Best Ad Networks for New Bloggers with Little Traffic

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The problem with most Ad networks, especially the popular ones like Google Adsense, is that they won’t allow just about anybody to join them. They want to make sure that you are credible, and your blog is able to bring traffic for their advertisers.

In other words, it is tough for new bloggers to earn money from popular Ad networks. However, there are quite a handful of Ad networks that allow bloggers with little to no traffic sources to join and make money.

We’ve listed them down in order of approval difficulty.

In case you have traffic running through your blog, you may want to check out the highest paying Ad networks.

Ad Network	Approval Difficulty	Average Application Response Time	Average Earnings per 1,000 views (CPM)
Clickadu	Easy	24 hours	$2.79
PropellerAds	Easy	Minutes-48 hours	$1.59
HillTopAds	Easy	Minutes-72 hours	$1.55
PopAds	Easy	24 hours	$1.43
PopCash	Easy	Minutes-12 hours	$1.15
RevenueHits	Easy	Instant	$0.88
SkimLinks	Easy	48-72 hours	$0.55
Infolinks	Easy	48 hours	$0.23
VigLink (Sovrn)	Average	Minutes-72 hours	$0.41
BidVertiser	Average	Minutes-48 hours	$0.20
Media.net	Average	24-48 hours	$11.47
Google Adsense	Tough	24-48 hours	$3.91

You may already know this, but just in case you are absolutely new to Ad networks, here are several terms that you may want to to familiarize with…

• PPA – “Pay per Action” is the metric used by publishers (bloggers) to estimate how much they can earn from CPA (Cost per Action) Ads.
• PPC – “Pay per Click” gives the publishers an idea of how much they can earn from CPC (Cost per Click) Ads.
• RPM / CPM – The metric used to determine the total Ad revenue a publisher is set to earn for 1000 Ad impressions.
• Impression – The instant an advertisement is displayed on the user’s screen.
• eCPM – “Effective Cost per Impressions” is the cost advertisers pay for every 1,000th ad impression, regardless of what traffic buying method is being used e.g., CPC, CPA, CPM, etc.
• User – A “unique visitor” or a person who has come to your site. When that user comes back later on your site on the same device or browser, they would still only count as one user.
• Page view – Represent each instance a user visits or “views” your page. The same user can account for multiple page views on the same page.

Now, let’s go into the nitty-gritty of each Ad network.

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1. Clickadu

Clickadu is a relatively new Ad network that was founded in 2014 that specializes in pop-under ads. It claims to provide maximum Ad revenue for publishers.

Basic Requirements – There are no strict barriers set for those who want to become Clickadu publishers. There are no minimum site traffic requirements to become eligible and new bloggers can join for free. It also supports blogs in almost all niches, even adult or graphic sites and casino sites. You can expect a reply to your application within 24 hours.

Terms and Policies

• Sites with content relating to the sale of human organs, human trafficking, violence, as well as the discrimination of religious, political, national or racial groups won’t be accepted
• You should have no contents that promote illegal activities like weapons, fake documents, drugs, etc
• Manipulating your site stats (like clicks) to maximize your ad revenue from Clickadu is strictly prohibited

How much can you earn with Clickadu?

Ad Offers – CPM and CPC

Payment Options – PayPal, Paxum, WebMoney, and Wire Transfer

Minimum Payout Threshold – $10 (pays within 7 days)

Clickadu Pros

• It is user-friendly and doesn’t require a steep learning curve to integrate into your site
• The user dashboard gives you proper statistics like clicks, impressions, earnings, and CPM rates.
• You get a personal account manager to guide and provide you with suggestions on how to increase your site revenue based on your niche and current traffic
• Has low minimum cash out threshold and offers flexible payment options

Clickadu Cons

• Most users are not fond of pop-up ads and it could be the reason for your site’s high bounce rate
• Many publishers claim that Clickadu’s CPM rate is among the lowest compared to other Ad networks
• Clickadu is still fresh in the market so its merchant and advertisers pool is relatively shallow compared to established Ad networks like Skimlinks or Google AdSense

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2. PropellerAds

PropellerAds has been operating since 2011 and probably one of the easiest Ad networks to join for bloggers.

