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WidgetBucks – A new way to make money through your blog

Posted by on 2nd Oct 2007 Making Money 4 comments

Jim Krukal emailed me yesterday afternoon to give me a heads up on a brand new site called WidgetBucks. The site is brought to you by the shopping company Mpire.com and the widgets allow you to display targeted advertisements from their store on your blog.

WidgetBucks

Since the site literally only launched 5 mins ago I am not sure of how much money this site will make you but they claim an impressive $3-$6 CPM (CPM=per 1000 impressions).

Here are the ad sizes they you can currently add to your blog :

  • Skyscraper 160×600
  • Rectangle 300×250
  • Leaderboard 728×90
  • Full banner 468×60
  • Custom 660×330

Here is an an example of the custom banner (I chose the mp3 players category to get this widget) :

WidgetBucks

Bonuses!
Earn $$ with WidgetBucks!
I’m not sure if bloggers will get $3 CPM using WidgetBucks but I definately think it will help a lot of bloggers make some extra cash.

They are currently offering two fantastic bonuses to those who sign up to the site.

  • Everyone who signs up gets $25 into their account straight away. This means you only need to make $25 to get $50 sent to your paypal account.
  • You get $5 for every new member you refer to WidgetBucks (An example of one of the referral ads is shown on the right)

Overview

Overall Im pretty impressed with what I have seen so far. The control panel is straight forward, you can get paid via check or paypal and the bonuses are very generous.

Time will tell how well the widgets will convert for bloggers but with a $25 sign up bonus, you’d be crazy not to sign up and give it a try. Thanks to Jim Krukal for the heads up on this.

Link : WidgetBucks

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Kevin Muldoon is a webmaster and blogger who lives in Central Scotland. His current project is WordPress Mods; a blog which focuses on WordPress Themes, Plugins, Tutorials, News and Modifications and useful resources such as 101 Places To Find Images For Your Blog Posts.

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4 comments - Leave a reply
  • Posted by Pablo on 1st Oct 2007

    As in WidgetBucks FAQ:

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    Yes. When you refer a new WidgetBucks user, you will receive a 10 percent referral fee based on the commissions earned by the people you refer. You?ll receive this 10 percent for the full 12 months after the new member joins. Your referral fees will be credited to your account and paid monthly, along with your commission payout. So, if you refer someone, and they make $100 in commissions, we pay you $10; if they make $1,000, we pay you $100. This continues for a whole year on all the commissions they earn.

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    Sometimes i hate having a spanish page, my comunnity don't like english services.
  • Posted by Kevin on 2nd Oct 2007

    Yes this was an announcement that they emailed me about an hour or so after this post was published.

    pretty good deal in my opinion :)

  • Posted by jblanton on 2nd Oct 2007

    Thanks Kevin. Signing up under you. Lets make some widgetBucks. :-)

  • Posted by GettyCash on 14th Oct 2007

    Many sites I visited they have widgetbucks ads display. :grin: