The New & Improved AuctionAds

I've found a few programs using non-standard banners or missing some nice ones (Amazon don't have *any* 125x125 in any of the different types of links - and they have a lot). I'm not going to rearrange my site, so they just miss out!

In my honest opinion, there is not enough room to read the description about the product they are trying to sell.

Example:

"Automatic Money" with a picture of a semi-naked girl. Although I bet it gets a lot of clicks, I would think something that said "Automatic money maker with adsense tips" would be more specific, and end in more final bids. Just my 2 cents.

I said goodbye to AuctionAds several weeks ago. The fact that there were outages off and on for weeks was way too frustrating for me.

I may try them out again, but I don't like the fact that they couldn't get their act together that quickly after the takeover.

Let me add one more thing. In case people are not familiar with the E-Bay affiliate scheme it works like this....E-Bay's main affiliate provider is CJ. My STRONG guess is AA has an account with CJ just like anyone else. They're probably a super user which allows them to have websites underneath them. They do this with all of our help so they can hit E-Bays numbers to reach the top grossing numbers $35/new sign-up and 70% of revenue. AA creates a dummy ID for their users so they can track where the clicks are coming from. This is all being done still under ONE CJ ID assoicated with AA. Basically AA sits back while everyone else does their work for them. Isn't it a beautiful thing! It's such an easy concept, that's why their website is so basic. And another thing, if you sign-up directly with CJ you get to see what items were bought through your program. I don't think AA alows this. I'm not hating, just saying that what AA is doing really is not an ellaborate concept. Just using people to make themselves money. Hey, it's done all the time, right.

I've been with AA for about a month now and saw many click with zero dollars. All of a sudden Tuesday night I see dollar amounts next to many of my days. What's up with that??? Then I see that a made $50 on Tuesday and when I check back last night the same night only showed $16. Would that not be conidered stealing or something? EXTREMELY FISHY!!!!

Jason, they don't have a requirement for site traffic on AuctionAds that I'm aware of...

The thing I noticed so far is you can only have white backgrounds for the new improved ads..Doesn't help if you want to blend them with a different color background, but I might be missing a setting for that on AuctionAds...

I dont like the New AA 2.0

I like the old standard AA.

I build an Arcade website using Auction Ads and it looks great
Check it out www.MyOGGames.com
I just want to show every one how I'am using Auction Ads

I haven't used Auction Ads yet, my sites aren't that high on traffic, does that matter? I have a PR4 blog, but the hit count is low. I will use Auction Ads if they will let me

hmm this may be what it takes to rejuvenate auction ads. I hear a lot of people left because of poor service.

I think I have made more money from auction ads than any other ads. I like the web 2.0 look will fit into a lot more sites now.

oh i forgot ..........i have reviewed ur e book n i thought i can get a backlink from u bcoz u r my idol n i think this backlink will help me to b a good blogger. keep blogging.

hey john thank u. i got approved by kontera and thats all credit goes to you coz i applied through u. thanks a lot n hop i can get more things frm u. hey can i use kontera with google adsense?

The new ad units are OK. I am more worried about them fixing what are perceived by many as reporting issues.

I haven't check my auctionads a while. I bet still in $0! HA :wink:

I like the new creatives but I dont really see a use for any of them except the 1 product one.

OK, auctionads. lol John why you messing that that low rent crap. what did they do Pay for a review me? If you haven't figured it out that the digitalpoint paranoid banster pulled a pump and dump on media whiz. By promising publishers 5 bux to sign up and never paying. Then ducking out when there were to many publishers to for it to support. I dropped them from all but 1 of my sites because their reporting in shaky at best. I don't remember who wrote it but they are paying about 50%. It makes no sense when CJ will pay you 55% to start.
As for the money I make from that site it's about 150-200 a month. Where as I made about 300-400 before the reporting "issues" started. It's cool that they fixed the site and I like how monthly total shows now instead of weekly, but why put a condom on if you are going to run off and jack it in the bathroom. Simply put fix the reporting issues pay more than CJ and it would be a good program.

Personally I would like to see affiliate information. I have 47 affiliates and I have no clue as to what is happening with them…

Eww! The new design is so ugly! I put one on my site to see how it would look and it was awful! I'm sticking with the old design. Or none at all if they don't start earning their keep! :twisted:

Thanx for that great tip John. Used to get bored seeing that old AuctionAds.

I joined eBay for the first time through my AA affiliate link(with credit card) and its been over a month yet my stats still read $0.00
Shouldn't I have gotten like $20 or something for the sign up?!

They actually look pretty cool. Although the pixelated images of the items ruin everything. The ads would be good for sites that have matching themes though.

I have an AuctionAd account, but the creatives are not of good quality, they look blurred, they are an odd size definitely not the standard 125x125 or 250x300 etc. I suppose the blurred image will encourage readers to click hoping to get a better look?

Can't commit at this time!

It looks good. I will try AuctionAds one day.

Is AuctionAds really that great? Who hear is making big money off of them? Other than John, of course.

What kind of site is more conducive to their success?

Thanks for the post, John

Wow, i never knew so much was going wrong with them!

I'm not going to use it on my blog. Sorry

who use auction ads?
Adsense, Text link Ads, Kontera, Bidvertiser, etc.. Not too much for Auction Ads? :?:
I don't think that Auction Ads is better the Adsense!
when you will use it you will see that i'm right!
The best and keep writing just for me:)!
:smile:

I think they are just adding fluff to cover up the major issues.

1. Their stats tracking is broken. You will have days with 0 clicks, or days with 1200 clicks and 0 revenue. Its just flakey.

2. They no longer pay out the same percentage they used too. They used to brag that they offered a 100% payout of revenue. Now, I believe they are keeping about 50% of the revenue.

Wouldn't it be nice if they would at least make public the figure they are using? That way at least we'll know. My revenue has dropped by 50% month over month (you are talking about someone who was doing over $5k/month in revenue through them, so not a small figure).

3. The payments that HMTKSteve do not really matter. Once the month of reporting is cut off, whatever revenue that comes in between the cutoff point and the payment point show up on your next check. True, you won't see this figure in the stats engine.. but you can extrapolate it based on how much money your stats generate and how much the payment was actually for. Ie. my checks always exceeded my stats by at least a few $$ per month.

The crux of the problem is that whatever you were making off auction ads previously has been cut in half, with no "REAL" explanation as to why, and more over, they are trying to cover it up by offering fluff and not addressing the real issue.

Looks interesting, I'll have to toy around with it.

I wonder what kind of ads it'll aim at a personal blog with no consistent subject matter?

Great! I have just signed up for it last night and will be putting the code into the blog tonight. They looks much better than the older one.

They look pretty. I wonder how they will convert visitors to cash and clicks. Need some testing and monitoring. Anything related to eBay is welcome to me. So welcome auctionads. Did you know that some eBay affiliates make $100,000 per month? No. It's not with auctionads. Do you know how they do it?
Why eBay is always welcome? Just try to sell anything there, you'll enjoy the traffic and the customers already ready to spend the cash. I know how to make money on eBay, and "vive eBay!"

I want to see them fix the reporting issues and payment problems first. They issue payments to soon (before the monthly totals are in) and then never give you the amount they underpaid in your next check.

Looks nice, ill see how they do on my blog. :smile:

I just put them on my site. They are working great :)