Thursday 29 January 2009
Mars Slider Submitted to GoofyGamer
I've finally remembered to submit the Mars Slider game to GoofyGamer. This should increase its' distribution (currently, according to MochiBot, it's present on 28 hosts) and therefore its' MochiAds revenues.
Wednesday 28 January 2009
NeoBux Update
It's been slightly over a week since a rented another 10 referrals from NeoBux, this time with AutoPay switched on. Here's where things currently stand:
Money invested: $5
Money received to AlertPay (after fees): $1.80
Renting balance (can only be used to rent referrals and AutoPay): $0.505
Main balance (can be cashed out or transferred to renting balance): $1.54
Total money owed/received: $3.845
Now, currently, this is showing a loss of $1.155, however, I believe this will be made back from the new batch of referrals. Although the last lot didn't pay for themselves, with AutoPay switched on the length of the referrals is extended every day they click an ad, for a fee of course, but a lower fee than renting a new one from scratch would be.
Currently, of the 10 referrals I rented, each of which originally started with 31 days of rental, they all still have at least 27 days of rental left, and one of them has 30 days.
Money invested: $5
Money received to AlertPay (after fees): $1.80
Renting balance (can only be used to rent referrals and AutoPay): $0.505
Main balance (can be cashed out or transferred to renting balance): $1.54
Total money owed/received: $3.845
Now, currently, this is showing a loss of $1.155, however, I believe this will be made back from the new batch of referrals. Although the last lot didn't pay for themselves, with AutoPay switched on the length of the referrals is extended every day they click an ad, for a fee of course, but a lower fee than renting a new one from scratch would be.
Currently, of the 10 referrals I rented, each of which originally started with 31 days of rental, they all still have at least 27 days of rental left, and one of them has 30 days.
Saturday 24 January 2009
GetRef
I've decided to be a lot less generous with rewarding GetRef signup credits to people who join my programs. I've noticed with an awful lot of people, there entire activity in your program is join, then make credit claim. This pretty much defeats the object of getting them to join, and is also short sighted in their case.
I'd assume that the reason they are joining a program in these cases is merely to get credits and to be allowed to promote their own program, in order to get referrals. Are they wanting people to do exactly the same with them as they are doing with programs they join? I doubt it, I think they expect their referrals to be active. So, I think they should do what they expect others to do, and only join a program if they intend to at least try to be active.
I've put in my myLot program description at GetRef that, if you aren't active, you won't be credited. Still, either people aren't reading that, or they think merely joining a program - and that's the first, last and only time they visit it - counts as being active.
I'd assume that the reason they are joining a program in these cases is merely to get credits and to be allowed to promote their own program, in order to get referrals. Are they wanting people to do exactly the same with them as they are doing with programs they join? I doubt it, I think they expect their referrals to be active. So, I think they should do what they expect others to do, and only join a program if they intend to at least try to be active.
I've put in my myLot program description at GetRef that, if you aren't active, you won't be credited. Still, either people aren't reading that, or they think merely joining a program - and that's the first, last and only time they visit it - counts as being active.
Tuesday 20 January 2009
NeoBux Referral Update
Well, my rented referrals from NeoBux have now expired. Total credited referral clicks was 404, earning $2.02. This was less than the $3 invested in purchasing them, however there were a number of factors that probably decreased their worth. During the Christmas period, there was probably at least 1 week in total where I was unable to click ads. This decreased referral earnings. Secondly, this more than likely applied to the referrals also. Finally, I hadn't activated the AutoPay feature, as I didn't know what it did. It apparently extends the life of referrals who are clicking, by automatically deducting a daily payment - less than the cost of renting a referral from new.
I am going to give the rented referrals another go to see how it goes.
Stats to date:
Received: $2.10
AlertPay charges: $0.30
Invested: $5.00 of which $3 has been spent on referrals
Owed: $2.205
I am going to give the rented referrals another go to see how it goes.
Stats to date:
Received: $2.10
AlertPay charges: $0.30
Invested: $5.00 of which $3 has been spent on referrals
Owed: $2.205
Monday 19 January 2009
How to Study Birds
I've set up yet another ebook site, "How to Study Birds", which is designed to sell an ebook of the same name, plus a free bonus ebook. There's also an affiliate program, run by PayDotCom, which pays affiliates 50% on each $14.97 sale made.
