Comments on: BuySellAds – [USER REVIEW]

By: Envy

Envy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:43:11 +0000

Well, if you notice it, you can tell Buysellads and ask for a refund. But seeing that teh customer has gone from slow to inexistant on Buysellads, i guess it would be money lost for you.
Moreover, they had the good idea to update their website,. I’m wondering what went through their mind, the website is not half finished, full of bugs, stats not updating, websites not appearing in the marketplace…
In my opinion, they shouldn’t have removed the ‘Beta’ tag because this version is a ‘Pimped Alpha’ one! (pimped for all the flashy new features and alpha because there are less functionnalities working than in beta version!)
I’m really disapointed by them and i’ll probably leave BSA soon if they don’t improve drastically! (25% for a half-or-less done service is way too much)

By: chris

chris — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:53:00 +0000

The system of the buysellads is really cool for publishers but i am little bit confused. For example, suppose that I bought a slot from BSA for 30days, the publisher removed the java code of the BSA what is gonna happen ? He removed the ad spot 17th day of the 30days’ contract. This is just a wondering I would like to learn about the how the system works.

By: suround

suround — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:22:46 +0000

Hi Darren, thank you its information , I will try to register buysellads.
whether there is evidence of payment to publishers ?

By: Nick Young

Nick Young — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:15 +0000

I have been using Google Adsense, but the amount I earn is pathetic. I get a lot of visitors, but very few clicks. I would love to give this a go, and indeed I registered for an account two months ago, nothing back from them yet though.

By: Tenth Blog

Tenth Blog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:48:45 +0000

I know BSA but I never knew that it was 25%. That’s a big cut.

I think it depends on how big your website/blog is. If your blog is a known one and it receives decent numbers of visitors, this could save you a lot of time and work. However, there are free wordpress plugins and applications available in organizing your adspace.

But if you have a newer blog, 25% can be too much. I agree with les at this point.

By: David Perel

David Perel — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:48:40 +0000

Great post, I think that BuySellAds is going to become a huge force for blog advertisers. They definitely have this gap in the market covered quite well!

I recently video blogged about them too. We spoke about how you can get more traffic to your site by advertising on multiple cheap sites instead of investing one lump sum on one site which has lots of traffic.

There is great value to be found on their site if you just dig a bit deeper.

By: Shaan

Shaan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Well after reading this post and all these comments, i would like to give a try to this service

By: mike

mike — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:22:58 +0000

This seems like a great idea. I think most bloggers rather be paid for ads by the month regardless of clicks rather than how many clicks they get.

By: Monevator

Monevator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:27:48 +0000

Support is the reason to use this sort of service, plus a client focused back-end. Blogs are increasingly up against sophisticated media as the old guard have finally upped sticks entirely and pretty much moved on line.

Yes, there are WP plug-ins, but they’re not going to answer questions or evolve fast to meet client’s needs. (They’re going to evolve to be attractive to bloggers.

That said, 25% is a huge cut, compared to the likes of Federated Media who will (did?) actually find your ads for you. 5-10% would be more like it.

By: SamHRV

SamHRV — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:44:29 +0000

I read problogger almost every day and it has taught me a great deal about his kind of publishing. I’m starting to feel like sometimes I am being force-fed a bunch of hooey, especially about Digging and maybe this too.

By: Caleb Kimbrough

Caleb Kimbrough — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:44:02 +0000

Hey, that’s my site in the bottom right of your top screenshot. Does that mean I can say I’ve been featured on Problogger? ;)

Needless to say, I too use buyssellads (on http://lostandtaken.com ) and am a big fan. I’ve thought about implementing and controlling my own ads, but then I think about all the work involved (coding, keeping track of time and money, etc.) and realize that BSA’s 25% cut is more than justified.

Their customer service is top notch as well and I highly recommend following them on twitter: http://twitter.com/buysellads

By: Internet Marketing Tips

Internet Marketing Tips — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:28 +0000

Hye, Darren, Do you have any idea if a website want to take part in BuySellAds but the website is still new and don’t have many subscribers yet.

By: Headlight cleaner review

Headlight cleaner review — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:54:35 +0000

I use bidvertiser and Adbrite. I applied to YPN numerous times but have yet to ever hear anything from them. Anyone else that has made big money with bidvertiser or adbrite? I haven’t earned a lot yet, but they are slowly building for my blog.

By: Michael Wilkes

Michael Wilkes — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:30:51 +0000

Thanks to James for the nice long explanation from a third-party perspective. I read this with interest but I was disappointed to read in the middle that it’s up to us to pick the pricing.
Are there any accepted standards posted somewhere for pricing based on the volume one can generate for the advertiser? Perhaps there is an auction alternative? I’m going to check out the products posted by others on this article.

By: Why Buy Made In USA.com

Why Buy Made In USA.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:07:50 +0000

I’m been successful in selling one ad spot on my own. I’m working on selling more right now.

I don’t think BuySellAds is worth 25%. However, I would pay 10%.

By: whiteblogger

whiteblogger — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:11:47 +0000

looks good. I heard about this one before. Maybe i should try it soon.

By: DemoGeek

DemoGeek — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:37 +0000

It’s a great service but it looks the wait time is more. Anybody gotten a quick response?

By: Unique Blogger

Unique Blogger — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:11:07 +0000

I tried once and i’m not happy. You need to find advertisers and need to pay 25% of any ad selling. If you ask me i will say it sux

By: mike

mike — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:55:10 +0000

This maybe a dumb question, but how come Google does not do this?

I think bloggers would like this more. You get a set rate for your ads no matter how many clicks you get.

Why can’t Google set this up as an option for bloggers?

By: dev

dev — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:34:42 +0000

seem good, will try at my other blog to see the result