Basic Requirements – PropellerAds claims that it is willing to accept any bloggers (even if you literally just created a website today) as long as you meet their requirements. It’s free to join, has no minimum traffic requirements and they claim to approve/reject your application as fast as minutes after you signup.

Terms and Policies

• Your blog must have original content and must be functional at all levels; no “under construction” pages or sections
• You shouldn’t have contents involving pornography or materials promoting illegal activities
• Contents that promote racial, ethnic, political or hate-mongering is prohibited
• No contents that endorse or threaten physical harm, illegal drugs or any related paraphernalia
• No adware, malware, viruses, or phishing offers

How much can you earn with PropellerAds? You can earn an average of $1.59 per 1,000 impressions based on the table below. These are data from the income proofs of people who claim to make money with PropellerAds.

PropellerAds Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	SEO and Technology	$1,564.10	3,640,568	$0.43
2	Life Tips	$119.09	42,706	$2.79
3	Gaming	$8,621.80	1,562,779	$5.52
4	Music	$1,625.46	2,753,031	$0.59
5	Music	$1,494.08	2,512,571	$0.59
6	Entertainment	$593.92	1,057,022	$0.56
7	Movie	$895.09	1,565,930	$0.57
8	Mobile Apps Review Site	$2,444.41	4,716,072	$0.52
9	Gaming	$1,170.32	748,123	$1.56
10	File Sharing Site	$1,650.36	882,930	$1.87
11	Video Sharing Site	$1,237.74	500,259	$2.47
Estimated Avg RPM				$1.59

Ad Offers – CPM (Cost per Impression), CPC (Cost per Click), CPA (Cost per Action), CPL (Cost per Lead)

Payment Options – Payoneer, PayPal, Skrill, WebMoney, and Wire Transfers

Minimum Payout Threshold – $5 (every Thursday)

PropellerAds Pros

• You’ll get a dedicated personal manager to help configure your Ad campaigns and provide ongoing guidance
• Provides real-time reporting tools and do regular manual checks to remove all unsafe and suspicious advertisers
• PropellerAds will work even with other Ad networks running on your blog
• Low payout threshold with weekly payments through multiple payments options

PropellerAds Cons

• Pays very low for traffics coming outside the US, UK, and Europe (Quality Traffic)
• Even if you get quality traffic, PropellerAds CPM rates will depend on the overall quality and contents of your site, niche, etc
• Many users give PropellersAds a “Poor” user experience because of its full-screen and pop-up Ads

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3. HilltopAds

HillTopAds is a global Ad network launched in 2012. It’s popular for its pop-under ads and “anti-Ad blocker technology” that helps you deliver your ads to page viewers even with their Ad-blocker active.

Basic Requirements – You can join HilltopAds for free on its website and there are no minimum site traffic requirements. Some bloggers claim that they got approved within an hour after signing up, while others have to wait up to 3 days.

Terms and Policies

• Your site must have original contents and has no copyrighted materials
• Contents must not have erotic and pornographic materials or any sexually related activities
• Your site must not depict illegal activities, promotes or depicts physical harm or injury against any group or individual
• Your site must not phish for information, mislead users, or include any content which forces users to take any action they don’t want
• Traffic must come from legal sources, and the manipulation of stats through artificial methods is prohibited

How much can you earn with HilltopAds? We couldn’t find any real income reports from bloggers/publishers at this time. But what we understand is that HilltopAds pays the following:

Traffic Source by Country	CPM
Tier 1 Countries (USA, France, Germany, etc.)	$1.00 – $3.00
Tier 2 Countries (Brazil, China, Indonesia, etc.)	$0.30 – $0.60
Tier 3 Countries (Bangladesh, India, etc.)	$0.05 – $0.20

Ad Offers – CPM, CPC, CPA

Payment Options – Bitcoin, Paxum, PayPal, Wire Transfer, ePayments, WebMoney, and ePay Service