This is my third site so far this year, and my aim is to make one a week.
This is my third site so far this year, and my aim is to make one a week.
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Yuwie December Earnings
Yuwie earnings for December are in. No money was actually made this month, due to insufficient activity by either me or my referrals.
Monday 12 January 2009
Valentines Day Recipes
I've set up another ebook site, "Valentines Day Recipes", which is designed to sell an ebook of the same name, plus a free bonus ebook. There's also an affiliate program, run by PayDotCom, which pays affiliates 50% on each $14.97 sale made.
Friday 9 January 2009
"How to Grow Beautiful Roses" Update
It's a bit over a week since I launched the "How to Grow Beautiful Roses" site. Although no sales have been made yet - and I really didn't expect to have made any - here's what I've done so far.
PayDotCom: Affiliate program has been added there.
Affiliate Directories: Submitted site to directories from that list.
3 affiliates signed up so far.
Article Marketing: Made one article,"Preparing to Grow Roses, or Laying the Foundation" , using material extracted from the book. Submitted it to Article Marketer.
Link Promotion: Submitted the site to General Free list from the Vilesilencer site.
The site is already in Google. According to Google Webmaster Tools, it currently ranks at 9 for the search term how to grow beautiful roses. Not bad going in about a week.
Promotion has gone fairly well, now to see how well the site does.
PayDotCom: Affiliate program has been added there.
Affiliate Directories: Submitted site to directories from that list.
3 affiliates signed up so far.
Article Marketing: Made one article,"Preparing to Grow Roses, or Laying the Foundation" , using material extracted from the book. Submitted it to Article Marketer.
Link Promotion: Submitted the site to General Free list from the Vilesilencer site.
The site is already in Google. According to Google Webmaster Tools, it currently ranks at 9 for the search term how to grow beautiful roses. Not bad going in about a week.
Promotion has gone fairly well, now to see how well the site does.
Wednesday 7 January 2009
PayDotCom
I've just started using PayDotCom to promote some affiliate programs. PayDotCom is in many ways very similar to ClickBank, although it does have a number of advantages.
Firstly, ClickBank requires a separate account for every different URL. In other words, you can't sell one product on http://www.firstsite.com and a second one on http://www.secondsite.com. You can sell a selection of products on one site though. Each account requires a setup fee too.
Secondly, until an account has paid out $100 three times on ClickBank, you can't request payments by direct transfer to your bank account. This is a fairly serious (expensive) disadvantage to anyone without a US$ bank account. I would need to either set up a bank account that deals with US$ with my bank, which I would need to have regular monthly cheques in order to justify the expense, or pay a substantial cost each time I banked a cheque, say $20-30. Once these costs start accumulating for every new account set up, it would get fairly expensive. PayDotCom pays directly to your PayPal account, which can often be transferred to a bank account for no extra cost.
Now, I'm sure PayDotCom has disadvantages too, I just don't know what they are yet. I've also added the PayDotCom widget to the blog which promotes popular products from both PayDotCom and ClickBank (see below for example).
Firstly, ClickBank requires a separate account for every different URL. In other words, you can't sell one product on http://www.firstsite.com and a second one on http://www.secondsite.com. You can sell a selection of products on one site though. Each account requires a setup fee too.
Secondly, until an account has paid out $100 three times on ClickBank, you can't request payments by direct transfer to your bank account. This is a fairly serious (expensive) disadvantage to anyone without a US$ bank account. I would need to either set up a bank account that deals with US$ with my bank, which I would need to have regular monthly cheques in order to justify the expense, or pay a substantial cost each time I banked a cheque, say $20-30. Once these costs start accumulating for every new account set up, it would get fairly expensive. PayDotCom pays directly to your PayPal account, which can often be transferred to a bank account for no extra cost.
Now, I'm sure PayDotCom has disadvantages too, I just don't know what they are yet. I've also added the PayDotCom widget to the blog which promotes popular products from both PayDotCom and ClickBank (see below for example).
