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Neglected my site for months..

by jeffreydale
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So I'll be honest. I got into the online marketing/monetizing thing awhile ago. I grew my site up a bit (it's a comedy/photo blog) and it gets about 300-350 unique hits a day. I was proud of how it grew, but I was disappointed by the amount of clicks I was getting. Probably 1 or 2 a week, if that.

Well I just checked into Chitika today out of curiosity, and was a bit surprised.

Date Impressions Clicks CTR CPM Revenue

Oct 11, 2012 3,378 8 0.24% $0.04 $0.15
Oct 10, 2012 2,840 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
Oct 9, 2012 3,217 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
Oct 8, 2012 3,497 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
Oct 7, 2012 3,628 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
Oct 6, 2012 3,755 1 0.03% $0.00 $0.02
Oct 5, 2012 2,793 4 0.14% $0.04 $0.12
Oct 4, 2012 3,445 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
Total 26,553 19 0.07% $0.01 $0.40

I started using Chitika in the beginning of July, and so far my total revenue is $0.92. So Almost a buck in 6 months.. Which doesn't sound like a lot.. but it's making me think that maybe the site is worth continuing.

The domain/hosting drops in February, and it'll be about $80 to renew it.. I'm starting to think that it might be worth it. If I hadn't neglected it for so long I wonder if my numbers would be higher..

-JD
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael D Forbes
    I'd look into different monetization methods that pay better, and find a way to get people to opt-in to a mailing list. You should find it extremely easy to increase your income from just 15 cents a month. To put it into perspective... if you only made 1 Clickbank sale in that 6 months, you would make many times more. Not that I'm stuck on CB, it's just a suggestion.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
    Originally Posted by jeffreydale View Post

    So I'll be honest. I got into the online marketing/monetizing thing awhile ago. I grew my site up a bit (it's a comedy/photo blog) and it gets about 300-350 unique hits a day. I was proud of how it grew, but I was disappointed by the amount of clicks I was getting. Probably 1 or 2 a week, if that.

    Well I just checked into Chitika today out of curiosity, and was a bit surprised.

    Date Impressions Clicks CTR CPM Revenue

    Oct 11, 2012 3,378 8 0.24% $0.04 $0.15
    Oct 10, 2012 2,840 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
    Oct 9, 2012 3,217 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
    Oct 8, 2012 3,497 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
    Oct 7, 2012 3,628 2 0.06% $0.01 $0.04
    Oct 6, 2012 3,755 1 0.03% $0.00 $0.02
    Oct 5, 2012 2,793 4 0.14% $0.04 $0.12
    Oct 4, 2012 3,445 0 0.00% $0.00 $0.00
    Total 26,553 19 0.07% $0.01 $0.40

    I started using Chitika in the beginning of July, and so far my total revenue is $0.92. So Almost a buck in 6 months.. Which doesn't sound like a lot.. but it's making me think that maybe the site is worth continuing.

    The domain/hosting drops in February, and it'll be about $80 to renew it.. I'm starting to think that it might be worth it. If I hadn't neglected it for so long I wonder if my numbers would be higher..

    -JD
    When I got rid of my Adsense on one of my authority sites a few years ago, as part of test, I replaced them all with affiliate & CPA offers. Within 30 days I have more than quadrupled my net income, and I wasn't even building a list with site (capturing e-mail addresses, Facebook likes, etc.)

    I would definitely start testing some things if you got that kind of traffic.

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  • Profile picture of the author braincandy7
    Agreed. Even Amazon can be a good option. All you need to do is direct people from your site to relevant amazon products and Amazon will do the selling for you as they are a name everyone knows and trusts and they have a great site.

    Their commission rates for non electronics start at 4% then after 7sales in a month everything (inc the fisrt 7 sales) jumps to 6% and then after 20 or so jumps to 6.5%. So say you manage to refer a dvd sale for $30 you would earn $1.20 which when it doesn't sound like much is more than you made in 6 months and is a soft sale.
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  • Profile picture of the author briantymes
    I would continue, you should be able to keep growing it. I would keep adsense on the site, but I would also consider adding affiliate products as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author insley
    So I got this Chitika site to see how much it costs to advertise and get this...

    • What are the requirements to advertise?

      Currently, to be an advertiser on the Chitika ad network, you must be willing to commit to a $50,000 monthly advertising spend. This includes Chitika mobile ads.
    Uhhh, ok...I find the payout they give you laughable when you consider they require a $50,000 monthly spend to advertise....
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