So, you want to run a faucet?

[minifrij]

So, you want to run a faucet?


To anyone still reading this, please keep in mind this hasn't been updated in years and the majority of the services probably no longer work.


Table of Contents:
Domains and Hosting | Creating your Faucet | Advertising | Traffic | Other Methods of Monetizing | Things to Consider

In order to try and answer a few people's questions, I decded to make this guide about making and running a faucet. This is mainly based on my own experience, so it may differ from person to person.
Most faucets measure payments in Satoshi or Bits. 1 Satoshi = 0.00000001BTC. 1 Bit = 100 Satoshi/0.000001BTC.

Asterisk key:
* - Recommended | * - Use with Caution

Part 1 - Getting hosting and a domain:
Contents - Hosting | Domains

To begin, you will need somewhere to host your faucet and a way for people to access it. This part will help with that.
I will only be listing services that take Bitcoin as a payment option. There are many that do not out there which are trusted.

TIP - As enticing as it may sound, try not to use anything free (Free hosting/free domain). Free hosting can stop working if you get a large amount of traffic, and a free domain can make you look unprofessional. In case this does interest you I will link places you can get these things, but I wouldn't recommend them.

Hosting:
There are several places you can get hosting for your faucet which you can pay for through several means. I will be listing services that I have tried and that I've seen reccommended by other users. If you don't want to use any of these services then search around or look in the Service Announcements section for others.

NameCheap* - http://www.namecheap.com
I have never used this provider for hosting, however it is one of the most trusted in the business. It has affordable prices, and top notch support staff. If you don't mind paying slightly more for hosting, I would reccommend this.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin, Paypal and others.

Hostinger - http://www.hostinger.com
I have used Hostinger's services before with few problems. Hostinger provides free hosting or affordable unlimited hosting. I wouldn't recommend this hosting if you intend to use blockchain.info's API. This is because, on the free servers at least, I've found that the API is blocked from use. If you want to use this hosting with blockchain.info, contact blockchain's support staff and I'm sure they can help you.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin, Paypal and others.

Bitronic Tech - http://www.bitronictech.net
I have never used this provider, though have seen it recommended by users on BitcoinTalk. It has been around for a while, and has somewhat affordable prices for it's hosting.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin.

Visfirm - https://visfirm.com/hosting
This host was suggested by a user on the forum and offers SSD hosting for an affordable monthly price. I have never used it, though it is run by a trustable member of the community. Use coupon code BITCOINTALK for a free months hosting.
BitcoinTalk topic - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1022773
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin, Paypal.

SteadyTurtle - http://steadyturtle.com
This host provides SSD shared hosting at affordable prices. In addition to this, they have a large amount of promotion codes at their BitcoinTalk thread.
BitcoinTalk topic - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=972575.0
Payment processors accepted - PayPal, Bitcoin, Payza (Alertpay), 2checkout.

000Webhost* - http://www.000webhost.com
I have used this hosting for few of my projects, however it suffers the same thing as almost all free hosting in that the specs of the hosting are lack luster. With a large amount of traffic accessing the site within a day, it will almost certainly go down.
Payment processors accepted - N/A

3Owl* - http://www.3owl.com
I have also used this service's free hosting for a few of my projects, however it suffers the same problems as above, in that you cannot have a large amount of traffic accessing your site without it crashing.
Payment processors accepted - N/A

Domains:
There are a few trusted places that you can get TLDs (Top Level Domains) for your project, however not as many as hosting. When purchasing a domain, please use your head. If you see a site with no interactivity or using a free domain and trying to sell you a domain, don't do it.
This list does not include sub-domains.

NameCheap* - http://www.namecheap.com
The only place I would go for buying a standalone domain. With better prices than a large amount of the market, and a nice selection of TLDs it is arguably the best place to go.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin, Paypal and others.

Hostinger - http://www.hostinger.com
If you buy any kind of hosting package with Hostinger, you get a domain free with your purchace with a number of TLDs. In addition, you can buy a domain seperately.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin, Paypal and others.

Bitronic Tech - http://www.bitronictech.net
Same as Hostinger, though I have never used this service so I cannot vouch for it.
Payment processors accepted - Bitcoin

Visfirm - http://visfirm.com/hosting
As suggested by a user on the forum, this host provides fast SSD hosting for an affordable price. I have never used it, but it is run by a trustable member of the community. Use the code BITCOINTALK
Forum Topic - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1022773.msg11068229

Dot.tk* - http://www.dot.tk
This service provides free .tk domains for people to use. A downside with this is not only does it make your website look somewhat unprofessional, but .tk domains are regularly accociated with scams.
Payment processors accepted - N/A

FreeNom* - http://www.freenom.com
This service provides free domains under 4 TLDs. The downsides with this service are the same as Dot.tk.
Payment processors accepted - N/A

Part 2 - Creating a faucet:
Before we begin, there is another guide on how to create a faucet using the FaucetBox micropayment processor here created by SpreadBit
If you have little programming knowledge, not to worry, there are several premade scripts for you to use for your faucet.
Something you have to choose from is which payment processor and script you would like to use. There is little difference between them, so just pick based on your own opinion.
If you would like something custom made, try posting in the Services section and a dev may help you.

TIP - Once you have your faucet up and running, try to put an inital somewhat large deposit into your selected processor (0.01BTC or more). This will give you time to spread word of your faucet, without you having to worry about funds.

FaucetBox* - http://faucetbox.com
This processor was a successor to Microwallet after the admin left. This processor supports payments from Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Peercoin. This processor currently has a very large amount of faucets running on it, and is very trusted by the community. They offer a free faucet script here, and also a way to migrate a Microwallet faucet to FaucetBox here.
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1094930.0

Paytoshi* - http://paytoshi.org
I currently use this processor on one of my sites and it has worked very well. The admin is good with support and even made a library for payments on request. I would reccommend this processor. This processor also provides a free faucet script, which you can find here.
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881989.0

Minifaucet - https://gitlab.com/minifaucet/public
While this is not a payment processor, it is a faucet script created by Elbandi and supports withdrawals through Blockchain.info, Coinbase.com, FaucetBox.com, Xapo.com or a custom daemon. Using a daemon means that this script supports any coin. It is based off of the MyFaucet script for inputs.io, which was very popular and widely used a year or two back. This is the only faucet script here that supports on site balances, and direct payments to wallets. Because of this, you should use a high cashout minimum if you decide to use this script (0.0001BTC\10,000 Satoshi minimum).
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=333748.0

Cryptocurrency Faucet - https://github.com/ChristianGrieger/Cryptocurrency-faucet-script
Once again, this is not a payment processor, but a faucet script made for http://wow.bitcoinproject.net/. This script doesn't use any online API, instead it uses daemons to send the coins. This means that this script can use any currency, and also is not reliant on any other website to send payments. This script also supports blockchain.info withdrawals. In addition to this, it has very in depth settings and even an anti-tor script. However, this also means that this script requires some technical knowledge to set up and get running and also requires a VPS server to run well. The github has a link to get everything set up.

Xapo - https://developers.xapo.com/
Contrary to the previous two, this is not a faucet script but a Bitcoin payment processor. This is becoming increasingly popular in the faucet world as it provides bonuses for any webmaster's who take up this payment processor. Xapo supports micro-transactions in the form of bits, allowing you to send from one wallet to the other.

Part 3 - Advertising:
Contents - Captcha Advertising | Banner Advertising

So, obviously if you are giving out free bitcoins, you will need a way of getting money back. The main way to do this is through Advertising. In this section, I will give you a run down of the most popular ad networks.
I will be separating this into two parts, as there are two ways of putting advertising onto your faucet.
CAUTION - Some of these do not support Bitcoin withdrawal, which may make them unsuitable for some people.

TIP - Do not plaster your site with advertising. Believe it or not, you do not need 4 468x60 banners stacked underneath eachother in order to make ends meet. Try to keep your advertising non intrusive, and do not encourage users to click your ads (it is against the ToS of most ad networks).

TIP 2 - Do not use popup ads, or ads that redirect the user away from your faucet. This will make you look unprofessional, and will likely make it so you cannot advertise your faucet on certain sites (If you use the FaucetBox payment processor, your faucet will not be approved if you use pop up ads).

TIP 3 - You may need to implement an anti-adblock script in order to stop loss of funds. There are a lot of scripts around for this, simply search Google for them.

Captcha Advertising:
This is advertising which is displayed inside your captcha. This is useful as it is non intrusive and also gives your faucet some protection against bots.
This advertising source is not too great when it comes to earning money, and should not be relied upon for your funds. I will give examples of my earnings where I can.

AreYouAHuman?* - http://www.areyouahuman.com
This captcha gives the user small puzzles to solve in order to complete the captcha. These puzzles can sometimes be based around a certain product, which is how you generate money with this captcha. This captcha is apparently one of the better ones when combating bot abuse.

Funcaptcha* - https://www.funcaptcha.com/
This captcha gives the user small puzzles which must be solved in order to complete the captcha. This captcha is apparently one of the better ones when combating bot abuse.

