currently, i started with chitika. after 3 days, there were 500 impressions, 6 clicks, 2.40 ctr but 0 earning. it showing * On the place of earning and ecpm. why it is so?
Earnings sometime update after 4 days... it sucks quite a lot. Sometimes you see say 4000 impressions, then 40 minutes later you see only 3500. And the same thing applies to clicks, earnings, whatever.
I'm going to close my account with Chitika soon since I never get any "real"money. So far I managed to rack up $0.11 and its been like that for quite some time. I know how to use it, its just that its a little bias. The only real reason for anyone to use Chitkia is they have very high traffic to their website, not when you just started a blog/website 3-6 months ago; unless you bought traffic. In all said these are solely my opinions
You're right, chitika is for websites with lots of traffic coming from search engines and from US & Canada only. If not, don't bother with them.
You guys should try out Prosperent as a Chitika Alternative. The beta invitation code is: VE0XOSZZSTFY1Z
Ya, i agree it is very hard to earn money from chitika as it is limited to us and canada and also from search engine only. However, those who have high traffic always said that they have earned a decent amount of money from chitika as the advertisement appear to be more attracting (with pictures and descriptions)
If you like the ad options from Chitika you should really check out prosperent. Just head over and sign up, then login and play with the ad designer. It's by FAR the most flexible ad designer out there. Change colors for all of the elements, display images, turn on and off any of the ad elements, show a price, even customize your buy now text.