The Prosperent Thread
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This is an area we would like to expand upon. Right now the database is VERY product heavy, but I would expect that to change. We're actually in the process of launching an affiliate network, so advertisers will then have the option of directly placing ads into the Prosperent network. We currently have a team of Devs here working on the Advertiser side while the rest of the team focuses on the the TCPA ad system. It's one of those "not enough hours in the day" situations.
I've had quite a few pm's for the beta invite code. I might as well just post it up here: VE0XOSZZSTFY1Z
Join the Prosperent Affiliate Network - Affiliates - Prosperent is the sign up url.
It's an early beta, so keep that in mind. Lots of work to do yet, but loving the feedback so far (both good and bad)
Join the Prosperent Affiliate Network - Affiliates - Prosperent is the sign up url.
It's an early beta, so keep that in mind. Lots of work to do yet, but loving the feedback so far (both good and bad)
Reporting is very basic. We hope to roll out the detailed reporting here in the next few days. Lots of infrastructure and database schema changes taking place in our development environment, so we're rolling that out as soon as possible.
Anyhow, the tracking of clicks and impressions is realtime, but no way to break it down by ad group or anything. That is all being recorded though so when the new reporting goes live, the data is there.
Earnings for the previous day are posted every morning around 8am mountain time.
The focus for us right now is reporting and ad relevancy.
Anyhow, the tracking of clicks and impressions is realtime, but no way to break it down by ad group or anything. That is all being recorded though so when the new reporting goes live, the data is there.
Earnings for the previous day are posted every morning around 8am mountain time.
The focus for us right now is reporting and ad relevancy.
Reading your forums, I noticed that there's no internal backup plan when your database doesn't match up products. I know you can use your adsense code to display something if no products are found, but I think a wise idea would be to spider the actual page for keywords use them (if the user wants it) to display stuff.
For instance, direct hits will never display an ad if I'm reading it correctly. Prosperent SOLELY relies on the referrer to push products ... I think this might be a bit short-sighted as the url + title is often enough to know what the page is about, that's pretty much all adsense relies on anyways.
For instance, direct hits will never display an ad if I'm reading it correctly. Prosperent SOLELY relies on the referrer to push products ... I think this might be a bit short-sighted as the url + title is often enough to know what the page is about, that's pretty much all adsense relies on anyways.
We actually started by doing both. We would analyze the referrer for data if it was there, otherwise we would fall back the page info itself. I would be open to revisiting that idea now that we have more traffic and data to analyze (along with far more products)
I would definitely like to see this put in place as an Option Brian.
I vouch for Brian - he's a good dude.
So far:
Impressions: 1,565
Clicks: 43
CTR: 2.75%
eCPM (Effective cost-per-thousand impressions): $0.00
Unaudited (Pending) Commissions: $0.00
Impressions: 1,565
Clicks: 43
CTR: 2.75%
eCPM (Effective cost-per-thousand impressions): $0.00
Unaudited (Pending) Commissions: $0.00
Not Surprising. You will get paid on sales, not on clicks. Most people take time to shop and compare once they are in buying mode. But everyday you get clicks, you are setting cookies pointed to your account. When they go back to the merchant a month later to complete the sale, your account goes up. My mean commission per sale is in the $10-$15 range. Sales are currently reported once a day in the moring. Nice CTR, btw, it is about twice what mine is and I am also not based in the US. I look forward to seeing your future posts.
For sure, it hasn't been that long.
I understand cookies are 30 days ? But doesn't this vary per merchant.
I understand cookies are 30 days ? But doesn't this vary per merchant.
I've seen many cases where a single sale or even a small number over the course of a month end up bringing in higher earnings for someone than adsense and similar per click networks. The difficult part is fighting the urge to pull the ads because we are all so used to instant gratification.
The cookies are 30 days or longer for all of our merchants that we currently work with. We also pay out residual sales. We've had hundreds of second sales that originated from an initial click a month or more before.
The cookies are 30 days or longer for all of our merchants that we currently work with. We also pay out residual sales. We've had hundreds of second sales that originated from an initial click a month or more before.
Discussed it with the team because we do still have the code in place to make this happen. We're going to roll it out as a fallback ad option that you guys can turn on or off on a per ad unit basis. This way, those that find it increases revenue can make use of it all or part of the time while the rest can make use of an alternate ad or whatever they decide on. I would rather put the control in the end users hands since none of this is a one size fits all.
Here are my numbers so far:
Impressions 5,237
Clicks 160
CTR 3.06%
eCPM (Effective cost-per-thousand impressions) $0.00
Unaudited (Pending) Commissions $0.00
Been up since the 14th/15th. Location above the fold in content. I put these on 95% of my sites. I've noticed about a 30% drop in my regular adsense earnings since the impressions are being done on US visitors (highest paid per click) so saying it won't affect adsense earnings isn't entirely accurate...it really depends on the placement of your ads. In this case they were placed in my premium spot.
Hopefully the cookie duration will play to our advantage, but to put things in perspective my overall amazon conversion right now is 1.42% with 24hr cookie (across 5 sites).
Still, more testing must be done. It's still really early to tell anything.
Impressions 5,237
Clicks 160
CTR 3.06%
eCPM (Effective cost-per-thousand impressions) $0.00
Unaudited (Pending) Commissions $0.00
Been up since the 14th/15th. Location above the fold in content. I put these on 95% of my sites. I've noticed about a 30% drop in my regular adsense earnings since the impressions are being done on US visitors (highest paid per click) so saying it won't affect adsense earnings isn't entirely accurate...it really depends on the placement of your ads. In this case they were placed in my premium spot.
Hopefully the cookie duration will play to our advantage, but to put things in perspective my overall amazon conversion right now is 1.42% with 24hr cookie (across 5 sites).
Still, more testing must be done. It's still really early to tell anything.
I need feedback. What niche are you in (specific keywords would be best). Matching is an ongoing process we are tweaking, but we need user feedback, especially since this is just a beta launch
One of the issues i'm having is that all three products on the banner are the same product in different sizes. You should focus on a wider variety of items to cover more users.
Also, as I mentioned in a PM you need to add the ability to eliminate a product from a users feed. Also, rotate produts, everytime the banner loads its the same products that the user didn't want the first time.
Also, as I mentioned in a PM you need to add the ability to eliminate a product from a users feed. Also, rotate produts, everytime the banner loads its the same products that the user didn't want the first time.
Another thing, I have a return rate of 70% on my visitors so I have put in a default keyword to use since there is no search query on them. You should allow the user to put in a dozen or more defaults that can go into rotation so I can do some testing. I hate the idea of creating tons of ads and having to rotate them against other banners I am running.