Get more bling bling with AuctionAds

I am always looking for ways to increase the income that is generated from my Web sites. I have used a variety of affiliate programs over the years including Commission Junction and Amazon. Amazon has always worked best for my sites but the income has dropped from the late 90s. When Patrick Gavin from TextLinkAds fame launched AuctionAds earlier this year, I didn't think such a program would work well on my sites. I don't know many techies who really use eBay a lot so I left the program behind. Then I gave it a try and here are my results.

First a brief overview about AuctionAds (AA). The program is very simple. Basically you are using AA to become an eBay affiliate. You signup and then create units in the same style as Google Adsense. You can also link to any page on eBay which makes the system even more powerful. There are many options for creating the ad units and there is no limit on how many you can place on a page. Quoting from the FAQ on revenue generation, "When your site's visitors click on an Auction Ad listing and take an action on eBay you earn cash. Actions are defined as a Winning Bid, a Buy-it-Now or a confirmed user registration." What's great about Auction Ads is that you can also generate revenue on affiliates as well. If someone clicks the "Ads by AuctionAds" link below the ad and registers, I earn 2% of all revenue generated by that user for the first 6 months. Pretty spiffy indeed!

Here is an example ad:

To create this ad, I used the term iPhone and selected a standard 468 sized ad. Total time to create/post was less than 30 seconds.

Results

Here are my results for June, my first full month using Auction Ads. And it is important to note that the ad was placed on ONE page only. I used the iPhone cost page as my test for this program. So the revenue earned in June came from this one ad on this one page plus any affiliates I sent (which is not reported currently).

Total revenue earned: $35.35 with a 1.91% clickthru rate. Pretty impressive. Frankly I was shocked to see such a high amount and inquired if it was correct! I received confirmation and did a big Yahoo! While I know that pushing the program out to more pages might not provide the same benefits overall, I am certainly excited at the potential. $35 might not seem like a lot but when you think about the fact that it was generated on one page with one ad unit, it certainly looks rich to me. I know I did not generate $35 from the other ad programs I used during the month on this page. 

Summary

I am excited about the potential of testing AuctionAds on more pages, especially on my web development site HTMLCenter. I will report back in several months with an update on earnings to confirm how the program is working over a longer time period. If you are looking for a potential new revenue stream for your blog or Web site, AuctionAds might be worth a try.

Note: This review was not paid in any regard, however for proper disclosure, if you click the "Ads by AuctionAds" link in the ad above, I will receive a commission on any transactions made through your use of AuctionAds. That said, feel free to click the direct AuctionAds link if you are not interested in the affiliate deal.