Will Widget Bucks Replace Adsense?
Well I’m always for trying new things, but I am always skeptical about new things. So when I first heard about Widget Bucks I was very weary. I waited a few weeks to see how other people who have tried it. The reports are varied, but someone noted they made about $500 in a day, while other people who have 10k hits/day only made 22 cents. It depends on the type of site that you have (ie auction, book, gadget etc). There seem to be quit alot of people happy with the payout amount compared to Adsense.
My blog most likely won’t get too many clicks since there is nothing in the Widget Buck list that has anything to do with making money online or with World of Warcraft, but I’ll try it anyways. Also since this is a new advertising method there is so far no proof of payments yet. I’ll be trolling the threads about more news regarding Widget BucksHowever the good news is if you sign up now you get $25 added to your account which is halfway till the first payout. If your interested feel free to click my referral link:
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Sparter’s Commission Rate Doubles to 20% – Ouch
Here’s the notification from Sparter:
Since launching earlier this year, Sparter has succeeded in transforming the landscape of trade in virtual goods. As a Sparter seller, you have been a key contributor to this success.
We have continually been making changes to meet the needs of our buyers and sellers. Just in the past month we have offered new market pricing charts, seller profile pages displaying your offers (with unique URLs), and alerts that allow buyers to ’subscribe’ to their favorite sellers.
Today, we want to inform you of other changes we are making to Sparter – changes intended to allow us to stay competitive in attracting more buyers for your offers, and to keep Sparter the safest place to trade.
Effective November 1, 2007, Sparter’s commission on completed trades will be 20%. In addition, disbursements will now be processed semi-monthly – sellers will be disbursed on the 15th and last day of each month, for sales credited in the previous period. For example, the proceeds from a sale credited on November 10 would be disbursed on November 30.
We are confident that these changes are necessary to allow Sparter to remain the easiest and safest place to trade virtual goods. We understand these changes will impact your business on Sparter, thus we are informing you now so that you may incorporate them into your plans for the future.
Thank you for using Sparter.
So I was under the impression that I was going to hoard my gold till the prices come up to sell them. Now I get an e-mail from Sparter stating that the commission rate is going up to a whopping 20% on each sale. So if I sell 1k gold at $50(the current market price), I would get only $40). While it might not seem like much, as I mentioned before I have about 10k gold meaning I would lose out about $100. Also payouts are now bi-monthly instead of nightly.
Now I’m trying to figure exactly what I should do. Sell what I got now or wait till afterwards. This move will probably make gold farming companies happy as player to player trades cut out the middle man. However in light of this news I kind of expect the prices to hit rock bottom as people try to sell their products before the big 20% commission rate kicks in. Or I can just sit, and wait and charge an extra 10% once the new rate kicks in. Decisions, decisions.
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World of Warcraft Character Was Bought for $10,000
No not my character, though I wish it were me. This news is a little old, but its about a character named Zeuzo from a guild called Method on Sylvanas(EU). After getting both pieces to make The Twin Blades of Azzinoth the account was sold to a person by the name of Shaks. Which was banned by blizzard very shortly afterwards. The story made BBC headlines back in September with an interview of some of the guild members. All I can say is wow, I’m happy making a bucks here and there, but thats a lot of money. It just goes to show you that the virtual economy is alive and well. As long as there are people willing to pay for other people’s time to get items, there will always be a market to sell those items. I guess this is one reason I’m sticking to selling gold too since items are alot easier to track, especially ones that only a few people have out of the millions that play World of Warcraft.
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Video Ads From Google and You Tube for Adsense Publishers
A few weeks ago I was reading about Google ads on YouTube. Looks like after a few weeks Google has now made it an option for people who have Google Adsense accounts. I found out about the update from the DP Forums in this thread. Also it looks like the story was in the NY times. Hopefully I can get an example shot below in this post today.
I put in key words for that recent Toyota World of Warcraft Commercial which is stirring up a lot of talk in the gaming world.
Post Edited: Looks like the test ad didn’t show up, and only showing a link to YouTube. I added one to my Money News site here. Looks like it only pulls from some approved videos or YouTube Video publishers. Also the ad unit is quite large in my opinion. There is only 3 different sizes to choose from. I picked the middle size for the Money News site.
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Whypark Day Day 30 – Adsense Revenue Slowing Down?
Well I have good news, and bad news about my Whypark trial site. The good news is that I now have about 800 pages indexed, with a little bit of extra traffic trickling in. More traffic means more chances for people to click on some ads, which also happened to be part of the good news.
However the bad news is that the revenue from each click has gone down significantly compared to September. I got worried about that, and checked around to find out that I wasn’t alone. It seems like this month there are many people who are complaining or noticing a substantial drop in Adsense revenue. I have more clicks into this month from the site, but haven’t even hit $1. Has anyone else noticed a decrease in Adsense revenue for this month as well? My sites are all too new to make any determination.
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