Okay, now I just lost it

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Hello people, I'm kinda new on this forum as I come from BHW forums, and not to bother those blackhatters with noob questions as they don't like aswering them I want to ask it here.

I'll get straight to the point (srry for my bad English though). I was searching and I see that CPA can get big money in little time.

CPA stands for cost per action right?
So is adsense also a part of CPA?
Or is CPA more like Amazon ads which try to sell stuff like Laptops and so on. And for every sold product I recieve xx% of the total amount?

I have started a blog on a certain sub-niche, so I'm thinking if I should use google adsense or just "CPA" or w/e people call it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rumpleteazer
    Adsense is CPC (cost per click). CPA is cost per action - action (I think) can refer to sale or sign-up.
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  • Profile picture of the author SB274
    Like Rumpleteazer said, CPA is cost per action - so when someone enters their email address, zip code, signs up for a free trial, etc.. all of those would be considered "actions." You can run different offers based on what you would like to promote and earn anywhere from a couple cents to hundreds of dollars per "action."
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  • Profile picture of the author rusilja
    I see, and CPA is in most cases used as selling (affillate marketing), selling stuff for companies on your blog/site; am I getting this right?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
      Originally Posted by rusilja View Post

      I see, and CPA is in most cases used as selling (affillate marketing), selling stuff for companies on your blog/site; am I getting this right?
      CPA can be any action.

      Getting someone to submit their email/zip, filling out a form, signing up for a free trial, OR selling a product.

      I am guessing that the most common part of CPA is filling out some sort of form or an email/zip submit.
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
        There are a bunch of difference in psychology with using each of those systems, but froma results point of view, the difference is what you get paid for.

        With adsense, you get paid when someone clicks on an ad you have displayed on your site.

        With CPA, you get paid when a couple of different things happen, depending on what ad you are displaying on your site. Sometimes you get paid when people fill in somethign simple like a phone number or email address and sometiems they have to buy something in order for you to get paid.

        With afiiliate marketing, you get paid a commission when somebody buys something through you.

        Ther are a bunch of other differences, but that is a simple way to differentiate them in my mind.
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