Captch Me - http://www.captchme.com
This French captcha provider gives a similar model to Minteye, in that you slide a bar to prove that you are not a bot. An ad is then displayed once the captcha has been successfully completed. I do not have much information on payouts and such, as there doesn't seem to be much on the website.

Reklamper - http://www.reklamper.com/
A Russian captcha provider which provides a basic text captcha with an ad to the right hand side of it. This could perhaps be read by a bot, as the captcha seems to be pretty basic and not very skewed. Once again, I do not know much about payments and the like.

SolveMedia* - http://www.solvemedia.com
This is an extremely widely used and supported captcha type on most faucet scripts. Occasionally a small pre-roll ad will appear in the captcha, or simply just a banner at the top. You will earn for every captcha solved on this system. However, since some of this captcha's questions are multiple choice answers, it can be easy for bots to decipher. In additon to this, in order to get a cashout, you have to fill in a tax form.
CAUTION - This captcha has been known for easy abuse by bots.

Banner Advertising:
This is the advertising that will make you the money to help cover your faucet costs.
As said before, please do not plaster your site with as much advertising as humanly possible. Not only is it ugly on the eye, but it makes you look desperate.

Anonymous Ads* - http://www.a-ads.com
Probably the oldest bitcoin ad network still running. Pays based on the amount of views, but is dependant on which advertisers are advertising and their daily budget. I have used this network on all of my bitcoin projects and have been paid by it every time without fail. This ad network is for banner and text ads.
Minimum withdrawal - 0.0001BTC (No fee)

BitMedia* - http://www.bitmedia.io
This network displays both text and banner ads, and also boasts similar rates to Google Adsense. It also runs on a pay per click system.
Minimum withdrawal - 0.01BTC (No fee)

Bee-Ads - http://www.bee-ads.com
Bee-Ads runs on the same system as AdBit, however their minimum bid is only 0.000001BTC. This ad network is only for banner ads.
Minimum withdrawal - 0.001BTC (0.0001BTC Network Fee)

MellowAds - http://www.mellowads.com
MellowAds runs both CPM and CPC campaigns through out it's site. It allows advertisers to place both network and site-specific ads allowing it to reach out to sites of any size. In addition to this, it boasts 0% fees across it's network making it good for beginner sites.
Mimimum withdrawal - 0.001BTC

CoinAdvert - http://www.coinadvert.net
CoinAdvert runs on a CPM (Cost per 1,000 views) system, mixed with the bidding system used in AdBit and Bee-Ads. An advertiser pays for 1,000 views or more for a price you set, and you get paid per view on that ad. This ad network is only for text advertising.
Minimum withdrawal - 0.002BTC (0.0001BTC Network Fee)

AdBTC - https://adbtc.info
This network runs on a network share system where publishers get money for their share of the impressions/clicks. In addition to this, this network allows advertisers to place a free ad on their network.
In order to be accepted into this network, you must add the code to your page and email the owner of the site (as is explained on their FAQ Page).

Adalso - http://adalso.com/
This network runs similarly to MellowAds, as it allows CPC ads broadcast over the network and bidding on specific sites. This network is only for banner ads.

CPMLeader - http://www.cpmleader.com
An ad network that pays by a CPM system. You get paid for every unique impression every 24 hours.
Minimum withdrawal - $5 via Paypal

BitClix* - http://www.bitclix.com
BitClix runs on a pay per click system, meaning that every click on your ad gives you a set amount that the advertiser paid for. Can be good if you have a high click rate on your banners. This ad network is for banner and text ads.
CAUTION - There has been a scam accusation towards this site, however BitClix argue that the removal was due to low quality traffic from the site - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1032535.0
Minimum withdrawal - 0.001BTC (0.0001BTC Network Fee)

AdBit* - http://www.adbit.co
A successor to an older Bitcoin ad network which shut down after the admin went awol, AdBit runs on a pay-per-day bidding system. Basically, you put an ad space on your page, and people bid on it. The higher the bid the more of a share the advertiser has. Due to a spam of one satoshi bids, the default minimum cost per day is 0.0001BTC. This ad network is only for banner ads.
CAUTION - If you are using the default FaucetBox or Paytoshi script to advertise here your site may be taken off. Be sure to customize your script before adding this ad network. In addition to this, controversy has been created over the large amount of fees this network takes. These fees are up to change at any time.
Minimum withdrawal - 0.001BTC (0.0001BTC Network Fee)

Google Adsense* - http://www.google.com/adsense
The most popular ad network in the world. Runs off of both a cost per view and cost per click system based on the ad. A large amount of faucets use this system.
CAUTION - Bitcoin Faucets are arguably against the ToS, so if you earn a lot of money in a short amount of time your account may be banned. Please take care, and do not make your faucet's funds dependant on this network.
Minimum withdrawal - Dependant on your Country and Payment method

Media* - http://www.media.net
Media.net offers a CPM system which pays for every user which visits your website.
CAUTION - Some Bitcoin faucets can be against Media.net's ToS and Guidelines. Once again, use with caution and do not make your funds dependant on it.

Part 4 - Traffic:
Traffic is extremely important for a site similar to a faucet. Without it, there would be little to no point running your site and it would likely put you in the negative. I'm not going to list every faucet list/rotator here else it would be endless, only those that pull in decent traffic.

TIP - Higher rewards are very likely to get you more traffic. With this in mind, don't offer rewards so high that your faucet is regularly dry (empty of funds) or filled with advertising; this will likely minimize traffic towards your site.

FaucetBox / ScanTheBox* - https://faucetbox.com/en/list / http://scanthebox.com/
In addition to offering a micropayment processor and free faucet script, FaucetBox also has a faucet list and rotator that your faucet is added to. In order to get on this list, you must fill certain conditions listed on the site (e.g No popup or redirect ads). Your faucet must also use the FaucetBox API to be listed here.
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1094930.0

Ifaucet* - http://ifaucet.net/
Available in Russian or English, this faucet list/rotator brings in a large amount of traffic to faucets listed on it's site. As it caters specifically to Russian users, traffic from Russia/Ukraine can be increased significantly through this site.
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=826896.0

Paytoshi - https://paytoshi.org/faucets
Similar to FaucetBox, Paytoshi offers a faucet list in addition to a micropayment processor and faucet script. While I don't believe this gets as much traffic, you will get put on there if your faucet uses Paytoshi and is within their conditions.
BitcoinTalk thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881989.0

Part 5 - Other Methods of Monetizing:
In addition to advertising, there are several other ways to monetize your faucet. As a faucet owner, you should take advantage of every way to monetize you can in order to allow for bigger rewards and more earning opportunities for your users. Here I will be listing non-shady methods of making extra money from your users, as I do not endorse anything shady personally.

Referral Rotators* - http://ifaucet.net/
I believe this to be the most ethical method of earning extra bitcoins from your users. Certain rotators (such as ifaucet) allow you to input referral links to earn the referral earnings from the faucets your referrals visit. This allows users of your faucet to earn more from other faucets, while you earn referral commission without linking hundreds of faucets at a time.

CoinWall - http://coinbucks.io/coin-wall.php
An easy to use offer-wall which is simply activated by signing up to their website and inputting code they give you onto the page. The reason this isn't recommended is that some offers can contain Adware or other malware to the users PCs which can be difficult to remove. Simply giving a warning about such offers should be sufficient.

Bitcoin-ScratchTicket - https://bitcoin-scratchticket.com/partner
Bitcoin-ScratchTicket offers a small widget which can be personalized and branded to your site and allows users to gamble on a scratch ticket. Every time someone buys a ticket, you get a cut of the money spent. This is not recommended as it can support gambling, which for some people can be a problem. In addition, not many faucet users have the funds to properly gamble, so you may not get too much from this service.

Part 6 - A few things to consider:
Alright, so now let's clear up some things about a faucet that people seem to think.

Starting a faucet is insanely easy, and you require no programming knowledge
While there are services out there that boast giving you a faucet, these can cost up to 1BTC and are a waste of money (in my opinion). Creating a bitcoin faucet is as easy as putting a few files into an FTP server, changing some text in one of the files, putting some advertising on it and keeping it funded. As people discover your faucet it will gain traffic naturally, even more if you help it along.

Adding a referral program will (most likely) drive more traffic to your faucet
Adding a referral reward to your faucet will cost you more to run, but will almost certainly increase the traffic to your faucet. This is because people will have an incentive (a reason) to share the link to your website and get users to join. In addition to this, as long as the referral isn't anything too ridiculous, it will cost you very little in comparison to the traffic you will get.

Making a faucet will not make you rich.
Contrary to popular belief it seems, this is not the case at all. If you have some decent rewards on your faucet, you will be lucky to break even from advertising alone. I have known people that can make a large amount of money from owning a faucet, however it is not the faucet itself that gives them that money. No matter what anyone else says, it is near impossible to make big bucks owning a faucet.


