As with everything, there is always one service that you either love or hate. Of the advertising services available to pretty much any bloggers, AuctionAds seems to best fit this description. It seems like pretty much everyone that has tried the service either is really successful, or very little success, giving people a wide variety of experiences with it. There are, however, steps that you can take to help yourself succeed with AuctionAds.

What is AuctionAds? AuctionAds is a pay-per-purchase advertising service that uses keywords to place targeted eBay auction advertisements on your website. You earn money from the service whenever an action is taken. An action is defined as a Winning Bid, a Buy-it-Now, or a confirmed user registration.

Why should I consider using AuctionAds? There are two main things going for AuctionAds at this time. The first is that it is not a contextually based advertising campaign, making it compatible with all other advertising services. The other nice thing is that there is no limit to the number of ad units you can place on your site.

Google AuctionAdsWhere is the optimal place to set my advertisements? As with all advertising services, there are several hot spots to place ads that will do the best job of catching the readers eye and get you the most clicks. The most successful method to finding success with AuctionAds in my opinion is to place a 120×240 AuctionAds vertical banner next to a well placed 300×250 Google AdSense medium rectangle banner. Be sure to differentiate them by using a different background color for one of the two. This will help you avoid taking up much room on your site while still allowing you to draw the readers eye to your auctions.

There are other things you can do to try to maximize your AuctionAds income, including setting a minimum/maximum price for your advertisements, so you get higher payouts when purchases are made. Scott Andrew Bird has come up with some additional recommendations that are worth a read.

When do I get paid? Currently, AuctionAds does their payouts at the first of the month via Paypal and has a minimum payout of $10.00. If you make less than that in a month, you will get paid once your balance reaches $10.00.

Can I get a referral bonus? You sure can! AuctionAds places a referral link on every Ad unit. You can also go to the Affiliate section and get the appropriate code to place a referral link on your website. You will make 2% of all revenue generated by that user for the first 6 months.

I have been running AuctionAds for a couple months now on this website. I have had some success placing them on my home page, as well as having them down by the comment form on single pages. If you decide to give AuctionAds a try, you’ll want to give it at least a week before you start measuring results, as it needs time to get cache relevant advertisements for your site.

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