Minimum Payout Threshold – $50 (pays within 7 days)

HilltopAds Pros

• HilltopAds’ anti-ad-blocker technology is very helpful in generating revenue
• Regular weekly payout schedules with multiple payment options
• Easy to use and requires no learning curve for the installation process

HilltopAds Cons

• HillTopAds is quite new so their advertisers and partner merchants list is quite low compared to other Ad networks
• Publishers complained that HilltopAds displays advertisements that are irrelevant to their blog’s contents
• Pop-under Ads are mostly frowned upon by users as they can be annoying
• HillTopAds is not compatible with some Ad networks like Google AdSense

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4. PopAds

PopAds is an Ad network that has been around since 2010. Similar to PopCash, PopAds offers pop-up advertisements like pop-under, pop-up, tab-up, and tab-under.

Basic Requirements – PopAds is free to join, has no minimum site traffic requirement, and supports blogs from almost all niche, including gambling and adult websites, granted the content is legal. PopAds typically respond to an application within the next 24 hours.

Terms and Policies

• Libelous or defamatory sites are not allowed
• No child pornography or contents that links to such materials
• Sites that promote illegal, false or deceptive investment advice and/or money-making opportunities are also not accepted
• Sites promoting any type of illegal substance, paraphernalia and/or activity
• No sites with gratuitous displays of violence; obscene/vulgar language and abusive content

How much can you earn with PopAds? An estimated average of $1.43 per 1000 page views based on the table below.

PopAds Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	Blogging Tips	$2.27	5,199	$0.44
2	Technology and Gadgets	$2.43	4,421	$2.43
Estimated Avg RPM				$1.43

Ad Offers – CPM (Cost per 1000 Impression) and CPV (Cost per View)

Payment Options:  PayPal, AlertPay and Wire Transfer

Minimum Payout Threshold: $5 (pays daily)

PopAds Pros

• Easy to get accepted overall and provides a daily payout option
• Approves almost every type of website including gambling, pornography, adult websites, etc as long as you operate legally
• You’ll get a response for your application typically within 24 hours

PopAds Cons

• Most people are annoyed by popups and it discourages visitors
• Traffic from Tier one countries like the US, Canada, and the UK gives better revenue
• No Ad filtering so some ads that appear on your site might not be relevant to your contents
• Only a few bloggers have shown actual income proofs with PopAds

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5. PopCash

PopCash is a pop-up advertising network that started providing monetization services in early 2012. A pop-up is an interface that suddenly appears (“pops up”) on a new browser window containing advertorial content.

Basic Requirements – PopCash is popular, especially for new bloggers, because it is free to join, have no minimum traffic requirement and it typically replies to your application in less than an hour. It also accepts blogs in almost all niche, even adult websites as long as the contents are legal.

Terms and Policies

• Your blog mustn’t have landing pages without content, under construction or not working
• Contents that support violence or hatred on individual or groups based on race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation are prohibited
• Your blog must not have contents promoting incest, necrophilia, pedophilia, zoophilia, and bestiality
• You are not allowed to buy traffic to maximize your revenue with PopCash ads

How much can you earn with PopCash?

This is what they say:

“Our CPM is fully dynamic and strong related to many factors like your website niche, visitor’s country, environment or your traffic quality.“

And, here’s the data we found:

Country List	CPM Rate
United States	$2.2667
United Kingdom	$2.0887
Philippines	$0.8698
Pakistan	$0.8560
India	$0.8413
Turkey	$0.7074
Brazil	$0.4410

Ads Offered – CPM (Cost per 1000 Impressions)

Payment Options – PayPal, Paxum, Skrill and Wire Transfer

Minimum Payout Threshold – $10 (24-48 hours)

PopCash Pros

• Works with other Ad networks on your blog (e.g., Google AdSense)
• Low cashout threshold and offers multiple payment options
• Provides hourly updates on your current campaign performance
• Has a referral program where you can earn 10% of the revenue by the people you refer to PopCash

PopCash Cons

• Pop-up Ads can be very annoying and it could cause your visitors to leave your site instead
• You won’t earn money from users who installed pop-up Ad blockers
• Traffic coming from the US, UK, and Canada gives the highest RMP
• Publishers complain about getting plenty of Ads related to adult content and unrelated to the niche of their blog
• PopCash has a crowded Publisher list since it accepts almost all bloggers who join

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6. RevenueHits

RevenueHits was launched in 2008 and uses contextual and geo-targeted Ads technology to show highly related advertisements to site visitors based on their geographic locations.

