Payment methods used by advertising networks/affiliate programs
By i-re
The payment methods used by the various advertising networks and affiliate programs depends to a large extent on the country in which the ad network operators are based and also their publishers.
Most US based affiliate programs and ad networks offer payment through Check, Paypal. Some also offer direct deposit in the bank account for US based publishers. For international publishers, direct deposit is available on payment of an additional fee.
Moneybookers is a popular money transfer system in Europe and has low fees compared to Paypal. It allows transfer of funds to bank accounts.
Compared to Paypal, Alertpay is new, but allows check withdrawal and wire transfer for a fee.
Liberty Reserve, Perfect Money, WebMoney and ePassporte are some of the other payment methods offered by Advertising Networks.
February 9th, 2010
Click fraud for PPC
By i-re
One of the major problems for Pay per click (PPC) advertising is click fraud. You may be an honest webmaster , but there are a lot of website owners who want to make quick money and will develop sophisticated click rings. Since the advertiser does not get genuine leads from these websites, they will also discount leads from high conversion websites.
PPC income calculation
By i-re
For most PPC programs, generally you will be paid between 2 and 5 Cents per click.
Here’s an example: Let’s assume that your site gets 10,000 page views per month, that you show 10 different PPC links per page, your click through rate (CTR) is 5%* and that you are receiving 5 Cents per click.
10,000 x 10 x 1.5% CTR = 1500 x 5 Cents
= $75 per month
= $900 per year
Websites suitable for PPC
By i-re
PPC income depends on the niche of the website and intention of the visitors.
For a higher click through rate (CTR) it is advisable to keep the PPC links you display relevant to your site content.
For example: If you have a Music related site, choose PPC links to other music sites. Your visitor is more inclined to want to visit these and therefore earn you money in the process.
Pay per click
By i-re
Pay Per Click is a term given to an advertising program that pays you every time a visitor to your site click a link to another site.
The link can be a banner or a text link. Some are even designed for inclusion in your email newsletters.
Most of the better program operators do not allow the use of unsolicited email to promote their goods.
Since it is spamming you are likely to have your account terminated by the operator.
