Hi guys, I'm the owner of a very large gaming fansite for the game of Neopets (about 10K-14K visits per day, up to 8k-10k abs unique). Right now I'm using Google Adsense and I'm getting about (I think it's ok to say this, it isn't an "official Adsense stat" but I calculated it myself) $0.02 per click!?!? Can you believe this!?! It cant get much worse than that. And the thing is is that these advertisers are getting HUGELY massive exposure. For $0.02 a click. Yup. That's messed up. This is a common topic of discussion these days but what is the best way to monetize an entertainment/gaming site?? The niche totally sucks in regards to ads. I was thinking of not using any 3rd party ad people (like Adsense, YPN, ValueClick, etc) and selling advertising directly through myself (e.g., people will pay me directly for advertisement, I set the prices, etc). I just don't know anymore. With this amount of traffic, I'd like to at LEAST be able to make $500 a month, maybe even $1000. So... what's the best thing to do in my situation? Any ideas? Thanks, DPers. ~Tip
Haa a dissatisfied adsense client welcome to the club lol As you said, no 3rd party ads like adsense but have people advertise directly via you. If you can get a 100 a month, you'll just need 10 of those to make a grand. That should be pretty obtainable, seeing you've got around 10k-14k visitors a day (approx.) That's 300k a month. Just give it a try for a few months, with adsense paying 0.02 you won't lose out on much if it fails, and that's IF it fails. And if you succeed. You've just got a grand more spending power for you or your business. greetz, jobic
entertainment is a low paid niche if you really want to earn more try to get a lot traffic to your website
Fuck Adsense, and other such low-paying ads. Tipem, have you looked at other sites similar to yours and looked at their ads? Yes, you can make $1,000 a month by putting the ads in yourself. You get around 8,000 uniques a day? You could start off charging a 30-day spot for, say, $100 a month. Multiply that times 10 advertiers, and there's your $1,000. Add more pages, and make even more money. Believe it or not, it's easy. ... If you have the traffic, that is.