I am about to drop widgetbucks... First of my site has a traffic of 20.000 uniques a day and it shows only 3.000 prints a day. I don't get that, but, well that's not the biggest problem. In two days, I had 6000 prints, and the CPM from it is 0$? Also, I don't believe I had zero clicks as they repport. Does anybody knows if there's anything wrong with their system atm?
It takes them a while to credit your account with CPM earnings - last month it took until about 20th Feb until any CPM earnings at all were shown. But you're right in your observation that they tend to undercount impressions. They also pay peanuts - like 1 or 2 cents CPM if you're lucky. Sadly they are not living up to all the hype and they have pretty much stopped communicating with publishers. If you leave a comment on their blog it will probably not get published and it's even less likely to get a straight answer.
damn, they are really screwing it up. That's a pity, I thought it was so cool to get the money directly on my paypal without having to give tons of personal information. I think I will move away from them, as they basically suck. Thanks for the answer, I'll reply to this thread if there's more relevant updates on my account. I don't think it will...:S
Yep, they are sucking hard these days. Forcing those CPM display ads in front of the shopping widgets is a move I really don't understand. It's cutting seriously into my CTR, and giving me a good reason to drop them entirely. If they're not cut out for playing the PPC game, then they should just come out and be honest about it. I was sending them very targeted traffic too. Bummer.
Baa... 46.000 prints, 1 click ( bullshit ) 70 cents.... I am out. Bye bye WB. Thanks for the feedback guys. It made me sure that it was not something weird with my site.
I didn't hear any single good thing about wb. Best to keep away I think. I strongly recommend valueclick (formerly fastclick).
No That not ture WidgetBucks real good for U.S traffic. He is Best ads on my all ads company. He alway got 7-12 CPM on my site than pay me every times. But if u r Non-U.S traffic, u can move them, they Non-U.S traffic only 0.04 CPM and no any CPC click. join him than push more U.S traffic, U will earn more.
I'm done with WidgetBucks. Last month for CPC I had 50,137 impressions, 99 clicks and made 44 cents. For CPM I had 61,351 impressions and made 6 cents. Are they kidding?
drop widgetbucks...move on to others..dont waste time....there are still many good CPM companies around
about 12K impression + 112 click ... just 0.41 cent !!!!!! CPC traffic was from US , China , Turkey , ... ! i think a blank page will earn more than widget ads !!!
If MOST part of ur visits are from USA/Canada , WB is a Good option . otherwise u should not even think about WB !
i already drop them last month... i only keep there referral so that i can reach there payout level which is $0.80 and after that i will remove there referral also....