RevenueHits won’t pay you for page views and impressions. It is purely a PPA Ad network (at the moment) where you’ll only generate revenue from Ads based on the “action” the user performs on it (a sale, sign up, registration, filling a survey, etc).

Basic Requirements – Any blogger can join RevenueHits for free. There are no minimum traffic requirements and RevenueHits even claims to approve your application immediately once you finish registration. You will then receive an activation email and you can start monetizing your traffic.

However, there are certain policies you have to adhere or RevenueHits will suspend/revoke your membership. Now, there are quite a few of them but here are the most important ones…

Terms and Policies

• No adult or sites with sexually explicit contents are allowed
• Your blog must not contain copyrighted material, products, and services
• Blog must not contain nor links to another website that promotes libelous, defamatory, abusive, or illegal activities
• Publishers must not induce visitors to click on Ads based on incentives (e.g. rewards programs)

How much can you earn with RevenueHits? You can earn an average of $0.88 eCPM based on the table below. This data are from the income proofs of people who claim to make money with RevenueHits. You can expect to see actual income reports for the other Ad networks below as well.

RevenueHits Average eCPM

User	Blog Type (niche)	Ad Revenue	Page Views	eCPM
1	Software Development	$4.19	9,643	$0.43
2	Software Development	$9.51	7519	$1.26
3	Online Marketing	$9,889.24	10,322,282	$0.96
Estimated Avg eCPM				$0.88

Now, while the data on the table above comes from actual RevenueHits income reports by bloggers on different niches, the fact remains that there is no definitive way to determine your exact potential revenue with RevenueHits.

Your income rates from Ad networks are fully dynamic. It will depend on many factors such as the niche you’re in, your traffic source, your content quality, the clickability of your ads, etc. Your revenue could be much higher or lower.

Ads Offered – CPA (Cost per Action)

Payment Options – PayPal, Payoneer, and Wire Transfer

Minimum Payout Threshold – $20 (pays within 30 days)

RevenueHits Pros

• Instant application approval even for complete newbie bloggers
• Has low minimum payout threshold and offers multiple payment options
• Shows geo-targeted ads to different site visitors

RevenueHits Cons

• RevenueHits approves all applications regardless of the site content quality so it has a crowded Publisher list in contrast to merchants and Advertisers
• Pays very low for traffic that comes outside the US, Canada, and Australia
• You can only make money when users take “action” on your Ads
• No real-time data update and your campaign performance will only show up after 12 hours

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7. Skimlinks

Skimlinks was launched in London in 2007 and has always been one of the easy to join Ad networks for bloggers. It offers CPA and CPM Ads on almost all niches. And like Sovrn, you can also make an additional income by referring other bloggers to Skimlinks.

What’s unique about Skimlinks is once you’ve installed the plugin, it will turn any product, brand, or merchant you’ve mentioned in your content into its equivalent affiliate link, thus giving you instant access to its partner affiliate programs without even signing up!

So you’ll be making money by ads and affiliate marketing at the same time!

Basic Requirements – You can apply to join Skimlinks for free. There are no traffic requirements and you’ll get a reply within 48-72 hours.

Terms and Policies

• Your content must be original and provides good value to visitors
• Your domain name cannot include brand or product names
• Skimlinks don’t accept sites and blogs that contain pornographic content, violent or hateful content, religious or political contents, promote illegal activity, etc
• Your site must not have contents that specifically targets children aged 13 and below
• You should not generate impressions, clicks, or transactions through any means other than those initiated by non incentivized end users

How much can you earn with Skimlinks? An average of $0.55 per 1,000 impressions based on the data from the income reports of bloggers who claim to make money with Skimlinks across different niches.

