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| Chitika - Is it really that
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| Posted: 23-04-2006 | Views: 45
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| Author: James Cumner |
Chitika
ClickQuick.com Rating: $$$$ out of $$$$
Company Overview:
Chitika is a relatively new company that offers an affiliate
program for their eMiniMalls product. If you haven't seen
it, eMiniMalls uses some slick Javascript code to very
easily embed product related reviews, shopping links and
more into your web site. Chitika currently is paying 60%
of overall revenue your site generates, on a pay-per-click
basis. Webmasters have reported very HIGH CPM returns
with the Chitika product in many case. Read on for the
full details.
Program Details:
Chitika's eMiniMalls has received a lot of interest recently
thanks to positive reports about it's ease of use and
setup, as well as revenue potential.
Basically, eMiniMalls, as the name implies, allows you
to easily embed a small product shopping area on any page
on your website.
Chitika, by default, uses manual targeting of products
to your pages. For each page, you can enter a keyword,
or series of keywords, that match the products you would
like to promote, and Chitika will show the best matches.
Since the ads are manually targeted by default, the program
is in compliance with Google's Terms & Conditions
for AdSense, and makes an excellent compliment to that
program. Chitika does offer an contextual matching option
if you are not running AdSense and prefer it. You will
need to contact them after joining the program to enable
this however.
Chitika's eMiniMall can be easily modified to fit the
look and feel of your site. A wide variety of sizes and
shapes are available, and colors can be modified to match
your site. Generally, the eMiniMall will include a photo
of the product, it's description, links to Best Deals,
and a search capability, all in easy to use rollover tabs.
It should be noted that searches performed in the eMiniMall
do not leave your site. Very slick.
Chitika generates revenue on a pay-per-click basis when
your visitors click on the links in the Best Deals section,
or the product itself. Revenue share is 60% currently.
Payment terms are Net 30, and Paypal is an available payment
option. Reports for Chitika are a bit basic at the moment
- hopefully something they will improve upon in the near
future. However, they are satisfactory for most needs
and updated daily. Fully audited numbers update at the
end of the month during the pay cycle.
Visitor Feedback:
Overall user feedback has been very positive about Chitika's
eMiniMalls product. Many webmasters are finding it to
be an excellent addition to their sites, especially product
specific pages.
If you already have many pages that are geared to specific
products for other affiliate programs, Chitika may allow
you to greatly increase your revenue and results. Click
values have been reported to us as in the $0.20 to $0.50
range generally, but over $1.00 in some cases, with overall
CPMs reported in the $4 to $60 range, depending on how
well the appropriate products are targeted. Several webmasters
have commented that Chitika represents the best new revenue
opportunity since AdSense.
My advice would be that you ought to give this a go, it
could well do you better than any ads you are running
at the moment.
Join the Chitika Program
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