i made video sharing website where user can upload there videos and share them to the world so far i got 390K visitors to my website i want to know how can i monetize this traffic and website. Top Countries (Overall Statistic not monthly) : India 145,344 (42%) Bangladesh 40,221 (12%) Nepal 39,553 (11%) Saudi Arabia 17,707 (5.1%) United States 14,834 (4.3%) Italy 13,236 (3.8%) United Arab Emirates 12,863 (3.7%) United Kingdom 11,775 (3.4%) Australia 5,703 (1.7%) Canada 4,269 (1.2%) Pakistan 3,578 (1.0%) Spain 3,289 (1.0%) Indonesia 3,079 (0.9%) Germany 2,907 (0.8%) Qatar 2,688 (0.8%) Singapore 1,822 (0.5%) Malaysia 1,734 (0.5%) France 1,515 (0.4%) Greece 1,463 (0.4%) Oman 1,326 (0.4%) Hong Kong 1,234 (0.4%) right now i am monetizing with google adsense but people say that using copyrighted material on your website may ban your adsense account some of my uploaders maybe uploaded copyrighted material i don't know. what should i do? continue to place adsense ads or find an alternative also i don't want any DMCA complain to get my site banned . how can i avoid DMCA complaints. and how can i avoid users to not to upload copyrighted content. Any help will be much appreciated . Thank you. Sorry for too many questions. and sorry for my bad english.
To start, make sure that your site's TOS have strict rules about not posting copyrighted videos. Have a "Report" button under each video and remove videos quickly if you get any valid complaints. Then do a Google search for ad networks and research them as alternatives to AdSense.
My limited experience with Google and AdSense is that they can be real jerks when it comes to banning partner sites. I do not know how they deal with video sharing sites and copyright issues, but I suspect that it is spelled out in detail in their TOS. My suggestion is that you research their TOS to see what they say about handling this issue and then take steps to do so. However, I also suggest that you seek out alternative sources of advertising income because Google can act quickly and without explanation or concern for your business.
I am thinking of using propellar ads and kiosked ads what do you think of them ? have you used them? what do you suggest for adsense alternative @jrbiz
You can also sell banner advertising space on your website. You can to to a site called BuySellads.com and list your site for available ad space. With that many visitors you are sure to make a pretty penny.
Another AdSense alternative is media.net, which is basicall the Yahoo/Bing version of AdSense. You might have the best luck using some affiliate ads that have products that would go with what's on your site. Shareasale and Comision Junction (CJ) are good.
Do you have the ability to embed a "pre-roll" video ad prior to each uploaded video playing? This could be very lucrative and is the first option I'd explore if I was in your shoes.
AdSense maybe be a problem, because of the content, its difficult to make sure that your users do not add copywrited material, and website is easily banned by google in cases like this. I would recommend you paying attention to smaller ad networks, there is an ad network WMGroup, they are well known as AdEx in CIS market and cover most of big media in CIS countries, fast growing company, and have entered Asian market with medium CPMs for video monetization of 3 dollars per 1000 views. There is an opportuntiy to set up pre-roll ads, as well as outstream video ads and banners, and with them you won't have a problem with the video content rigts. I have contact of the sales manager from WMG, you can get in touch by this email Best of luck!
The thing is if your traffic is mostly from India and Bangladesh you need to join affiliate programs that cater to those countries (and other countries in that region). Otherwise you'll have reversed commissions once they detect where your commissions originate from (CJ is probably off limits for you for that reason).
The thing is that it is not enough traffic to make real money from Adwords and cpm platforms would not pay a lot for India and Bangladesh. If you want our opinion CPA / CPL would be the best for you. Especially if you also have Social Media traffic you can combine. Just invest the effort to test different products or/and services. You can read some more information here: http://cpmstars.com/blog/website-monetization/
Try video, CPM for video twice higher than CPA/CPL in India, and Bangladesh.... what is the price for lead in Banladesh? 0.4$?