Skimlinks Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	Food Recipes	$111.84	2,025,341	$0.05
2	Food Recipes	$44.39	1,958,111	$0.02
3	DIY Tips	$86.79	127,000	$0.68
4	Travel	$180	158,972	$1.13
5	Travel	$137	156,853	$0.87
Estimated Avg RPM				$0.55

Ad Offers – CPA and CPM

Payment Options – Direct Deposit or PayPal

Minimum Payout Threshold – $65 (pays within 92 days)

Skimlinks Pros

• Many bloggers have earned passive income from Skimlinks
• Publishers claim that installing Skimlinks in a WP site is easy and it comes with decent tools for real-time data and reports
• Aside from Ads, you can earn 35% of Skimlink’s annual revenue generated from each publisher you refer

Skimlinks Cons

• Payment processing could take as long as 92 days
• Skimlinks currently monetizes traffic exclusively from North America, Europe, and Australia only
• Unable to work with publishers located in Myanmar, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, and Syria
• There have been complaints from publishers that Skimlinks slows down their sites
• Your site might link to bad products/services due to its automatic affiliate linking

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8. Infolinks

Infolinks has started operation way back in 2007 and is known for its in-text Ad formats. Some of its advertisers include Nike, Virgin Airlines, Target, and Netflix. Many new bloggers favor this Ad network because it is one of the easiest to join.

Basic Requirements – Joining Infolinks is free, there is no minimum site traffic requirement and blogs from almost all niche are supported. Some bloggers claim to get approved immediately within an hour after they signup. Others, however, have to wait for up to 2 days.

Terms and Policies

• Your content must be original and your blog must have any copyrighted materials
• Your blog must have no adult, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, infringing, abusive, or any illegal contents
• Contents must have no images or messages that promote violence
• No contents that promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age

How much can you earn with Infolinks? An estimated average of $0.23 per 1,000 impressions based on the data below.

Infolinks Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	eCPM
1	Entertainment	$30.93	54,933	$0.56
2	Blogging Tips	$0.31	18,668	$0.02
3	Blogging Tips	$1.89	13,049	$0.14
4	Online Marketing	$1,859.49	9,762,755	$0.19
Estimated Avg eCPM				$0.23

Ad Offers – CPM, CPC, CPA, CPV

Payment Options – PayPal, Bank Wire, eCheck, ACH (only for U.S. bank accounts) or Payoneer

Minimum Payout Threshold – $50 (pays within 45 days)

Infolinks Pros

• Infolinks is open to any blogger and is easy to set up and integrate on your blog.
• Infolinks Ads are designed to be less intrusive and distracting to your site visitor (unlike pop-ups)
• Provides flexible payment options to publishers

Infolinks Cons

• Traffic source directly affects your revenue rates
• Publishers claims that Infolinks’ stats are quite basic don’t show the exact number of clicks and the countries from which impressions/clicks are made
• Getting paid takes 45 days and the minimum cashout amount is $50

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9. Sovrn (formerly VigLink)

Sovrn started operating in 2009 as VigLink. It specializes in in-text advertising where specific keywords within your content are used to match with appropriate ads. They offer a variety of CPC and CPA Ads and an affiliate program where you can earn commissions based on the income of your referrals.

Basic Requirements – Anyone with a blog can apply to become a publisher for Sovrn for free. There are also no minimum traffic requirements and they typically respond to your application within a few minutes but could also take as much as 72 hours according to their current publishers.

Terms and Policies

• Your posts must contain a date, a timestamp, and an author
• Your site mustn’t have content that is libelous, disparaging, defamatory, obscene, violent, hate-oriented, sexually explicit, illegal, and/or that promotes illegal goods and services
• Your content must be original and your site shouldn’t have unauthorized trademarks, service marks, branded terms, site content, URLs, without the rights-holders’ written permission.
• You must not mislead or trick an end-user in any way into clicking on a link.
• Facilitating transactions that are not in good faith, including, but not limited to: using invisible methods to generate impressions and/or clicks are strictly prohibited.

