Chitika - The hottest thing around since Adsense?

[zk0]

Chitika is a newly launched publisher program. It is so new that it's still in BETA. But it still one of the most popular publisher progams on blogs as we speak. It is really simple. It's like a small shopping mall on your site. Kind of.

Well you can choose several cool items such as an Ipod Mini or a PSP to promote on your site, or you can make it rotate all items at once. You can choose between several different banner sizes and you can customize every color of the banner.

You will get paid per clicks. One of the best things with his program is that if you have PayPal you will get your money when you have reached $10. If you don't have paypal you must wait until you get $50 to get a check sent to you.

Chitika

 

[wildbest]

Nice service. Will grow. Do you use Amazon as a feed source?

 

[zk0]

Nice service. Will grow. Do you use Amazon as a feed source?

Yes, that I do.

 

[tolkein]

It has a higher EPC compared to Adsense in general. I did a comparison between the 2 at my website, including a discussion on whether it violates Google's TOS to run both ads on the same page.

 

[GTAce]

Yeah, the EPC is much higher, but the CTR is lower...it is best suited for product-oriented sites, but I have still found it to work better in my forums than adsense

 

[tolkein]

Overall CTR is way lower - about 10% Google ads. But where I used to get $0.02 to $0.25 per click, I now get $0.49 to $1+ with Chitika

 

[DomC]

so is your RPM higher?

 

[tolkein]

Revenue is better than Adsense overall - I run them side by side across all my websites hoping to double my revenue.

Because of this, there's seems to be an adverse effect on my Adsense - both CTR and EPC went down. I don't know whether it's Chitika being distracting or Adsense taking revenge!

I'll update the findings at my site, larrylim.net, in 1 weeks time.

 

[zk0]

Haven't made any money with Chitika eMiniMalls yet?

Haven't made any money with Chitika eMiniMalls yet?

If you haven't made any money yet from your Chitika eMiniMalls account you should continue to read. If you are making money you could still read this post for some tips on how to make more money.

The Chitika eMiniMalls publisher program is best for blogs and sites related to general items, such as gadgets, clothes, cameras etc. But non-product related sites/blogs can still use Chitika eMiniMalls. You just have to be smart. Here are some of my tips on how you can start making more money with the Chitika eMiniMalls publisher program:

1. Check your keywords!
This is probably one of the most important things you must do. You need to come up with relevant keywords for your site. Otherwise you won't receive any clicks. Because you can't have iPod or computer products on your Chitika banner if you have a site/blog about clothes.

If your site is a bout digital cameras you should try to add as many different digital camera keywords as possible. If you have a humor/joke site you should try to find funny movies, shows, games keywords etc etc. Well you get my point.

2. Who are your main visitors?
You should as much as possible try to figure out which kind of people your main visitors are. Are they men or women's in their 20's or are they kids from 10 years and up? When you know what kind of visitors you have you can easily come up with even more relevant keywords to show on your Chitika eMiniMalls banners. If your main visitor is a man with an average age of 20 you should try to add some more keywords for different cool gadgets, such as an iPod, laptop, cool things that a 20 year old man would be interested in.

3. Try different banner sizes!
Another thing you can do to get more clicks is to change banner size. Test out different banner sizes to see which ones will get you the most clicks. I have noticed that the larger the product image is on your Chitika eMiniMalls banner the more clicks you will generate. You can also try to make your banner blend in as much as possible to the rest of your site design. You should also try different banner placements. Maybe you have placed your banner in a bad spot where the visitor can't see your banner so good?

4. Change your keywords often!
You should change your keywords now and then so that your visitor will be able to see new and hot products on your site. Your visitor won't click the same product two times.

If these tips doesn't help you make more money with the Chitika eMiniMalls publisher program you probably need to take a closer look on your site. If you know some more tips please post a comment.

Taken from Easy Webbers: http://easywebbers.blogspot.com/2005/11/havent-made-any-money-with-chitika.html

 

[italks]

Although i signed up for chitika way back but didnt used it so far.How is it performing for everyone.

 

[DarkNeal128]

does this even work? or send u the $$

 

[quytchua]

I got 0.50 cents per click on Chitika better than bidvertiser

 

[tolkein]

For those you wanna see the functionalities before signing up, you can see the control panel screenshots here

 

[zk0]

Chitika CTR to go doooown?

Chitika CTR to go doooown?

The very popular publisher program Chitika eMiniMalls announced yesterday that they must make some changes to their system "in response to working with their advertisers" and to "combat the curiosity clicking". This means two things for you as a publisher:

Chitika will make some paying links on the eMiniMalls banner into ordinary text. Because of this your earnings and clicks will probably go down.

Because of this Chitika eMiniMalls have said that they will give an extra 10% bonus to publishers for two weeks to compensate for the loss in earnings. So this month you will earn 10% extra from every click your banner generates, maybe it's time to earn more money with some simple tips and tricks?

Taken from Easy Webbers: http://easywebbers.blogspot.com/2005/11/chitika-ctr-to-go-doooown.html

 

[tolkein]

Although it maybe still be too early to tell, my CTR since the announcement fell from 0.25% (previous 5-day average) to 0.04% - huge drop! I'll continue to monitor and post updates on my site

 

[dc1pop]

Still waiting to be accepted.

 

[dc1pop]

hmm..turned down my footballtalk.org site.

Probably as they have little sports content ads maybe?

Other reasons they listed were:

- Unable to confirm that you are the owner of the website. (we recommend that either the email address or the whois info match the domain)
- Website may not be suitable for merchandising.
- Non-English content.
- Adult language or content.

Good luck to all whom apply!