What do you think about PTC marketing/traffic?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by gcttirth, Jan 7, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hello all DP members!

    I would like to ask your opinions about paid to click traffic. Has this kind of marketing worked for you? Share your opinions and experience only.

    Thanks!
     
    gcttirth, Jan 7, 2011 IP
  2. Beatriz Cruz

    Beatriz Cruz Guest

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    Pay to Click traffic like sort of Neobux? Advertising in such type of sites can only bring clean but its not targeted traffic. You can use it for CPA offers you have there.
     
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  3. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    Yes, like neobux, the only exception is that on some sites, the traffic is cheap.

    Non-targeted traffic? Do you mean niche-oriented traffic? It might be because most members from PTCs are wanna-be earners, earning niche is the best for such traffic.
     
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  4. Curry

    Curry Greenhorn

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    I reckon PTC traffic is juat a total waste of time, people just click for the money and even then they dont get much money out of it
     
    Curry, Jan 8, 2011 IP
  5. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    @Curry

    Yep, they do click for money, but as the traffic is cheap, if you except only 0.1% of conversion, you might be in profit! + They allow Geo-targeting for no additional cost, so I think it is a good try.

    I personally have got good result with it for a domain parked. I believe they work best for domain names parked on parking services.
     
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  6. vikassam321

    vikassam321 Peon

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    I would like to ask your opinions about paid to click traffic. Has this kind of marketing worked for you?

    Read the rest here:
    What do you think about PTC marketing/traffic?

    Tags: General Marketing, kind, marketing-worked, opinions, traffic, work, your-opinions
     
    vikassam321, Jan 10, 2011 IP
  7. Yoichin

    Yoichin Member

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    From my experience, do not even bother with them. Like its been said many times on here its a complete waste of time. There are better and more efficient way of getting traffic.
     
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  8. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    @Yoichin

    Well, how many link credits had you bought? And if you can say, from which site?

    To share my stats :

    Uniques --- Clicks --- Earning
    2363 ------ 34 ---- $8.57

    Seems quite good, right?
     
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  9. Yoichin

    Yoichin Member

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    Its just not enough results to even bother focusing on those type of traffic when you can spend that same time getting more quality traffic.

    My point was spend your valuable time on something that produces much better result for your business.

    34 clicks and less than $10?
     
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  10. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    @Yoichin

    Time ? I don't even think that it requires time. Just assign the credits, thats it.

    And yes, 34 clicks, <$10, as I sent them on my domain parked ( longshot.in ) on namedrive. Have got 8 US clicks, but namedrive does not pay that much. Maybe because my domain name, don't know. I am still happy with it :D
     
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  11. Yoichin

    Yoichin Member

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    Hey thats great man. I remember making only that much when I first started looking ways to make money. It was a good experience. But now I realized there was a much easier way. Whatever works for you is good!
     
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  12. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    @Yoichi
    Thanks bro !

    Nice to see you making more money.. I am just trying this all in my part time. I am a full time student :)
     
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    PTC traffics didn't work from my past experienced. It may works in some specific niche but not with a niche I am currently in. Most of PTC traffics were driven from pop-up banner and offense approach advertising so it may drive traffics but only in a term of quantity.
     
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  14. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    Yes, they work on money earning kind of niche.

    Yes, you might be true that most traffic are from pop-up banner, but not in all sites. I think you had choose the wrong site to advertise on.

    And, there are chances that you will get at least 1% quality traffic in quantity ;)
     
    gcttirth, Jan 10, 2011 IP
  15. Adnan959

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    Personally, I'm not a big fan of PPC advertising. Most of the traffic isn't even worth the money you spend. I would prefer affiliate programs any time of the week.
     
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  16. The Stealthy One

    The Stealthy One Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    I tried these kinds of networks a long time ago, but never experienced any real luck in converting traffic to sales or signups. I think this is because a lot of the traffic is clicking only for $$$, and doesn't really view the sites that are displayed.
     
    The Stealthy One, Jan 10, 2011 IP
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    I haven't got much luck with PTC promotion. Plus, you also risk your account from Adsense being banned, so you need to search for alternatives, which sucks too. I usually invest my money in blog advertisements or blog posts nowadays ;)
     
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  18. gcttirth

    gcttirth Member

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    @adnan

    Affiliate programs? What are their cost per thousand ?

    @The Stealthy One
    I agree with you 1000% that people don't ACTUALLY VIEW your ads while viewing them. But, we have made an add-on our site, to eliminate this biggest problem.

    @Aquarezz
    Do you know you can also buy blog posts/data entry work from PTC ? PTC is not just PTC, it has paid emails, and actions too.
     
    gcttirth, Jan 11, 2011 IP