How much can you earn with Sovrn/VigLink? An average of $0.41 from bloggers across different niches as shown in the table below.

Sovrn Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	eCPM
1	Food Recipes	$68	451,581	$0.15
2	Food Recipes	$279	424,980	$0.66
3	Online Marketing	$15.17	113,800	$0.13
4	Fashion	$25,500	60.2M	$0.42
5	DIY Tips	$86	127,000	$0.68
Estimated Avg eCPM				$0.41

Ad Offers – CPA (Cost per Action) and CPC (Cost per Click)

Payment Options – PayPal, ACH (Automated Clearing House), Check, and Wire Transfers

Minimum Payout Threshold – $10 (pays within 90 days)

Sovrn Pros

• Has a low minimum payout threshold and offers multiple payment options
• Compatible with other Ad networks like Google Adsense
• Aside from Ads, you can earn extra money for referrals

Sovrn Cons

• It will take as much as 90 days to receive your earnings
• Sovrn will not work on browsers that don’t support Javascript
• Sovrn works best with traffic from Tier 1 countries like the US or UK so publishers that mostly have non-US traffic may fail to earn a good revenue

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10. BidVertiser

BidVertiser has been in business since 2003 and is one of the longest and most established Ad networks today. A notable feature of BidVertiser is that it uses a “2-Tiered Ad revenue” that combines traditional CPC along with CPM and CPA payment model. This means that you will not only make money from clicks but also from additional conversions from the same user.

Basic Requirements – It is free to join BidVertiser and like all Ad networks on this list, you don’t have to worry about minimum traffic requirements. However, if you’re using free domain for your site, your chance of getting accepted is very low.

Terms and Policies

• Under development or are not yet completed sites will not be accepted
• Your site must have no contents that promote drugs or other illegal substances
• Sites that display adult and sexual content, excessive profanity or vulgar language are not accepted
• Sites that are involved with pirating, spamming or hacking is banned from the network
• Strictly no using of false clicks or similar fraud

How much can you earn with BidVertiser? An average of $0.2 per 1,000 impressions based on the data we’ve gathered below.

BidVertiser Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	Games	$125.45	513,075	$0.24
2	Games	$162.89	478,357	$0.34
3	Online Marketing	0.13$	15,438	$0.01
Estimated Avg RPM				$0.20

Ad Offers – CPM, CPA, CPC

Payment Options – Bitcoin, PayPal, Wire Transfer, and Check

Minimum Payout Threshold – $10 (pays within 30 days)

BidVertiser Pros

• Fast application response time and you can get approved within minutes after signing up
• You can filter/disable Ad categories that you don’t like to appear in your blog
• You can earn multiple commissions on different “actions” from a single user
• Low minimum cash out threshold and offers multiple payment options
• BidVertiser can work together with other Ad networks

BidVertiser Cons

• SometimesbBidVertiser supply 3rd party ads that don’t match the content of your site
• Ad rates will rely on the current rating site and quality of your contents
• No real-time data monitoring and your revenue only gets updated every 3 hours

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11. Media.net

Media.net has started its services since 2010 and was acquired by Miteno Communication Technology (a Chinese consortium) for $900 million in 2016. It is regarded as the second most popular Ad network today and claims to be the original creator of the display-to-search (D2S) Ad format – a method of pinpointing the most accurate ads for your site by identifying the user’s search intent.

Basic Requirements – There is no cost to join and there is no minimum traffic requirement. However, your blog contents must be primarily in English and the majority of site traffic must be from the US, UK, and Canada. Media.net typically replies to your application within 24-48 hours.

Terms and Policies

• No free hosted web pages
• No adult, illegal and copyrighted contents
• Your blog contents must be primarily in English
• Your site mustn’t be under construction or have pages without content
• Blog contents must be valuable, high-quality and regularly updated

How much can you earn with Media.net? The average RPM of different bloggers across different niches with Media.net is $11.47 based on the table below.