That's it, now that you've read through this you should have a bit of a better idea on running a faucet and what it entails.
Have any more questions? Feel free to post them in this thread and I'm sure that either me or another faucet owner will help give you an answer.
Do you have a service that you want featured on this guide? Post here or send a PM and I will add it.

Enjoyed this guide? Send me a tip at 1PNmymEXA8mGZfdsWAWmicJPTXEf5KAzTG
Have a good day, and happy faucet-ing!

Removed Sites:
Microwallet - http://www.microwallet.org
Removed due to lack of care by the admin and lack of sites using it.

CleverPuffin - http://www.cleverpuffin.com
Removed due to lack of functionality on the hosting it's self.

Minteye - http://www.minteye.com
Removed as it apparently no longer works.

ConfidentCaptcha - http://www.confidentcaptcha.com
Removed as the site is down and seemingly no longer works.

[sana54210]

Thank you for your complete and detailed how to run a faucet guide.

[minifrij]

Thank you for your complete and detailed how to run a faucet guide.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you.

[rayhan]

nah that i need ,, many thanks to you for how to run faucet

[jacktheking]

Great guide I say. However, why is it posted in Games and rounds? Anyway, I'm sure, many new faucets will be starting up after reading your guide. A very well-explained guide.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Great guide I say. However, why is it posted in Games and rounds? Anyway, I'm sure, many new faucets will be starting up after reading your guide. A very well-explained guide.

Faucets are now being moved to Games and Rounds, so a mod/staff may have overlooked this post and moved it or he posted here to get more attraction.

Nice guide! Thanks for removing n***!

   ~~MZ~~

[DoubleTrouble]

Wow thanks for this OP. This will deffinately help me as I am planning on setting up a good faucet soon.

[Tsquared]

Excellent post! Thanks for this.

TT

[ilvbtc]

Very nice useful information.
Thanks

[Eloquent]

If I intend to make a faucet, which freehosting provides unlimited traffic?
The one I use is 000Webhost (From SpreadBits tutorial) and if I get a decenet amount of traffic, the site shuts down. Which freehosting website can fulfill these requirements? If there are no freehosting sites available which site provides the least amount of money to host?

[jacktheking]

If I intend to make a faucet, which freehosting provides unlimited traffic?
The one I use is 000Webhost (From SpreadBits tutorial) and if I get a decenet amount of traffic, the site shuts down. Which freehosting website can fulfill these requirements? If there are no freehosting sites available which site provides the least amount of money to host?

Hostgator provide cheap and reliable hosting (less than 4 dollars for unlimited bandwidth and disk space!). I have never used them but.. most of my webmaster friends recommend me using them.

[Muhammed Zakir]

If I intend to make a faucet, which freehosting provides unlimited traffic?
The one I use is 000Webhost (From SpreadBits tutorial) and if I get a decenet amount of traffic, the site shuts down. Which freehosting website can fulfill these requirements? If there are no freehosting sites available which site provides the least amount of money to host?

Hostgator provide cheap and reliable hosting (less than 4 dollars for unlimited bandwidth and disk space!). I have never used them but.. most of my webmaster friends recommend me using them.

When you do, search for promos and invites by other hostgator users posted in blogs/websites. You can get a '1 Penny' hosting for a month, which would save you more money and you can easily shutdown your faucet if you are getting -ve ROI.

   ~~MZ~~

[minifrij]

Great guide I say. However, why is it posted in Games and rounds? Anyway, I'm sure, many new faucets will be starting up after reading your guide. A very well-explained guide.

I posted in Games and Rounds because this guide was posted here, and I was unsure where else to put it haha.

If I intend to make a faucet, which freehosting provides unlimited traffic?
The one I use is 000Webhost (From SpreadBits tutorial) and if I get a decenet amount of traffic, the site shuts down. Which freehosting website can fulfill these requirements? If there are no freehosting sites available which site provides the least amount of money to host?

Most free hosts provide unlimited traffic, however they limit the CPU usage that your server can get. If you're using anything like MySQL, which all faucets have to use near enough, your CPU usage will mount up very quickly and it will get stopped. This can even happen with some paid hosts if you're almost crashing their servers.
I found Cleverpuffin is good for start ups, as their Build Your Own Hosting Package lets you change the settings of your hosting to an affordable price. Most of the hosting I have listed is fairly cheap. Like Muhammed mentioned, if your faucet is losing you money you can shut it down anyway, there is nothing obligating you to keep it up.

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I'm glad that you enjoyed my post!

[Muhammed Zakir]

You are welcome! Please add this faucet script too : https://github.com/ChristianGrieger/Cryptocurrency-faucet-script . Main things you will have to change:

Code:

"rpc_user" => "rpcuser",
 "rpc_password" => "rpcpassword",
 "rpc_host" => "rpchost",
 "rpc_port" => "rpcport",
 // MySQL settings:
    "mysql_user" => "db_user",
 "mysql_password" => "db_password",
 "mysql_host" => "localhost",
 "mysql_database" => "db_name", // faucet database name
 "mysql_table_prefix" => "sf_", // table prefix to use
 // Coin values:
 "minimum_payout" => 1, // minimum coins to be awarded
 "maximum_payout" => 6, // maximum coins to be awarded
 "payout_threshold" => 10, // payout threshold, if the faucet contains less coins than this, display the 'dry_faucet' message
 "payout_interval" => "1h",

   ~~MZ~~

[minifrij]

You are welcome! Please add this faucet script too : https://github.com/ChristianGrieger/Cryptocurrency-faucet-script . Main things you will have to change:

   ~~MZ~~

Added, thanks for the suggestion!

[Muhammed Zakir]

Added, thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for adding! Try to add supports withdrawal from Blockchain.info in Cryptocurrency faucet script after that 'daemon' line and also, as Blockchain.info is supported in Elbandi, normal daemon may also support it.

I am looking whether Blocktrail.com have daemon-like feature. It supports Multisig TX but now my internet is slow. I will tell you when I look it.

   ~~MZ~~

[jtalk]

After read whatever you wrote with full details about faucet , I am wondering how easy is to run some faucet. Your thread is very positive and helpful.

[twister]

Not planning on making any site but this was really a good read. Very informative and the first part about domain and hosting would be useful for anyone planning to get into making a site. Thx

[minifrij]

I am wondering how easy is to run some faucet. Your thread is very positive and helpful.

When I was running my faucet a few months ago, it was insanely easy. I could just fill the Microwallet up with 0.01 BTC and it would last for weeks.

Thank you for the kind words, both you and Twister!

[hawai01]

How to make payment it ?
https://blockchain.info/tx/e8442e23f79a7ea7938491cd2c57cc5381d1202b0590a4835bd37df9f0a74990?show_adv=false

Yes I love her , maybe it best solution for payment fee if minimal cashout 20000 satoshi in faucet.
but how to be sent simultaneously so ?
Can you help me ??
I do not know.

[minifrij]

How to make payment it ?
https://blockchain.info/tx/e8442e23f79a7ea7938491cd2c57cc5381d1202b0590a4835bd37df9f0a74990?show_adv=false

Yes I love her , maybe it best solution for payment fee if minimal cashout 20000 satoshi in faucet.
but how to be sent simultaneously so ?
Can you help me ??
I do not know.

If you mean how were several transactions sent at once, you can use blockchain.info.
To do it manually just open a blockchain.info wallet, go to 'Send Money', go to 'Shared Coin' and use that.
To do it automatically, you can use the 'Send Many Transactions' API (Documentation here).

[coinpr0n]

Nice write-up and seeing all the info together is really helpful.

[jaxxx]

whoah the levels of detail.. thank you so much!!

[hawai01]

How to make payment it ?
https://blockchain.info/tx/e8442e23f79a7ea7938491cd2c57cc5381d1202b0590a4835bd37df9f0a74990?show_adv=false

Yes I love her , maybe it best solution for payment fee if minimal cashout 20000 satoshi in faucet.
but how to be sent simultaneously so ?
Can you help me ??
I do not know.

If you mean how were several transactions sent at once, you can use blockchain.info.
To do it manually just open a blockchain.info wallet, go to 'Send Money', go to 'Shared Coin' and use that.
To do it automatically, you can use the 'Send Many Transactions' API (Documentation here).

Do you know how to make a php code to perform the same transaction ??

[JackpotFaucet.com]

Or just go to www.JackpotFaucetNetwork.com and start one in less than 20 minutes. Wayyyyy easier! 

[minifrij]

Or just go to www.JackpotFaucetNetwork.com and start one in less than 20 minutes. Wayyyyy easier! 

I could set up a faucet for about 0.98BTC less than your service using the methods I described in the post in about 20-30 minutes.

[JackpotFaucet.com]

Or just go to www.JackpotFaucetNetwork.com and start one in less than 20 minutes. Wayyyyy easier! 

I could set up a faucet for about 0.98BTC less than your service using the methods I described in the post in about 20-30 minutes.

Yep, I'm sure you could. But does that include hosting? Payments? Customization? Support? Marketing? Affiliate program?

Didn't think so.

