After writing a review on Infolinks Ad Network, today I am going to review PropellerAds, which is one of the very fast growing Ad network media.
This review is based on my personal experience with Propeller Ads network. I am Trying all the Ad networks which can be used as Adsense alternative and for providing the real pros and cons of the Ad networks to the readers of this blog.
I never use the false words like, 'Read how I am making 1000 USD every month with this', 'Read how I earned 1500 USD using this Ad network'. Why I am saying like this because when I came to know about the popularity of Propeller Ads, I just did some searches in Google to find out the experiences of the people who are already using them. But on the first page, I found the titles like which I mentioned above.
When I read their reviews, what I found some of the blogs who were making 1500 USD with propeller Ads network were very new and I think they would not have any good amount of traffic.
Ask a question yourself, Is it possible to make 1000 USD a month for new blogs?
I also noticed that blogs were not running any single Ad on their blogs then how they earn this much amount with propeller Ads?
I am still confusing and thinking, is this Ad network distributing money for free? If yes then how I can get that money because I am also a blogger and have a blog.
Trust me guys, 90% reviews which you find on the internet are fake and with false statements because some of them get paid money for writing those type of reviews and some just write false articles to attract readers and to be get ranked in SERP's.
Well, now I am going to share my true experience with Ad network. I run their Ads for a day and delivered 2480 impressions and earned around $0.024 and I got the CPM of $0.01. I will also share screenshots of what I am saying.
I asked propeller Ads about low earnings and they advised me to run Pop-under Ads if you want to get better CPM. But I did not use it because if I used then it could spoil my readers. I will also discuss Pop-Under Ads in this post.
Here are my short story and experience with Propeller Ads Network
Last week I saw an Advertisement of this Ad network on Facebook that was claiming to pay $7 per thousand impressions. I also read that they pay on the CPM basis, not on CPC. Means, clicks do not matter in revenues they only count the Ad views. I found this thing interesting for the bloggers who always face the issues of low CTR.
I applied for this Ad network as publisher and I got approved instantly. I created a banner Ad unit and published on Tips2secure. The Ad was started displaying on my blog. I ran the Ad for around 12 hours and delivered 2480 impressions, 4 clicks and earned $0.024 and the CPM I got was $0.01. It was not $7. Here the screenshot and payment proof of my earnings from Propeller Ads network.
Should apply or not?
Here I would like to suggest you, if you have a blog related to music, mp3 songs, or you are offering downloadable files then it may perform well for you.
I got some messages from my readers that they are getting CPM of $0.35 to $0.60 for Pop-under Ads. But I will never recommend it if you are working on the blogs related to technology, blogging guide, and tutorials. If you want to build a brand for your blog then again I won't recommend using it. Here is the meaning of Pop-under Ads.
What are Pop-Under Ads?
Pop-under advertisement opens a new browser window hidden under the active window. Pop-unders do not interrupt the user immediately and are not seen until the covering window is closed, making it more difficult to determine which web site opened them.
In short, this type of experiences makes users think that the website has some virus affected files and may harm their system and as a result, they start ignoring to read that website or blog.
Now, I would like to discuss their Ad unit types. No doubt, they have a large number of Ad unit types.
120x600 Skyscraper
160x600 Wide Skyscraper
468x60 Full Banner
300x250 in video banners
Interstitials ads
Catfish ads
Slider ads
Layers
Pop-unders
Video pre-rolls
Site skins
Here is the little description of these Ad types.
1. Skyscraper
A skyscraper ad is a tall and narrow banner advertisement usually placed to the right of content on a Web page. Standard dimensions for a skyscraper ad are 160 X 600 pixels.
2. Video Banner Ads
This type of Ad plays video of advertisers automatically. Advertisers do advertise their products using videos instead of traditional banners.
3. Interstitials ads
Interstitial ads are full-screen ads that cover the interface of their host application. They're typically displayed at natural transition points in the flow of an application, such as between activities or during the pause between levels in a game.
4. Catfish Ads
A catfish ad unit is a banner that appears over the webpage at the bottom of the browser window. The catfish unit stays visible as the user scrolls the page unless the user closes it through the closing button.
5. Slider Ads
Slider Ads give you extra inventory without impacting your existing ad space. This ad format “slides up” at the bottom corner of the screen; it moves along with the page as the user scrolls down and settles in the bottom corner when the scrolling stops.
6. Layers
Layer advertisements are small pop-ups that appear whenever a visitor visits a site that contains a Layer-Ad code. Layer-Ads are not seen as pop-ups and therefore, are not blocked by browsers.
7. Pop-Under Ads
This Ad unit is already discussed above.
8. Video Pre-roll Ads
A pre-roll ad is a promotional video message that plays before the content the user has selected. The video advertisements are often repurposed television ads. Pre-roll ads are the most common form of the video advertisement. There are also mid-roll and post-roll ads.
9. Site skin Ads
A skin ad appears in the background on both sides of the web page and it is clickable. This ad format uses CSS, HTML, and JavaScript code to set the background image and make it clickable.
Image source: https://www.buysellads.com/pub/nosvn/uploads/kb/3eff2ebb13a0b652dd5646c43368d76e.jpg
And how the skin looks in action:
Image source: https://www.buysellads.com/pub/nosvn/uploads/kb/d187440663ea069c7504a6dc965a51d3.jpg
How and when they pay Publishers?
Publishers are paid on Net 30 days from the date the invoice is received. Minimum payout is $100 for Payoneer payments and $500 for wire transfers. If the balance is lower the amount is carried to the next payment circle.
At the moment, they have only wire transfer and Payoneer as their payment methods.
Above shown income proof is only for the banner Ad units. I did not try their other Ad units, so I am not sure about the CPM of other Ad units. It may work better. However, they also claim to pay higher CPM for pop-under ads.
If you are still in confusions and questions then according to me it would be better to go ahead, try and see the results yourself. It may work for you. We all know that the same strategy works differently for different bloggers and also gives the different results.
Overall, learning and testing new things are one the most important skills of a blogger. I tested it and now I am posting my review here. If I can do then why you can't?
Conclusion
To be honest, if you also want to earn such low CPM's then you may opt in Propeller Ads but I will never recommend you to go with that.
No Ad Network can compete the Google Adsense but if you are not approved for Adsense or blocked by Adsense then the only Ad Network that I recommend you is Infolinks. After Google Adsense the only option is Infolinks.
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I would also like to have your valuable comments on this post regarding this Ad network. If you would share your experiences with this network including earnings and CPM's then it would be beneficial for our readers and personally, I shall be thankful to you.
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