Now, we would like to mention again that this data is derived from income proofs of bloggers who claimed to made revenue with Media.net and by no means a definitive gauge of your potential income with this Ad network.

Media.net Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	Autism	$21.56	37,144	$0.58
2	Legal Forms	$2,007.90	68,208	$29.44
3	Finance and Lifestyle	$37	8,228	$4.50
4	Online Marketing	$4.23	1,680	$2.52
5	Online Marketing	$1.08	3,818	$0.28
6	Lifestyle	$54.84	1,739	$31.53
Estimated Avg RPM				$11.47

Ad Offers: CPM, CPC, CPA, CPL

Minimum Payout Threshold – $100 (pays within 30 days)

Payment Options – Payoneer and Wire Transfers

Media.net Pros

• Many bloggers claim to have made an income with Media.net
• A dedicated account manager to help you adjust the ads according to your preferences, or help you improve your revenue by offering suggestions
• Media.net can work with other Ad networks in your blog like Google AdSense
• Among the top Ad networks in terms of average revenue

Media.net Cons

• Minimum payout is $100 and has no PayPal payment option
• Most of your traffic must be from Tier 1 countries like the USA, Canada, or the UK or you might not get approved
• Many publishers complained about not getting any revenue with Media.net despite getting decent impressions
• CPC ads require that your visitors have to click on advert twice (double clicks) for you to earn
• Revenue updates are updated the day after so there no way to see your Ad performance in real-time

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12. Google AdSense

Google AdSense was launched in 2003 and is considered by many to be the #1 Ad network when it comes to popularity. It uses an algorithm to automatically match ads to your site based on your content and visitors.

Basic Requirements – Any blogger can apply to join Google AdSense for free and there is no minimum traffic requirement. However, it is very tough to get accepted as a Publisher and most bloggers who got in are those that have been producing quality content for at least 6 months and have pages ranking on a couple of searches.

Terms and Policies

• No pornographic, adult or sexually explicit content
• Contents that are illegal (or promotes illegal activity) and infringes on the legal rights of others are not allowed
• Your blog must not have contents that incite hatred against, promotes discrimination of an individual, group or race
• Your contents must be original and provide real value to site visitors
• Clicking your own ads or use any means to inflate impressions is strictly prohibited

How much can you earn with Google AdSense? The average RPM of different bloggers across different niches is $3.91 based on the table below.

Google AdSense Average eCPM

User	Blog Type	Ad Revenue	Page Views	RPM
1	Autism	$42.75	37,144	$1.15
2	Online Marketing	$13,490.50	5,070,341	$2.66
3	Online Marketing	$1.85	3,818	$0.48
4	Travel	$604.03 (€558.23)	47,144	$12.81
5	Food Recipes	$848.09	2,444,699	$0.35
6	Food Recipes	$708.90	1,958,111	$0.36
7	Lifestyle	$62.27	18,400	$3.39
Estimated Avg RPM				$3.91

Ad Offers – CPC, CPM, Active View CPM, CPA, CPE

Minimum Payout Threshold –$100 (pays within 30 days)

Payment Options – Checks, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), EFT via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), Rapida, Western Union Quick Cash, and Wire Transfer

Google AdSense Pros

• Proven by many bloggers as a passive income source
• User friendly and supports bloggers for almost all niches
• There’s plenty of information and resources about Google AdSense on the Internet in case you ran into some issues
• Ad filtering is allowed

Google AdSense Cons

• Implements strict rules and it can be “TOUGH” to get accepted
• Your blog must have regularly uploaded contents for at least 6 months
• You must have a couple of very good articles that rank on queries
• $100 minimum cashout threshold and has no PayPal payment option
• If you’re not keen on following their terms and policy, you could easily get your account suspended/banned (like many others)

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Wrapping it up

Thank you for your time here, and we hope that this will help you decide on the ad networks to join for your blog with little traffic.

Of course, when your blog is attracting more visitors, you can join other higher paying ad networks.

Until here, I wish you all the best in your blogging journey.

Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.

Your friend,

Jack