[minifrij]

Yep, I'm sure you could. But does that include hosting? Payments? Customization? Support? Marketing? Affiliate program?

Didn't think so.

The only thing doing it my way would not include is support marketing. I'm sure that isn't worth 0.98BTC. Try harder.

[elm]

thanks a lot for this detailed explanation. is there any reason why you left out the affiliate option? most faucets are using it

[JackpotFaucet.com]

thanks a lot for this detailed explanation. is there any reason why you left out the affiliate option? most faucets are using it

Yes, why no affiliate option? The program at JackpotFaucetNetwork comes with it...

[coinpr0n]

thanks a lot for this detailed explanation. is there any reason why you left out the affiliate option? most faucets are using it

Yes, why no affiliate option? The program at JackpotFaucetNetwork comes with it...

I'm not sure, but I think that might come as part of the faucet software in Part 2.

[minifrij]

I'm unsure what you all mean by affiliate options. If you mean a referral option then I'm pretty sure every script on the list includes this.

[elm]

I'm unsure what you all mean by affiliate options. If you mean a referral option then I'm pretty sure every script on the list includes this.

yes referral sorry for the confusion. but what is your opinion about referral option? does it make sense to add it?

[minifrij]

yes referral sorry for the confusion. but what is your opinion about referral option? does it make sense to add it?

Yes in that it drives more traffic to your site as it gives people an incentive to share your site, but it does obviously cost more. It doesn't cost too much more, so is good to have it imo.

[minifrij]

Do you know how to make a php code to perform the same transaction ??

Using the Blockchain API, this is how I imagine the code would look. Just typing this off the top of my head, so there may be a few errors.

Code:

//Create a two dimensional array for your addresses, with Bitcoin addresses as keys and the amount (in satoshi) as values.
//Will send 0.0001BTC to both of those adresses
$addresses = array('1PNmymEXA8mGZfdsWAWmicJPTXEf5KAzTG' => '10000', '1QBCMPPnAJoaxgeKSnnLCHDLMQvD53ZUmQ' => '10000');

//JSON encode the array, as the API requires it
$jsonadresses = json_encode($adresses);

//Get the contents of the API url, this alone will send the coins.
$url = https://blockchain.info/merchant/$guid/sendmany?password=$main_password&second_password=$second_password&recipients=$jsonaddresses
$furl = file_get_contents($url);
//JSON decode the response for use.
$jurl = json_decode($furl);

//Get values from response
$message = $jurl['message'];
$txhash = $jurl['tx_hash'];

This is obviously barebones sort of stuff, and you should look on the API page linked above for information on how to fill in the url and such.

[bitbaby]

What a detailed tutorial, very well written, there's a new web-hosting site that I just saw a thread about and they accept Bitcoin and other Altcoins, check it and add it to the list if you want. www.giocarehost.website  thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=935472.0

[Kprawn]

Thanks OP for a very detailed explanation and helpfull guide.

Most people, with limited "programming" skills should not go for these pre-scripted options, if they do not have someone, who can verify, that no "backdoors" are built in, for someone to sweep your coins or hijack your faucet.

People are VERY creative in scamming people out of their well earned money. 

[minifrij]

Most people, with limited "programming" skills should not go for these pre-scripted options, if they do not have someone, who can verify, that no "backdoors" are built in, for someone to sweep your coins or hijack your faucet.

People are VERY creative in scamming people out of their well earned money. 

While this is true, most big faucet scripts are posted on the forums and checked by developers. I mean, that backdoor in the old MyFaucet script where a certain email would get double rewards was uncovered almost straight after it was posted.

What a detailed tutorial, very well written, there's a new web-hosting site that I just saw a thread about and they accept Bitcoin and other Altcoins, check it and add it to the list if you want. www.giocarehost.website  thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=935472.0

I'll add this along with some other captchas tonight.

[GLBrim]

Or just go to www.JackpotFaucetNetwork.com and start one in less than 20 minutes. Wayyyyy easier! 

isnt the price is too much?

[Koko1200]

nah that i need ,, many thanks to you for how to run faucet

[JackpotFaucet.com]

nah that i need ,, many thanks to you for how to run faucet

Check out www.FreeFreeBitcoin.com they are the newest member of the JackpotFaucetNetwork!

[minifrij]

isnt the price is too much?

Yes, it is insanely overpriced and I feel deeply sorry for anyone that invests in it.

Updated with two new captcha providers and a the hosting provider suggested before.

[Kprawn]

I will have my reservations, based on how they run their own "faucet" and how they answer questions based on "fairness" and "transparency" See these discussions :

 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=930724.new#new

 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=932063.20

 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=916117.0

How can you sell a "faucet" to someone else, if your own "faucet" has problems with transparency?

Look at the price, everyone else is asking on this forum, for basically the same thing, and decide for yourselve.

[Aaron2dc71]

does running a faucet really gives profit?

[minifrij]

does running a faucet really gives profit?

As said in the OP, chances are you will not get rich from running a faucet, but you could probably get some profit. Depending on your rewards and the amount of traffic, you could maybe have a bit of profit from nothing but advertising. You mostly get profit from referral programs on other faucets or websites.

[JackpotFaucet.com]

[kotwica666]

bye bye Bitcoin anonimity! 

[elm]

....... You mostly get profit from referral programs on other faucets or websites.

sorry but I dont understand, me as a faucet owner will profit from referral programs on other websites? what do you mean? that I will get more traffic and more traffic = profit?

 thanks

[Madern]

First i love your avatar secondly its a great info thnkx will try !! This

[minifrij]

sorry but I dont understand, me as a faucet owner will profit from referral programs on other websites? what do you mean? that I will get more traffic and more traffic = profit?

 thanks

Like, you can display other sites for users to earn on and get a profit from referral links. Also, more traffic enables you to get more profit. The more views you get, the higher the chance that users will click ads and make you money.

First i love your avatar secondly its a great info thnkx will try !! This

Haha, thank you. If you have any questions I will try to answer them.

[Madern]

well i dont know how much i can earn with 500 users ? can you tell me that ?

[minifrij]

well i dont know how much i can earn with 500 users ? can you tell me that ?

It's completely variable dependant on the ad networks you use and who is advertising there. So, I can't tell you. Sorry.

[veleten]

great post,thank your for the info!

[coinpr0n]

Not sure about faucets, but I know PTCs like BitVisitor or CoinAd have to make money. I once advertised on BitVisitor and it was indredibly expensive for what the visitor's are actually making visiting the site. They are making huge margins.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Not sure about faucets, but I know PTCs like BitVisitor or CoinAd have to make money. I once advertised on BitVisitor and it was indredibly expensive for what the visitor's are actually making visiting the site. They are making huge margins.

PTC do charge a high amount because they are forcing earners to watch the site for a some seconds. You could advertise cheaply by bidding for ad-slots or buying impressions using a-ads. a-ads is a good one which I have ever found and you can bid for even for 1 Satoshi!

   -MZ

[minifrij]

Not sure about faucets, but I know PTCs like BitVisitor or CoinAd have to make money. I once advertised on BitVisitor and it was indredibly expensive for what the visitor's are actually making visiting the site. They are making huge margins.

I've found that BtcClicks give a nice amount of traffic for the price that they charge, I tend to use that for fast referrals and such.

[Brimskie]

is faucet still profitable for owners these days

[minifrij]

is faucet still profitable for owners these days

Dependant on your traffic and rewards, they can still be profitable. Don't expect to get rich from running one though, because it won't happen.

[xadsa418]

thank you i will use it soon

[BlacksmithCorporation]

 A faucet owner might not get rich but freebitco.in is probably making more money then some wall street guys out there.

 There is ALWAYS a demand for it if you are giving out free money.

[kotwica666]

 A faucet owner might not get rich but freebitco.in is probably making more money then some wall street guys out there.

 There is ALWAYS a demand for it if you are giving out free money.

Can you tell me where is secret? If freebitco.in is giving money how they make money? (Please don't tell me that they have money from AdSense)

[rayhan]

Can you tell me where is secret? If freebitco.in is giving money how they make money? (Please don't tell me that they have money from AdSense)

as fas as i know there is an option to gamble, maybe from there they get money

[kotwica666]

Can you tell me where is secret? If freebitco.in is giving money how they make money? (Please don't tell me that they have money from AdSense)

as fas as i know there is an option to gamble, maybe from there they get money

You gamble there, with btc that they give you, so even if you lose, you are losing just that what they gave you.. They can only lose more if you win

[BlacksmithCorporation]

 Also they get CRAZY amount of traffic , they are the most visited faucet so every ad they have makes them great amount of money. There are two type of ads , the ones you get and hope to get good clicks on them and make money and there are ones like a-ads where you sell it beforehand and even if they do not get clicks you are already paid , the second one makes them decent amount of money.

[kotwica666]

 Also they get CRAZY amount of traffic , they are the most visited faucet so every ad they have makes them great amount of money. There are two type of ads , the ones you get and hope to get good clicks on them and make money and there are ones like a-ads where you sell it beforehand and even if they do not get clicks you are already paid , the second one makes them decent amount of money.

