ShoppingAds - Not That Great

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by nks, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    I did some investigation on ShoppingAds CPC program, but apparently the result is not that great. As such, I have it removed from my site.

    The comparison is judged based on its ability to generate revenue, against Google AdSense. The idea of ShoppingAds CPC program (under TextLinkAds) is new, but it's not quite as effective as Google AdSense.

    That is my experience, but does anyone else here has a different story to tell?
     
    nks, Nov 11, 2007 IP
  2. swollenpickles

    swollenpickles Active Member

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    #2
    I've been using them for a few weeks, results are crap so far. I'm better off with an adsense/widgetbucks combo.
     
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    hash9999 Peon

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    #3
    hey you are right.shopping ads not good atleast for me.
     
    hash9999, Nov 11, 2007 IP
  4. nks

    nks Well-Known Member

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    Revenue-generation is completely zero. What about your cases?
     
    nks, Nov 12, 2007 IP
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    zk0 Peon

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    #5
    The same crappy result over here.

    I've stopped using them after ZERO clicks..

    Really disappointing... :(
     
    zk0, Nov 12, 2007 IP
  6. swollenpickles

    swollenpickles Active Member

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    Over 4,000 impressions for 4 clicks and $0.66 total.
    Disappointing.
     
    swollenpickles, Nov 12, 2007 IP
  7. searche

    searche Banned

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    #7
    Works very good for me...

    Adsense banned for nothing(click fraud they say...i say it's sabbotage)
    One of my big sites is non-english:
    -adbrite worked like a charm for 2 years...now they don't accept non-english sites,
    -widgetbucks worked good, now they don't accept non-english sites,
    -cpxinteractive results 500clicks/150k impresions => 2$
    -clicksor 1-2$/day ->150k impresions
    -bidvertiser 0$ ->150k impresions
    -others dissapointed

    So now, shoppingads works great... :D
     
    searche, Nov 13, 2007 IP
  8. D-Block

    D-Block Active Member

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    #8
    Ya shopping ads not that great, I was testing them on a couple of my pages.

    Gave them at least 15k unique impressions, made about $3

    :(
     
    D-Block, Nov 13, 2007 IP
  9. nks

    nks Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Looks like you have tried out a lot of different CPC program. You mentioned that ShoppingAds works great.... how good is that in comparison?
     
    nks, Nov 13, 2007 IP
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    "Important: please note that your account has been suspended. To get your account re activated please email with your email address associated with your account and the website url(s) where you were running our ads. Once we confirm this data is accurate and legitimate we will activate your account and your earnings will return. Sorry for the inconvenience."
    ---------then
    Hello, sorry your account was suspended because of traffic quality reasons. You can still run our auctionads on your sites though and if quality improves we will invite you back to SA, thx..........
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    sure r SCAM ...

    there I got 668 US....
     
    wqasdeollkf, Nov 14, 2007 IP
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    kittyluver Notable Member

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    This is completely useless. Daily page view 300 and return is nil..
     
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  12. swollenpickles

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    I'm much happier sticking with WidgetBucks. ShoppingAds are performing just as well as AuctionAds, a big zero!
     
    swollenpickles, Nov 14, 2007 IP
  13. nks

    nks Well-Known Member

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    #13
    How is WidgetBucks compared to Google AdSense?
     
    nks, Nov 14, 2007 IP
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    WallaceYeung Notable Member

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    #14
    i have already removed Shooping Ads and Widget bucks. :(
     
    WallaceYeung, Nov 14, 2007 IP
  15. swollenpickles

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    Probably depends on your site I'd say. On my main blog www.swollenpickles.com which is basically about anything and everything, WidgetBucks and Adsense are about equal at the moment. I have a music site where WidgetBucks is doing ok on as well.
     
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    Mysanctuary23 Banned

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    #16
    I have encountered same problems, I followed what it said
    but still same problem occured, that is why I don't like
    signing up in shopping ads again. :(
     
    Mysanctuary23, Nov 15, 2007 IP
  17. denovo

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    I am still waiting to be re-instated also. Don't know what's up. So much for the beta test. It's toast!
     
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  18. nks

    nks Well-Known Member

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    #18
    If you do read through the rest of the posts, I think you'd really be better off with Google AdSense and WidgetBucks (though I never heard of it before).
     
    nks, Nov 15, 2007 IP
  19. swollenpickles

    swollenpickles Active Member

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    My account has been suspended without warning also. Not sure what's up with that?
     
    swollenpickles, Nov 15, 2007 IP
  20. searche

    searche Banned

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    #20
    I belive all the accounts were suspended...

    Anyone got reinstated?
     
    searche, Nov 15, 2007 IP