Chitika Review

Chitika is one of the oldest advertising network, it was founded back in 2003 and from then it is continuously paying its publishers. Chitika is a well known online advertising network and also one of the best Google Adsense alternatives if your blog, website receives a good amount of traffic from US and UK. The best thing that i like about Chitika is that they show the most relevant ads that is whenever a visitor comes to your blog, website looking for a specific keyword then their system starts showing the ads based on that keyword and hence increases the chances of an ad being clicked by the visitor. So you can say that it is one of the best contextual advertising network.

Chitika has won many awards in the field of advertising so if you want to take a look on these awards then you can see the details of Chitika Inc. on Wikipedia. This is the overview of Chitika, so lets start the actual review.

Chitika Signup And Approval Process:

Signing up for an account on Chitika is quite easy, you can directly go to their website and fill up the signup form and submit it. Also there is no strict policy like Adsense so getting approval from Chitika is quiet easy, they almost approve all the publishers websites. So if you are looking to apply for Chitika Advertising network then you can apply today and they will approve you soon.

Reporting:

Chitika has a very good user interface for the publishers account. After getting approval from Chitika you can log in to your account and there you can see that their reporting system is quiet impressive as well as their website is very easy to use. They provide three types of reports mainly Advanced reports, where you can see the daily updated report as well as weekly, monthly and reports from specific date to date. While saved reports shows the monthly saved reports and referral reports shows the revenue earned by the referrals. Also their ads section is very impressive where you can customize your ads as per your requirements.

Ads Format:

Chitika offers different ads format such as In text ads, contextual and banner ads, mobile ads etc. Also generating and adding ad code to website is very easy as they offer JavaScript code, so you don't need to worry about it. One more thing as i already said their ads section is quiet impressive so you can easily customize your ads as per your requirements.

Minimum Payout:

This is another thing that i like about Chitika, their minimum payout is just 10$ so you can easily achieve it even if you are a small publisher. Chitika offers two payment options one is through Paypal, for which minimum payout is 10$ and other is through Check, for which minimum payout is 50$.

Compatibility With Google Adsense:

This is another thing that makes Chitika different from other advertising networks, you can use Chitika along with Google Adsense as Google doesn't have any issues with Chitika, so if you are already using Google Adsense then you can give it a try.

Referral Program:

Chitika also offers a referral program like most of the other advertisement networks, but their referral program is not very effective. With Chitika referral program you can earn 10% of the revenue earned by the referral but this is valid only for 10 months that is after 10 months you will not get any commission from your referrals earnings.

Click Through Rate:

Chitika offers different click rates based on the visitors location. They offer 0.02$ to 3$ per click. So if you are getting most of the traffic from US and UK then you can earn a good income from Chitika.

Personal Advice:

Go for Chitika Advertising Network only if your blog, website is getting at least 1000 visitors daily or you are getting at least 200-300 daily visitors from US and UK. Otherwise i would recommend you to use Infolinks, which is good for small publishers.

Pros:

• Easy approval.
• Minimum payment threshold is 10$.
• Different Ads format.
• Good support staff.
• High CPM rates for specific areas mainly for US and UK.
• All countries accepted.

Cons:

• Low CPM rates for other countries.
• Ads sometimes slows down the website.

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Chitika Details At  A Glance:

Network Type:	CPC, CPA, CPM
Type of Ads:	Banner, In Text, Mobile, Contextual
Banners Sizes:	Various banner sizes from very small (160 X 16) to very large (728 X 90, 550 X 250).
Countries Accepted:	ALL
Requirements:	N/A
Payment Methods:	PayPal, Check
Minimum Payment Threshold:	$10 (PayPal), $50 (Check)
Payment Frequency:	Monthly, NET 30
Payment Proof:	Coming Soon
Referral Program:	Yes
Statistics Updated:	Daily
Conflict with other programs and/or exclusivity:	N/A
Website URL:	http://www.chitika.com/
Contact Details:	Headquarters: Chitika, Inc. 1800 West Park Drive, Suite 300 Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 USA (866) 441-7203