Do you have any example - how much you can get from A-Ads? From for example 10k views? I always was sure that more money is from AdSesne (clicks) than from other services.. 

[BlacksmithCorporation]

 You can always go to a-ads and see for yourself...

[kotwica666]

 You can always go to a-ads and see for yourself...

Any link? I was using a-ads and never had clear info about earnings. Payment was dust. But maybe I did something wrong? Can someone say bit more about a-ads?

[Ajatmoralez]

 You can always go to a-ads and see for yourself...

Any link? I was using a-ads and never had clear info about earnings. Payment was dust. But maybe I did something wrong? Can someone say bit more about a-ads?

In your first few days you only get few satoshi per day even if you get thousands of visitors. I was aggressive about this too

Just give the banner time. And the show starts.
A-ads will cover most of your expenses
It will generate more than 100 times of what it generated in its 1st day with the same amount of traffic

[micky123]

IIRC Freebitcoin and Bitcoinzebra faucet both charge 0.01 BTC per ad per day. That is huge considering the amount of ads that they display on a daily basis. Mind you, they charge just for displaying the ad. If the site has a referral program, they may also use their own ID for referral commission as well. Even if they charge 0.01 / ad and there are 10 ads on their site every day (which seems to be the case) thats 0.1 btc / day and 3 BTC / Month, not including possible referral earnings. Also since freebitcoin offers a multiplier option, many people just go ahead and lose back the free satoshi that their earn. That goes back into their funds. They clearly had the first mover advantage and made huge profits due to the same! 

[kotwica666]

IIRC Freebitcoin and Bitcoinzebra faucet both charge 0.01 BTC per ad per day. That is huge considering the amount of ads that they display on a daily basis. Mind you, they charge just for displaying the ad. If the site has a referral program, they may also use their own ID for referral commission as well. Even if they charge 0.01 / ad and there are 10 ads on their site every day (which seems to be the case) thats 0.1 btc / day and 3 BTC / Month, not including possible referral earnings. Also since freebitcoin offers a multiplier option, many people just go ahead and lose back the free satoshi that their earn. That goes back into their funds. They clearly had the first mover advantage and made huge profits due to the same!  

Where did you find info about 0.01 for day?

Info from freebitcoin: "Our advertising rates have been lowered by 50% to only $0.12 per 1,000 banner impressions."

Freebitcoin - $0.12 per 1,000 views - 1 view = 734 satoshi = $0.002 * 1000 = $2

they have 2 banners so 2*$0.12 = $0.24

$2 - $0.24 = $-1.76 - and this have to be covered from to ads from AdSense.. no way!

Bitcoinzebra - i don't want comment now.. I thin that they will be down soon.. (this is only my opinion)

[Muhammed Zakir]

Where did you find info about 0.01 for day?
 =snip=

What you listed is manual advertising cost. Have you checked Adbit.co bids? If not, check it please. You will know how much profit is earned by Bitcoin zebra and Freebitco.in.
http://adbit.co/?a=Advertise

[kotwica666]

Where did you find info about 0.01 for day?
 =snip=

What you listed is manual advertising cost. Have you checked Adbit.co bids? If not, check it please. You will know how much profit is earned by Bitcoin zebra and Freebitco.in.
http://adbit.co/?a=Advertise

Thanks, i didn't check that - it was about freebitco.in - they dont have adbit. But nice information out there.. btw, what mean bids?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Thanks, i didn't check that - it was about freebitco.in - they dont have adbit. But nice information out there.. btw, what mean bids?

Adbit slots are being auctioned not sold to one site. Highest bidder will get more impression that lowest bidder. You should check an ad slot auction which you can go by clicking 'view' in the link I gave. You will understand.

[BlacksmithCorporation]

 That website is a good way of understanding how much you can make per day and how much you need to spend to get good worthy clicks.

 If you can spare 1 bitcoin , you can get your website out there in a day , if you spend about 10 coins , you can be very well known website in a week.

[kotwica666]

Thank you guys! I hear about this auctions before, but forgot about that.. I'll check it better this time..

[Yusan]

Hello, Can you tell me how to put countdown time before "Get Reward" avaible to click?
I need the script.
Thank you

[Josef27]

Thanks for the guide, I think I'll trying to create one now.

Seems CleverPuffin have some problem on checkout, I can't purchase the Build-Your-Own-Hosting.
Also about Minifaucet, is it possible to make batch payments to minimize the transaction fees?

And is there any faucet that use Google Adsense? I want to take example from them.

[minifrij]

Hello, Can you tell me how to put countdown time before "Get Reward" avaible to click?
I need the script.
Thank you

Which faucet script are you using?

Seems CleverPuffin have some problem on checkout, I can't purchase the Build-Your-Own-Hosting.

Yeah, it seems that CleverPuffin is going a bit down hill. I'll leave it up for now since the hosting still works, but I would suggest going for a different host.

Also about Minifaucet, is it possible to make batch payments to minimize the transaction fees?

Other faucets have done it before. If you look a few pages back I supplied some PHP code for making batch payments using Blockchain.info's api. If you can implement that with a cron job, you should be able to get that working.
If you want any other help with it, I can try to code it for you for a small price.

And is there any faucet that use Google Adsense? I want to take example from them.

A large majority of faucets use Google Adsense nowadays, http://www.freebitco.in and http://www.moonbit.co.in being two of the main ones. If you look on the Faucetbox or Paytoshi faucet list on their site a large majority will be using Adsense on their sites.
It's a risky game to play, but can be very profitable.

Altered the thread a bit, including Xapo and putting a small warning on Cleverpuffin.

[Josef27]

Also about Minifaucet, is it possible to make batch payments to minimize the transaction fees?

Other faucets have done it before. If you look a few pages back I supplied some PHP code for making batch payments using Blockchain.info's api. If you can implement that with a cron job, you should be able to get that working.
If you want any other help with it, I can try to code it for you for a small price.

I think I successfully did it..

And is there any faucet that use Google Adsense? I want to take example from them.

A large majority of faucets use Google Adsense nowadays, http://www.freebitco.in and http://www.moonbit.co.in being two of the main ones. If you look on the Faucetbox or Paytoshi faucet list on their site a large majority will be using Adsense on their sites.
It's a risky game to play, but can be very profitable.

I think I'll stay off from adsense while starting. Yeah, I didn't want to risk my account.

Also I suggest to not trusting free version of hostinger.

I ever use idhostinger (It's the Indonesian hostinger group, so I can assume they are same) to run a faucet while I testing with it. You can't generate a lot of traffic because they limits the visitor, then they'll redirected into their error cpu_exceed page.
After a month they suddenly suspended my host (I already have a lot of modified scripts there) and I can't access my file anymore and I forgot to create a backup before. They're worst in my opinion.

Don't know about the paid hosting, but the free version already make me want to stay away from them. Good things I almost give my money to them

[minifrij]

I think I successfully did it..

Congrats, hope everything works smoothly for you!

Also I suggest to not trusting free version of hostinger.

I ever use idhostinger (It's the Indonesian hostinger group, so I can assume they are same) to run a faucet while I testing with it. You can't generate a lot of traffic because they limits the visitor, then they'll redirected into their error cpu_exceed page.
After a month they suddenly suspended my host (I already have a lot of modified scripts there) and I can't access my file anymore and I forgot to create a backup before. They're worst in my opinion.

Don't know about the paid hosting, but the free version already make me want to stay away from them. Good things I almost give my money to them

I can't say I've ever had such a problem with the UK version of Hostinger. I have several test sites hosted using free hosting and none are suspended without notice, and the paid hosting worked well for me when I used it. I will agree with you that free hosts are bad if you are getting a large amount of traffic which is why I noted that in the OP.

[Josef27]

I can't say I've ever had such a problem with the UK version of Hostinger. I have several test sites hosted using free hosting and none are suspended without notice, and the paid hosting worked well for me when I used it. I will agree with you that free hosts are bad if you are getting a large amount of traffic which is why I noted that in the OP.

Yeah, thats why I stopped creating my personal faucet after that. But this time I'm gonna try again, also I can learn some stuff about html, css, php and javascript in the same time

Anyway, thanks for the guide. Left you some tips although its not big enough, but atleast you can pay your fees on your transaction

[minifrij]

Yeah, thats why I stopped creating my personal faucet after that. But this time I'm gonna try again, also I can learn some stuff about html, css, php and javascript in the same time

Anyway, thanks for the guide. Left you some tips although its not big enough, but atleast you can pay your fees on your transaction

Be sure to ask here if you have any problems and I can try my best to solve them.

Thank you for the tip also, it is highly appreciated!

[Josef27]

I dont know what happen, but after running a faucet for a day and pay around 400.000 satoshi, I felt something wrong there. I tracked some multiple addresses and find out that they lead into the same destination addresses. Do you think it's a bot? If so, it is possible to bypass the captcha? i'm using minteye and this is my faucet: http://halving.pw/ seriously I felt cheated. Also in ad statistic and Google analytics the impression didn't even reach 100, but the faucet got 300 addresses listed. Any way to solve this?

