WidgetBucks isn't a scam, your traffic just sucks.

Seriously, the program isn't like AdSense where the ads are targetted to meet your exact niche. It's a program meant for monetizing shopping websites with very specific niches. Electronics, furniture, etc. etc. etc.

If you're throwing their widget onto sites completely unrelated to shopping, you're probably going to get booted from the program. Why? Because WidgetBucks doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of converting your traffic and they aren't going to pay you for that frustration.

I could go on and explain this further, but it's so damn obvious that anyone who considers themselves an IM should understand this in a heart beat.

Anyways, continue crying.

 

Right, and auctionads just launched the shopping ads network, it appears to use an idential codebase but with a PPC payout similar to widgetbucks.

Grab an invitation while you can.

 

This thread is for setting the cry babies straight, not for self promotion. Don't hijack the thread please.

 

Good thread, and makes sense. Widget bucks would be good for a shopping site / product review site, as the clicks may convert.

 

lets wait till december to find the reality

 

I agree that putting WidgetBucks ads on a website related to products will convert better. But in my opinion why would you do that. You could have someone viewing a page for a product and ready to buy it but wait... Their is an ad for the same product but a lower price. It would be foolish not to click it any buy from them.

That would make you say $1 and you could have made $60.

I stay away from putting any ads on my online store for that reason.

 

Only put widgetbucks on sites that are geared towards shopping, and entertainment. I have an xbox 360 blog that I show xbox 360 games on and that works and I have an arcade site that I show Nintendo DS games on.

 

Exactly. If your traffic can convert, they'll keep you in the program. If it can't, they'll kick you out.

There's nothing scammy about it people.

 

yes, i agree with u, we wait till december, is they really pay the dollar?

 

Did you sign up in October? They send out checks for all revenue earned within 45 days after the end of each month.

 

I think they should do a manual review to each site before they approve the sites. Right now they are just sort of 'accepting everything'.

 

Of course when you look at their CP and make new widgets you have to realize this.

That is the reason I didn't even put widgets on my sites.
I just hope they get more into the niche areas of their categories. I could probably sell tons of books via my sites but widgets with books are kind of general ....

Let's wait and see how they continue to develop their widgets. They seem on the right track to become real ppc alternative !

 

I agree with this! Thanks for the insight

 

I think that as time unfolds there will be a lot of displeased people, but I thought I'd try it anyway. I only put it on two pages, but there's a lot I don't like already. However, I'm quite willing to risk a couple of pages for a couple of months just to see what happens.

So far the ctr is good and the 'average' is about 60 cents per click, but like Checksum says, I can't see many of those visitors buying anything. I'm in the UK and Widgetbucks is very definitely US based.

The ads remain pretty static so I can see ad blindness setting in very quickly. They also take ages to load, especially on a slow machine, and in some cases they haven't loaded at all. I don't think they look a lot different to Google ads, which is why I wouldn't risk them on the same page.

I'll make my mind up after (and if) I get a payment, that's all I'm in it for. If I don't get a payment, I'll just remove the ads and I won't cry a lot....

 

what CTR do you have guys?
Mine is somewhere to 0.55% and medium rpc is 0,22$...

 

WB shouldn't ban people just because the traffic doesn't convert.

It's a PPC program, meaning they pay per click no matter IF it converts or not.

right now all I can see WB doing is "smart pricing" like GA does when traffic/clicks don't convert for the advertiser.

I'v already seen this in my WB account whem my RPC went from 0.28 to 0.21.

 

They should fix the slow load or they'll be the ones getting booted by publishers. I say it's good for something below the fold for just that reason. Otherwise you are wasting space with the load time.

 

yesterday i just got the invitation, and i already put ads on my site, no result yet

 

if u know that ur traffic is going to convert than y bother using wigetbucks use the orignal affliates instead they will pay more for sure

 

That's a good point, cut out the middle man if you can.

Sure they should. I mean why keep paying for traffic that doesn't do anything? They don't have any moral obligation to keep slackers in their program, it's business man.