Tuesday 6 January 2009
Browsershots
I discovered this site, Browsershots, which tests a websites compatibility with different browsers and operating systems - including Macs. Simply enter your websites URL, select the browsers you want to test it against and any other options, and you'll get thumbnails of how your website will look in the different browsers. Each thumbnail can be clicked on to produce a larger image. Useful for mass testing your site for compatibility.
Monday 5 January 2009
Flash Games Update
This is an update on the Flash games I've been monetizing.
Quiz Me:
First, earnings from Kongregate. Total lifetime earnings here are $0.61.
Next, MochiAds earnings. Total earned here is $0.02. This game hasn't been widely distributed, as there seem to be problem in getting the questions to load on some site. It's only available on Kongregate, my Flash Games Site and Games Portal. There are no MochiAds earnings from Kongregate, as their ads cancel the Mochi ones out
MochiAds publisher earnings. I do, in theory, earn money from MochiAds games published on my own sites. However, there have not as yet been enough impressions to generate any revenue.
Total earned from the game to date $0.63
UFO Assault:
Kongregate earnings from this game are $0.62.
Next is MochiAds earnings. This game has had a much wider distribution than Quiz Me, being listed on 78 hosts according to MochiBot. Total earnings are $0.26.
Publisher earnings from my three sites. Again, not enough impressions to generate any revenue yet.
Total earnings from UFO Assault currently stand at $0.88.
Mars Slider:
Kongregate earnings from this game are the highest of the three games. Total earned to date is $1.80.
MochiAds earnings aren't as good as UFO Assault, again due to lack of distribution. Total hosts listed at MochiBot is 20. I hadn't distributed this as much as I was trying to fix a problem with the game. This has now been fixed I think, so I will use the GoofyGamer submission service to increase it's distribution. Total earnings to date from Mochi are $0.05.
Once again, Mochi publisher impressions are too low to generate any revenue.
Total earned from Mars Slider to date is $1.85.
All Games:
Total earned from all three games so far is $3.40. This is not by any means a great success from a revenue generating point of view to date, especially considering how many hours it takes me to make a game. However, I was spending this time making the games anyway as a viral traffic tool. Any revenue is a bonus. Although it would be nice to make a decent hourly wage from them also.
Quiz Me:
First, earnings from Kongregate. Total lifetime earnings here are $0.61.
Next, MochiAds earnings. Total earned here is $0.02. This game hasn't been widely distributed, as there seem to be problem in getting the questions to load on some site. It's only available on Kongregate, my Flash Games Site and Games Portal. There are no MochiAds earnings from Kongregate, as their ads cancel the Mochi ones out
MochiAds publisher earnings. I do, in theory, earn money from MochiAds games published on my own sites. However, there have not as yet been enough impressions to generate any revenue.
Total earned from the game to date $0.63
UFO Assault:
Kongregate earnings from this game are $0.62.
Next is MochiAds earnings. This game has had a much wider distribution than Quiz Me, being listed on 78 hosts according to MochiBot. Total earnings are $0.26.
Publisher earnings from my three sites. Again, not enough impressions to generate any revenue yet.
Total earnings from UFO Assault currently stand at $0.88.
Mars Slider:
Kongregate earnings from this game are the highest of the three games. Total earned to date is $1.80.
MochiAds earnings aren't as good as UFO Assault, again due to lack of distribution. Total hosts listed at MochiBot is 20. I hadn't distributed this as much as I was trying to fix a problem with the game. This has now been fixed I think, so I will use the GoofyGamer submission service to increase it's distribution. Total earnings to date from Mochi are $0.05.
Once again, Mochi publisher impressions are too low to generate any revenue.
Total earned from Mars Slider to date is $1.85.
All Games:
Total earned from all three games so far is $3.40. This is not by any means a great success from a revenue generating point of view to date, especially considering how many hours it takes me to make a game. However, I was spending this time making the games anyway as a viral traffic tool. Any revenue is a bonus. Although it would be nice to make a decent hourly wage from them also.
Saturday 3 January 2009
Friday 2 January 2009
myLot December Earnings
myLot earnings for December are in. Total earned during this period was $11.09, again mostly from referrals. This is enough for a pyment to be received on or by January 15th.
Thursday 1 January 2009
MochiAds December Earnings
Total earnings from MochiAds for December were $0.08. This was from developer revenues only, as there were insufficient publisher impressions to make any money.
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