[minifrij]

I dont know what happen, but after running a faucet for a day and pay around 400.000 satoshi, I felt something wrong there. I tracked some multiple addresses and find out that they lead into the same destination addresses. Do you think it's a bot? If so, it is possible to bypass the captcha? i'm using minteye and this is my faucet: http://halving.pw/ seriously I felt cheated. Also in ad statistic and Google analytics the impression didn't even reach 100, but the faucet got 300 addresses listed. Any way to solve this?

That does sound pretty suspicious, have you tried replacing the Minteye captcha with ReCaptcha? Since it's arguably more secure, it could perhaps lower the chances.

[Josef27]

I dont know what happen, but after running a faucet for a day and pay around 400.000 satoshi, I felt something wrong there. I tracked some multiple addresses and find out that they lead into the same destination addresses. Do you think it's a bot? If so, it is possible to bypass the captcha? i'm using minteye and this is my faucet: http://halving.pw/ seriously I felt cheated. Also in ad statistic and Google analytics the impression didn't even reach 100, but the faucet got 300 addresses listed. Any way to solve this?

That does sound pretty suspicious, have you tried replacing the Minteye captcha with ReCaptcha? Since it's arguably more secure, it could perhaps lower the chances.

Lol I was using recaptha and then interesting to place the Advertising Captcha. Okay, I'll see the result tomorrow!

EDIT: I changed back to ReCaptha and seems the bot stopped, but I got huge loss because of that. Can't believe minteye is vulnerable.. All of the payout points to 1AzRkXiGpHbXyWok4uXvCzmezDuW8FGa3m

[minifrij]

I'm sorry that you had to go through that, I will add a warning in the OP for it. It's never fun when something of yours gets cheated.

[Poppy]

I dont know what happen, but after running a faucet for a day and pay around 400.000 satoshi, I felt something wrong there. I tracked some multiple addresses and find out that they lead into the same destination addresses. Do you think it's a bot? If so, it is possible to bypass the captcha? i'm using minteye and this is my faucet: http://halving.pw/ seriously I felt cheated. Also in ad statistic and Google analytics the impression didn't even reach 100, but the faucet got 300 addresses listed. Any way to solve this?

That does sound pretty suspicious, have you tried replacing the Minteye captcha with ReCaptcha? Since it's arguably more secure, it could perhaps lower the chances.

Lol I was using recaptha and then interesting to place the Advertising Captcha. Okay, I'll see the result tomorrow!

EDIT: I changed back to ReCaptha and seems the bot stopped, but I got huge loss because of that. Can't believe minteye is vulnerable.. All of the payout points to 1AzRkXiGpHbXyWok4uXvCzmezDuW8FGa3m

That really blows dude, but its kinda expected no? I mean most try to bot freebitco.in but I dont know how people get away with it?

Is there any way you can track down on what bot hes using?

[kotwica666]

Anyone seen something similar with reCaptcha? On my faucet number of visitors in one day jumped abnormally fast. I'm not sure if it was some rotator or bot ..

[minifrij]

Anyone seen something similar with reCaptcha? On my faucet number of visitors in one day jumped abnormally fast. I'm not sure if it was some rotator or bot ..

Have you tried using something like Google Analytics? That may shed some light on where your traffic is coming from.

[Rumble]

didnt google place something with the new captcha system?

[coinpr0n]

Never would have thought the weakest link in a faucet would be the captcha system. It's a little bit ironic. Good to know if I ever need it not to use minteye then.

[kotwica666]

Anyone seen something similar with reCaptcha? On my faucet number of visitors in one day jumped abnormally fast. I'm not sure if it was some rotator or bot ..

Have you tried using something like Google Analytics? That may shed some light on where your traffic is coming from.

Till now i didn't need that, but i will try it. Thanks

[Gmaster1]

ConfidentCaptcha - http://www.confidentcaptcha.com
This captcha requires the user to click images specified by text above. An ad is sometimes displayed underneath this, and is how you earn revenue using this captcha. This is probably one of the less secure captchas, as it is a 4/16 (1/4) chance that the bot can guess it's way through clicking random images.

correction: 1/65536 chance or 0.0015ish% chance a bot can randomly guess it with max grid size and amount of photos needed to be clicked. It would be 4/16 if there was no particular order it had to be in. so it is a pretty secure and *random* bot proof captcha


Oh, and sweet thread guide thing   might try making a faucet of my own soon just for the sake of it.

[minifrij]

correction: 1/65536 chance or 0.0015ish% chance a bot can randomly guess it with max grid size and amount of photos needed to be clicked. It would be 4/16 if there was no particular order it had to be in. so it is a pretty secure and *random* bot proof captcha

Oh, and sweet thread guide thing   might try making a faucet of my own soon just for the sake of it.

I see, I will update the OP. Thanks for the fixed maths

Also, thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

[vrm86]

Excellent tutorial! But I have a question: when using FaucetBox do I have an access to detailed statistics such as how much bitcoins every user claimed in specific timeframe (e.g. week)?

[minifrij]

Excellent tutorial! But I have a question: when using FaucetBox do I have an access to detailed statistics such as how much bitcoins every user claimed in specific timeframe (e.g. week)?

You have graphs for both the past month and past week, as well as the average of the past week.

[vrm86]

Excellent tutorial! But I have a question: when using FaucetBox do I have an access to detailed statistics such as how much bitcoins every user claimed in specific timeframe (e.g. week)?

You have graphs for both the past month and past week, as well as the average of the past week.

So I can distinguish the most active users of my faucet last week/month?

[minifrij]

So I can distinguish the most active users of my faucet last week/month?

I'm unsure if you can go that in depth, not to the users level at least.

[Zeuseous17]

very in depth and helpful, thanks.

[Yusan]

Hello, Friend.
I want to place google recaptcha i'm not robot on my faucet. I'm using minifaucet script. can you tell me how to put it.
Please give me PHP Code for it. Thank you very much

[minifrij]

Hello, Friend.
I want to place google recaptcha i'm not robot on my faucet. I'm using minifaucet script. can you tell me how to put it.
Please give me PHP Code for it. Thank you very much

Does not adding the keys in config.php not work?

[Yusan]

That's work. But, only recaptcha and i need the recaptcha i'm not robot.

[Nidaleee]

anyone know if its worth it or not?

[Yusan]

Solved, Mate.
I think you need to update the link to a new script from elbandi.

[minifrij]

Solved, Mate.
I think you need to update the link to a new script from elbandi.

If you have the link handy I can post it on the OP.

[Yusan]

Solved, Mate.
I think you need to update the link to a new script from elbandi.

If you have the link handy I can post it on the OP.

Here, Friend.
https://gitlab.com/minifaucet/public

[minifrij]

Here, Friend.
https://gitlab.com/minifaucet/public

Updated the OP, cheers man!

I read the guide, very useful!

I don't know, but what is a good start amount to add to the faucets bankroll, how much per claim and how often?

Thnx minifrij

If you want to be wary, adding 0.01-0.025 to your faucets bankroll should be enough for about a week, be sure to keep a good eye on it.
As for rewards, if you want to start small, a couple of hundred satoshi every few hours should be fine at first (E.G 100 - 500 satoshi every 2 hours), however if you want to get larger amounts of traffic you would have to up your rewards or lower your time (E.G 100-500 satoshi every 15-30 minutes).

[minifrij]

Thnx for the information. I am still considering if I wanna make one.

Do u know if I get quick approved for ads, or does it takes weeks?

For most of these ad networks the approval rate is near enough instant. Bitmedia.io and Adsense can take a few days. No longer than a week for any.

[minifrij]

Can i get free hosting and a paid domain?

You can, I wouldn't recommend it. I would say that you should pay for both.

[Josef27]

Here, Friend.
https://gitlab.com/minifaucet/public

The updated version of minifaucet was there all along..
I used the older one

Thanks for share!

[vrm86]

Do you think that diversification of ads campaigns is a good Idea?

How long did you wait to get your first advertiser?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Do you think that diversification of ads campaigns is a good Idea?

How long did you wait to get your first advertiser?

I got asvertiser within one day.

[snipetr]

Thanks for this tips.

[Satu]

May be helpful if you add domain and web hosting sites that accept Bitcoin as payment.

[minifrij]

May be helpful if you add domain and web hosting sites that accept Bitcoin as payment.

All of the sites listed accept Bitcoin as well as other payment.

Do you think that diversification of ads campaigns is a good Idea?

If you are a publisher, yes, I think it's a very good idea. Some networks (such as A-Ads) have measures in place that only one banner on a site can get paid at a time.
By running only one network at a time can significantly lower earnings.

[ujang1]

Excellent post! Thanks for this.

[vrm86]

AdBit no longer accepts sites based on faucetbox script.

[minifrij]

AdBit no longer accepts sites based on faucetbox script.

