and if your faucet  have a good/enough traffic, your earning will be more like adsense. And tell us your faucet?


~Rude Boy

[favdesu]

I'd use a-ads! however, did you consider signing up for affiliate sites like bitcasino.io and add some adblockfriendly banners? could work much better than an ad-network.

[Lorenzo]

Don't know whether you know about this or not, but you should definitely try out http://www.infolinks.com/

I had been working with them and so far so good results as compared to Adsense...

They provide many kinds of advertising including squared, in-line, search, etc...

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely be giving this one a try as well.

it's always better if you can get advertisers to come to you instead of the other way round. How much traffic is your faucet generating?

LOL. It was actually just established two hours ago. It hasn't even been officially announced yet and this is my first faucet so I'm still updating and tweaking a few things.

I guess I could do that, although the last time I tried that (which was three years ago), their automated system discovered my other account so I couldn't get past the registration page. I think I used the same payment details though so that might have been the problem.

Adbit.co was the one I was originally thinking of too since they seem quite popular. But I decided to give Anonymous Ads a try since their registration process is faster. I'll probably sign up to multiple ad networks and do some tests to see which ones work the best. I'll be sure to post the results here.

I do have a Chitika account as well, although I only made an account with them just recently so it's still being approved. I know AdSense requires that sites should have some original content so I'm not sure what the rules for Chitika are.

Well! in my personal experience, chitika needs no verification at all. You can display chitika ads on your website instantly, when you create your account, you're already granted to display ads and if your faucet  have a good/enough traffic, your earning will be more like adsense. And tell us your faucet?


~Rude Boy

I was told by Chitika that it would take 1 business day to process my registration and approve my account.

The URL for the faucet is:

http://faucet.bitchan.org/

It's fully functional, and I just funded it with 0.01 BTC so you can already try it out if you want but I still have a few more things to change (such as the payouts) and I haven't added it to any faucet lists/rotators or done any promotion for it yet.

I'd use a-ads! however, did you consider signing up for affiliate sites like bitcasino.io and add some adblockfriendly banners? could work much better than an ad-network.

Yeah, I'll probably add a few affiliate ads too. I've noticed that Freebitco.in, Landofbitcoin.com, and a few other popular faucet sites have affiliate ads mixed in with their traditional ads. Thing is, I never got any referrals back when I had an affiliate link in my signature despite making 200+ posts so I'm not sure how successful it would be for a smaller faucet.

[techgeek]

I really wouldnt try adsense unless you got the words for really cheap.

But, why not just launch it here on this forum? Its huge traffic thats already targeted, so you dont have to guess on stats of conversion or not. The only think would be buying a advertising round on the auction thread.

And cutting a deal, if you become a regular for doing so?

[favdesu]

Yeah, I'll probably add a few affiliate ads too. I've noticed that Freebitco.in, Landofbitcoin.com, and a few other popular faucet sites have affiliate ads mixed in with their traditional ads. Thing is, I never got any referrals back when I had an affiliate link in my signature despite making 200+ posts so I'm not sure how successful it would be for a smaller faucet.

Signature is only useful for google ranking in my opinion and not for actual traffic. Just don't plaster your faucet with ads if you want people to check your links. I'd test one nice affiliate banner first, then move to more/ad-networks after some months if it's not profitable.

[Lorenzo]

I really wouldnt try adsense unless you got the words for really cheap.

But, why not just launch it here on this forum? Its huge traffic thats already targeted, so you dont have to guess on stats of conversion or not. The only think would be buying a advertising round on the auction thread.

And cutting a deal, if you become a regular for doing so?

I meant the ads that display from within the actual faucet site. Faucet site owners display ads from an ad network or affiliate program in order to get a small profit.

Once everything is properly set up, I'll be making an [ANN] thread on the forums as well as submitting it to faucet links/rotators.

Yeah, I'll probably add a few affiliate ads too. I've noticed that Freebitco.in, Landofbitcoin.com, and a few other popular faucet sites have affiliate ads mixed in with their traditional ads. Thing is, I never got any referrals back when I had an affiliate link in my signature despite making 200+ posts so I'm not sure how successful it would be for a smaller faucet.

Signature is only useful for google ranking in my opinion and not for actual traffic. Just don't plaster your faucet with ads if you want people to check your links. I'd test one nice affiliate banner first, then move to more/ad-networks after some months if it's not profitable.

Thanks for the advice! I'm thinking perhaps a nice big affiliate banner near the top with non-intrusive text ads on the sides could probably work. Since most people who use faucets are newbies, that's also probably something to take into consideration as well when choosing an affiliate site.

[thefaucetrunner]

It's not that I have anything against AdSense. It's just that I've been having some difficulties with them (basically I signed up using a domain which I no longer own and I never bothered pasting the ad code in so I never passed the second verification step, and now there's no way of changing it).

So other than AdSense, what's the best ad network for a faucet? I see that Freebitco.in uses AdSense so that doesn't help. Landofbitcoin.com uses a mix of Adbit.co and referral links. The faucets which use FaucetBOX (which is the script I'm using) use a variety of ad providers including CoinURL, Bitmedia.io, and of course AdSense. Are the first two any good?

I've also heard of another one called Anonymous Ads. Adbit.co, CoinURL, Bitmedia.io, and Anonymous Ads all seem to pay out in bitcoin which would be preferable but not necessary since I also have a PayPal account. Has anyone tried any of these? Are there any particular ones out there which faucet owners here would recommend?

A-Ads is a little strange. It pays per unique impression delivered to the NETWORK and therefore if a user visits a big site like Moonbit and then your site, the visit will not be seen as unique. I get very little from this. 10,000 sat every few days.

CoinURL varies in quality of ads and payment. They don't let you see detailed analytics as a faucet owner for some reason.

Adbit and Bee-Ads are good networks and vastly under-employed by faucets. All faucets should have both these networks as standard.

Bitmedia.io is very promising. If you're interested in some stats I'm happy to share with you! PM me

[Muhammed Zakir]

From my personal experience, a-ads, Adbit and Bitmedia. I liked a-ads the most because of its fast ad bids, it's easiness and user-friendly UI. I liked the login process very much.

[p.nusia]

Apart from AdSence I use Bitmedia. I think that their service offers the highest quality in the niche. I also like that their bids are higher than elsewhere, and of course i am satisfied with their payouts. I can recommend this ad network.

[pedrog]

Take a look at AdCash.com, it pays per impression and I use it with Adsense to squeeze a few extra euros from visitors.