Which CPM network is the best for tech/gaming sites?

I currently own 11 websites. 2 of them are getting large amount of traffic. I'm already using adsense, BSA and am looking to supplement it with CPM.

One is tech related website, getting about 25,000 pageviews per day. I've tried advertising.com but payout is only about $0.50 CPM and they only filled US impressions. This site get nearly 90% us visitors with 95% from organic searches. Adsense did quite well on this site about $8 RPM

Two is a gaming site with about 250,000 pageviews per day. Adsense CPM is pathetic at about $0.60 RPM. This site gets nearly 90% us visitors with 75% organic searches.

I've already applied to tribal fusion and it's rejected already. What other options are there? I'm looking at least $1-2 CPM which should be possible as i get a lot of us visitors coming from seach engines.

 

Try ContextWeb. You can set your CPM, but of course a higher CPM means lower fill rate.
At $3 CPM, they are currently filling 60% for me with 20,000 uniques per day. Year round they fill like 25 - 40%.

They basically take 100% of my US traffic and a little bit of Canadian, and they always pay on time. They recently merged with another company.

My remaining traffic then gets redirected to other networks like Burst Media ...which are also good. They pay about $1 since I don't accept low paying ads.

 

Should get you connected to some of the big RTB players. That might do some good.
Contextweb is one, Advertising.com is one. And there is alot of them, basicly you set the price. If not met your traffic goes next in line.

 

Thanks, everyone. I think the best solution to achieve high CPM rates is to combine several ad networks since all most don't have 100% fill rate. My thinking is like this

Contextweb->Burst/Valueclick->Remaining traffic(not sure where to go where)

btw, does anyone know is there a difference between advertising.com and their pubacess.advertising.com?

 

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That’s a very informative post! Keep sharing.

 

I'm so not satisfied from Contextweb. Don't use them!

 

I will suggest valueclickmedia.com they are good.

 

How much in avg does valueclickmedia pay in terms of CPM for us visitors?

 

valueclickmedia Application is not accepted.

 

just an update, i've been approved by contextweb and thus far, it's looking good. Yesterday, i started using them and earned over $140 in like 15 hours. However, they only take US impressions and fill rate is about 50-60%. Can anyone recommend me a network that can fill the rest?

 

I think you should use Valueclick (for your premium traffic) and Fidelity Media (for remnant traffic).
Of course if your sites have US, UK, CA traffic (NO Asian)...

 

enjoy it while it lasts. they perform well during christmas season.
I use Burst Media next in line. You can set a floor price for ads.

 

thanks retsek and antoni for your advice. Correction, i've earned slightly over $250 yesterday. Today, it's already over $100 with about 15 hours to go. Getting about $1 cpm and fill rate varies. My tech site gets about 85% fill rate while my gaming site gets only 35%.

I'll start applying to other networks as well. However, i do think other networks also have the same issue (performing well during holiday season).

 

Bump up your CPM. I'm running $3 on the 300x250 block and $2 on the other sizes. Still getting 60% fill rate with that.

 

Thanks, i've increased it. Let's see if the fill rate remains the same.

 

valueclick is good for cpm

 

i think, paid-to-promote is one of the best too

 

I agree. They offer both banners and popups, 100$ fill rate.

 

i think CPMstar is best for your gaming site. and TechnoratiMedia be use for tech site.