As far as I know, it's only if the script is just the default that they do not accept. Either way I will add something in the OP.

[vrm86]

AdBit no longer accepts sites based on faucetbox script.

As far as I know, it's only if the script is just the default that they do not accept. Either way I will add something in the OP.

They didn't precise what kind of changes you have to make to get your site accepted. I've done some customization of the original script but my site got banned anyway. It is some kind of automatic check I guess as the ban was instant.

[minifrij]

They didn't precise what kind of changes you have to make to get your site accepted. I've done some customization of the original script but my site got banned anyway. It is some kind of automatic check I guess as the ban was instant.

Asked in the Adbit thread and will update the OP with the answer Carlos gives.

[AGSN]

This is a great and useful tutorial. I want to learn this from the stairs and then but I have not seen anyone guide meticulously detailed as this article .

I sincere thanks for your tutorial !

[Josef27]

They didn't precise what kind of changes you have to make to get your site accepted. I've done some customization of the original script but my site got banned anyway. It is some kind of automatic check I guess as the ban was instant.

Asked in the Adbit thread and will update the OP with the answer Carlos gives.

I got banned too, I already sent a question through support ticket questioning about their reason and got no reply at all.
I just kinda disappointed that they banned me without letting the me know where are the mistakes, so I can probably fix it, rather than instant-banning me. Well, I'm still okay and I just hope they do better to the others next time.

Just switched into bee-ads after some strange bug at them where I can't login, looking good right now.

[kotwica666]

They didn't precise what kind of changes you have to make to get your site accepted. I've done some customization of the original script but my site got banned anyway. It is some kind of automatic check I guess as the ban was instant.

Asked in the Adbit thread and will update the OP with the answer Carlos gives.

I got banned too, I already sent a question through support ticket questioning about their reason and got no reply at all.
I just kinda disappointed that they banned me without letting the me know where are the mistakes, so I can probably fix it, rather than instant-banning me. Well, I'm still okay and I just hope they do better to the others next time.

Just switched into bee-ads after some strange bug at them where I can't login, looking good right now.

Let us know which service will be better AdBit or Bee-ads.. Btw i'm banned by AdBit and i also don't know why.. 

[Josef27]

Let us know which service will be better AdBit or Bee-ads.. Btw i'm banned by AdBit and i also don't know why.. 

It's seems they're banning common templates faucet, which I still don't understand why they still ban me even after modifying most of the code of minifaucet. I just don't want to make my faucet heavier to load.
Also bee-ads still running smooth, altrought no one bid today. I just wish they changes the "Bee-Ads.com Adversite Here" banner with a better one :p

[tyz]

Wow, thanks for this great summary for running a faucet. I was looking exactly for something like that and did not believe it  exists  (thumbs up)

[minifrij]

Added Visfirm as a new hosting provider.

[TheBanksLife]

Added Visfirm as a new hosting provider.

Thank you! 

[marcotheminer]

Anyone interested in setting up a faucet with my domain: LuckyFaucet.com?

PM me some ideas if you'd like to work together.

[minifrij]

Improved formatting of the guide as it was slightly difficult to read.

Added Steadyturtle.com to Hosting.
Added Mellowads.com to Advertising.
Created new section - Traffic.
Added FaucetBox.com/ScanTheBox.com to Traffic.
Added Ifaucet.net to Traffic.

Removed CleverPuffin.com from Hosting.
Removed Microwallet.org from Processors.
Removed BitClix.com from Advertising.

[tyrexs]

i want create a faucet but i dont understand what must i do and i dont know what benefit if i have faucet.

[minifrij]

i want create a faucet but i dont understand what must i do and i dont know what benefit if i have faucet.

To make a faucet you just have to add a script to a server, link it to a SQL database and change some things in the settings. If need be, you can probably get someone from the Services to help you if you get stuck anywhere.
The benefits of having a faucet is that you could get some profit from ad revenue, and it helped me understand Bitcoin and running a Bitcoin related site more when I first started. If you're not 100% sure about what you want to get from running a faucet, you might waste time and money creating one.

[dalek]

The Minteye captcha stopped working about a month ago, so they should probably be removed from the list.

[minifrij]

The Minteye captcha stopped working about a month ago, so they should probably be removed from the list.

Fixed, thanks for the report.

[horace0812]

just wondering how much profits will you have for owning a faucet

[minifrij]

just wondering how much profits will you have for owning a faucet

It depends on a few things. The traffic that you get, rewards that you offer and the ad networks that you use all play a part. Try asking faucet owners for a general figure, I'm sure they'll be willing to give you an idea.

[minifrij]

UPDATE:

-Improved layout and readability of post using anchor tags.
-Added asterisks with different colours to indicate how trustworthy a site is (See Asterisk Key)

-Added Funcaptcha to Captcha Advertising
-Added AdBTC to Banner Advertising
-Added Adalso to Banner Advertising

[tyrexs]

just wondering how much profits will you have for owning a faucet

not much profit maybe you will not profit because many bot has abuse faucet site, seems now not many people playing faucet

[minifrij]

not much profit maybe you will not profit because many bot has abuse faucet site, seems now not many people playing faucet

I know that FaucetBox and Funcaptcha are both working very hard to try and stop the problem of bots.
If you balance your rewards well, create your own custom theme and use up to date scripts and services you should be fine.

[minifrij]

UPDATE:

-Created new section - Other Methods of Monetizing
-Added Referral Rotators to Other Methods of Monetizing
-Added CoinWall to Other Methods of Monetizing
-Added Bitcoin-ScratchTicket to Other Methods of Monetizing

-Removed ConfidentCaptcha from Captcha Advertising

[minifrij]

Bump.

[misterbit]

Very good friend, thank you

[ThunderThomas]

Very nice tutorial. Thank you for this.

It helped out a bunch. Now I can link some people to this tutorial

[qWark]

And what about profit from faucet? ~after one month?

If the faucet will run on free hosting + free domain

Faucet info:

250 satoshi up to 25.000 satoshi per 5 minute claim.

Tons of adds with high pay rates.

[minifrij]

And what about profit from faucet? ~after one month?

If the faucet will run on free hosting + free domain

Faucet info:

250 satoshi up to 25.000 satoshi per 5 minute claim.

Tons of adds with high pay rates.

It's close to impossible to say without having more information. To get an estimate you would need to have your faucet running for a little while so you can get average advertisement and payout stats. You could then just get the average amount you pay out daily and subtract the amount you get back from ads per day from that number.
Since you're running on free hosting and domains everything you get back will be profit, so the number you get back will just be the amount of profit given per day. You could then just times that by 7, 30 or 365 to get the profit per week, month and year respectively.

If this is a plan for a faucet, there is no way to know how it will go until you start running it. As I said in the OP, it's completely okay to change your faucet if the payout rates aren't working or it is costing you too much.

[qWark]

And what about profit from faucet? ~after one month?

If the faucet will run on free hosting + free domain

Faucet info:

250 satoshi up to 25.000 satoshi per 5 minute claim.

Tons of adds with high pay rates.

It's close to impossible to say without having more information. To get an estimate you would need to have your faucet running for a little while so you can get average advertisement and payout stats. You could then just get the average amount you pay out daily and subtract the amount you get back from ads per day from that number.
Since you're running on free hosting and domains everything you get back will be profit, so the number you get back will just be the amount of profit given per day. You could then just times that by 7, 30 or 365 to get the profit per week, month and year respectively.

If this is a plan for a faucet, there is no way to know how it will go until you start running it. As I said in the OP, it's completely okay to change your faucet if the payout rates aren't working or it is costing you too much.

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?
I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

[minifrij]

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?

I very highly doubt it. Earning 1 bitcoin in a month would be extremely difficult even if you weren't giving out Bitcoin as rewards.

I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

Sure, either post your questions here or send me a PM with them. Keep in mind that I haven't ran a faucet in a long time though, so my advice may be outdated.

[qWark]

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?

I very highly doubt it. Earning 1 bitcoin in a month would be extremely difficult even if you weren't giving out Bitcoin as rewards.

I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

Sure, either post your questions here or send me a PM with them. Keep in mind that I haven't ran a faucet in a long time though, so my advice may be outdated.

Okay thanks for all your answers.
But i think it will be possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month,but i will need tons of ads. 
I will never open faucet site for scam!
Thanks again.

[bitlancr]

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?

I very highly doubt it. Earning 1 bitcoin in a month would be extremely difficult even if you weren't giving out Bitcoin as rewards.

I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

Sure, either post your questions here or send me a PM with them. Keep in mind that I haven't ran a faucet in a long time though, so my advice may be outdated.

Okay thanks for all your answers.
But i think it will be possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month,but i will need tons of ads. 
I will never open faucet site for scam!
Thanks again.

1 BTC is a lot if you work on CPC, maybe you should integrate some high yielding CPS campaigns from bitcoin related companies.

The visitor  is already into bitcoin right?

