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RefreshThing.com : 58,434,725 impressions, 19,730 clicks, $3,083.27 rev, Nov 06-Present. Dropped AdSense from most of the content last May to simplify the desi

by rrival 19y ago

RefreshThing.com : 58,434,725 impressions, 19,730 clicks, $3,083.27 rev, Nov 06-Present. Dropped AdSense from most of the content last May to simplify the design. This is AdSense only, not affiliate (CPA) revenue.

mixmax 19y ago
nice little app... Your numbers might be skewed towards the low end due to your business model. I presume that a refresh is an impression here. But thanks a lot for sharing. :-)
- rrival 19y ago
  Yes - and prior to May there was an AdSense 728x90 in the top frame (fun with auto-refreshing CPM rev =) ).
daniel-cussen 19y ago
Nice app.
nickb 19y ago
Noticed you use affiliates (amazon etc). How much do you make from those? Are they worth having?
- rrival 19y ago
  Significantly more. I've had ~630k absolute uniques since launch, currently ~2k uniques/day waiting for the Wii to be in stock. There are conversion rate considerations, click through rate considerations, etc. When it's in stock on Amazon (when the light goes green) at the retail price (non bundled, non scalped), it makes at least $10.00 per Wii sold. Best case is a bundle ($750 retail, 5%, ~$35), worst case is Sears which only pays 1%.
  - rms 19y ago
    Is there any reason to not still have the Google banner at the top of your site? Do you do this as a benefit to your visitors, or would Adsense cannibalize your affiliate income?
lvecsey 19y ago
For a moment I was confused about what this was about, because a slight misspelling takes you to an illegitimate site RefreshThings.com that I went to first by accident.
col 19y ago
I work for a site that gets about 350,000 unique visitors a month and 22,000 visits a day. So far this month, we have 2,403,259 page impressions and 23,232 clicks, totalling about $5,200. Could we be doing better with affiliate advertizing?
- rms 19y ago
  What's your niche? The answer is often yes, if you can find the affiliate program that is perfect for your audience.
  - col 19y ago
    We're a site geared towards people looking to travel overseas. I'm not sure how much airlines and so one would be willing to spend on advertising with us, but this thread is inspiring anyway :)
    - rms 19y ago
      Well, from a Google for "travel affiliate" I found that priceline will give you $7 for a regular price ticket or 3% for a name your own price ticket and there is an international bargain airfare booker that will give you $20 per flight booked through them. So there are definitely some affiliate programs for booking airline tickets.

by rrival 19y ago

mixmax 19y ago

nice little app... Your numbers might be skewed towards the low end due to your business model. I presume that a refresh is an impression here. But thanks a lot for sharing. :-)

rrival 19y ago
Yes - and prior to May there was an AdSense 728x90 in the top frame (fun with auto-refreshing CPM rev =) ).

daniel-cussen 19y ago

Nice app.

nickb 19y ago

Noticed you use affiliates (amazon etc). How much do you make from those? Are they worth having?

rrival 19y ago
Significantly more. I've had ~630k absolute uniques since launch, currently ~2k uniques/day waiting for the Wii to be in stock. There are conversion rate considerations, click through rate considerations, etc. When it's in stock on Amazon (when the light goes green) at the retail price (non bundled, non scalped), it makes at least $10.00 per Wii sold. Best case is a bundle ($750 retail, 5%, ~$35), worst case is Sears which only pays 1%.
- rms 19y ago
  Is there any reason to not still have the Google banner at the top of your site? Do you do this as a benefit to your visitors, or would Adsense cannibalize your affiliate income?

lvecsey 19y ago

For a moment I was confused about what this was about, because a slight misspelling takes you to an illegitimate site RefreshThings.com that I went to first by accident.

col 19y ago

I work for a site that gets about 350,000 unique visitors a month and 22,000 visits a day. So far this month, we have 2,403,259 page impressions and 23,232 clicks, totalling about $5,200. Could we be doing better with affiliate advertizing?

rms 19y ago
What's your niche? The answer is often yes, if you can find the affiliate program that is perfect for your audience.
- col 19y ago
  We're a site geared towards people looking to travel overseas. I'm not sure how much airlines and so one would be willing to spend on advertising with us, but this thread is inspiring anyway :)
  - rms 19y ago
    Well, from a Google for "travel affiliate" I found that priceline will give you $7 for a regular price ticket or 3% for a name your own price ticket and there is an international bargain airfare booker that will give you $20 per flight booked through them. So there are definitely some affiliate programs for booking airline tickets.