[soloasi]

hi!, i was wondering something about this CPM ads, if im on a faucet and i forget to close the webpage and leave it open, do the owner gets the same number of  impressions just from me? i mean, if their banner shows 1000 times while the faucet is open on my pc it is as if it were just one time or more?

[FaucetRank.com]

hi!, i was wondering something about this CPM ads, if im on a faucet and i forget to close the webpage and leave it open, do the owner gets the same number of  impressions just from me? i mean, if their banner shows 1000 times while the faucet is open on my pc it is as if it were just one time or more?

You should 1st know what is impression for an adnetwork . Ad networks count 1 unique IP visit as  1 impression for an ad within 24 hours of time .

[FaucetRank.com]

And what about profit from faucet? ~after one month?

If the faucet will run on free hosting + free domain

Faucet info:

250 satoshi up to 25.000 satoshi per 5 minute claim.

Tons of adds with high pay rates.

It's close to impossible to say without having more information. To get an estimate you would need to have your faucet running for a little while so you can get average advertisement and payout stats. You could then just get the average amount you pay out daily and subtract the amount you get back from ads per day from that number.
Since you're running on free hosting and domains everything you get back will be profit, so the number you get back will just be the amount of profit given per day. You could then just times that by 7, 30 or 365 to get the profit per week, month and year respectively.

If this is a plan for a faucet, there is no way to know how it will go until you start running it. As I said in the OP, it's completely okay to change your faucet if the payout rates aren't working or it is costing you too much.

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?
I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

earning depends on no of visitors and clicks per day you receive from visitors.
50 satoshi per 5 minutes doesn't sound good but if you increase claim time up to 1 hour and keep reward @ 600 sat then more people visit your faucet and more you earn .

[qWark]

Let's say you have 10k unique impressions daily and ~2k unique clicks per day
So CPC is around BTC30000000 satoshi ( 0.3 BTC daily from CPC - 15k satoshi per click ) // It could be more if you have AdSense
+ around 0.015 BTC from CPM ( 0.0015 BTC CPM x10 )
if you have popup ads on your faucet it's about 0.06 BTC daily ( 2.5 $ cpm )

And if you have also direct ads for sale = 10 x 125x125 banner = ~60$ each banner per month = 600$ per month only from 10 banners
600$ = ~1.4 BTC

CPC (0.3 BTC x 30 = 9 BTC / month)
CPM (0.015 BTC x 30 = 0.45 BTC / month)
POP UP (0.06 BTC x 30 = 1.8 BTC / month)
DIRECT ( 10x 0.14 BTC = 1.4 BTC / month)
--
ALL ( 9+0.45+1.8+1.4 = 12.65 BTC / month )
--
1000 satoshi per hour ( 15 minutes = 250 satoshi = 4x 250 satoshi ) = 10000 x 1000 = 10000000 satoshi per hour ( 0.1 BTC )
So you pay around 0.1 BTC per hour
If you pay max 0.15 BTC daily it's around 4.5 BTC per month you have still 8.15 BTC in your wallet

[amalref]

Let's say you have 10k unique impressions daily and ~2k unique clicks per day
So CPC is around BTC30000000 satoshi ( 0.3 BTC daily from CPC - 15k satoshi per click ) // It could be more if you have AdSense
+ around 0.015 BTC from CPM ( 0.0015 BTC CPM x10 )
if you have popup ads on your faucet it's about 0.06 BTC daily ( 2.5 $ cpm )

And if you have also direct ads for sale = 10 x 125x125 banner = ~60$ each banner per month = 600$ per month only from 10 banners
600$ = ~1.4 BTC

CPC (0.3 BTC x 30 = 9 BTC / month)
CPM (0.015 BTC x 30 = 0.45 BTC / month)
POP UP (0.06 BTC x 30 = 1.8 BTC / month)
DIRECT ( 10x 0.14 BTC = 1.4 BTC / month)
--
ALL ( 9+0.45+1.8+1.4 = 12.65 BTC / month )
--
1000 satoshi per hour ( 15 minutes = 250 satoshi = 4x 250 satoshi ) = 10000 x 1000 = 10000000 satoshi per hour ( 0.1 BTC )
So you pay around 0.1 BTC per hour
If you pay max 0.15 BTC daily it's around 4.5 BTC per month you have still 8.15 BTC in your wallet

Lol that is good amount ( profit )

[FaucetRank.com]

And what about profit from faucet? ~after one month?

If the faucet will run on free hosting + free domain

Faucet info:

250 satoshi up to 25.000 satoshi per 5 minute claim.

Tons of adds with high pay rates.

It's close to impossible to say without having more information. To get an estimate you would need to have your faucet running for a little while so you can get average advertisement and payout stats. You could then just get the average amount you pay out daily and subtract the amount you get back from ads per day from that number.
Since you're running on free hosting and domains everything you get back will be profit, so the number you get back will just be the amount of profit given per day. You could then just times that by 7, 30 or 365 to get the profit per week, month and year respectively.

If this is a plan for a faucet, there is no way to know how it will go until you start running it. As I said in the OP, it's completely okay to change your faucet if the payout rates aren't working or it is costing you too much.

It's possible to earn 1 bitcoin in month if the payout rate will be 50 satoshi per 5 minutes / 600 satoshi per hour or not?
I have more questions about faucet,could i contact you via PM?

Man take calculator in your hand and do calculation the calculator will tell you the answer that you can earn 1 bitcoin/month or not .

[kheein]

This thread gave me a detailed explanation , such as a dictionary for me in recognizing faucet, thank's you for your information.  Keep share!!

[Gifted]

Here is a xapo faucet script to add to the list up top instead of the developers URL  https://github.com/destinybogan/Faucet-Builder

Please message me if you decide to make a xapo faucet so i can list you on the sites in my signature.

[Jet Cash]

Very interesting thread, and not just for faucets. Thanks for posting it.

[Misterf]

Thank you Minifrij you are a great guy! 

[Aamir1]

Nice and helpful. thanks for posting.

[wdnj]

Lot of info on running faucet site. will done OP   

[ingenuity]

Thanks for this, Now i learned how to make faucets, Im actually dont have programming skills but i understand the step by step methods, But this will not make me rich nah

[praprata]

Thanks for this, Now i learned how to make faucets, Im actually dont have programming skills but i understand the step by step methods, But this will not make me rich nah

It's a very nice way to get into website programming. You will need to learn a programming language but seeing how this works can make you exciting to learn more.
Like it did with me.

[maokoto]

Great guide and work. A section about avoiding bots would likely be helpful too... the different options and all that.

[grim007]

very nice thread.. thanks much. i will use it now for creating my first faucet.

[Fisgos]

In my opinion Mellow ads, A-ads and Bitmedia.io are the only good ones, bitmedia only if you have high click count, mellow ads being the best of all.

If you know any other bitcoin ad network that pays as well as Mellow ads please, reply with the name of the ad network.

[btcoinworld]

"

Referral Rotators* - http://ifaucet.net/
I believe this to be the most ethical method of earning extra bitcoins from your users. Certain rotators (such as ifaucet) allow you to input referral links to earn the referral earnings from the faucets your referrals visit. This allows users of your faucet to earn more from other faucets, while you earn referral commission without linking hundreds of faucets at a time.


"

What does this mean?

[layoutph]

Hi OP, I was about to create a new thread where I will ask how to setup a faucet script. Thanks for the wonderful step by step instruction, for the tips and suggestions, advertisements to put. Keep it up.

[piececake24]

This is really helpful although many things that needs to do but it's full of details thanks to this

[LTU_btc]

This article have lot of useful information for people who want to start their faucet. But,since the last update, some things have changed and it would be nice to update it.
Also, I think this thread may be sticked on Micro Earnings board.

[thefreebitcoinfaucet]

I would just like to add that Namecheap do not support faucets on shared servers only dedicated hosting.

I read some articles about people breaking the ToS using namecheap hosting so as part of my research into hosting I contacted them for clarification.

To save you all some time here is the chat log.

NameCheap Support:Hello! Thank you for contacting our Live Chat Support!
12:20 thefreebitcoinfaucet:hi
12:21 thefreebitcoinfaucet:i have read that in the past 2016 namecheap banned someone for using a faucet on their hosting. It was incorrectly labelled as bitcoin mining.
12:22 thefreebitcoinfaucet:I want to make sure that if i choose to buy hosting with namecheap it will not consider a faucet to be against the ToS
12:23NameCheap Support:Could you tell me what hosting plan you want to choose?
12:24 thefreebitcoinfaucet:just the value plan to start off with
12:26NameCheap Support:Please allow me 5-7 minutes.
12:32NameCheap Support:Unfortunately, it can be hosted on our shared hosting servers. You can choose one of our dedicated servers and host it there.
12:32 thefreebitcoinfaucet:could you explain to me why?
12:37NameCheap Support:It can consume a lot of server's resources and banwith.
12:38 thefreebitcoinfaucet:okay thanks for the help. I can get hosting for a faucet for $2 a month, so there is no way i am going to buy a dedicated server for $45 a month.