Sunday, 7 September 2014

Shorte.st Review

Shorte.st which is pronounced as shortest, is another link shortening/ link shrinking website where you get paid for shrinking and sharing your links. Shorte.st is relatively new shorten URL service as compared to adf.ly, linkbucks.com, adfoc.us, bc.vc etc and few other famous link shorten services. Shorte.st pays a decent rate to its users, it doesn't pays very high but it pays good rates.

The main thing that attracted me towards this network is their new innovative advertisement formats besides their link shortening service they offer few other innovative ways of advertising which we will discuss later in this article, also its minimum payment threshold is 5$, which is easily achievable. These are the things that i like about this website.

Some other things that attracted me and which i like too is their website, the looks of the website is good and they have a good support staff. Their about us page is quiet good as compared to other shorten services, in their about us page you can see their hardworking team who are responsible for every activity behind the site. However they do not give much written information on their about us page but still its good to look at it once. Overall its a well maintained site with a good support team.


So lets start the actual review of shorte.st:

Sign Up And Approval:

Sign Up process is very easy on shorte.st, you just require an email address to signup on shorte.st or alternatively they offer you to connect your Facebook account with shorte.st that is you can also log in through your Facebook account which is quiet good thing as other shortening services are not providing this Facebook log in option on their websites. Approval on shorte.st is instant so you do not have to wait for approval.

Do I Need A Website For Shorte.st ?

Like other link shorten websites, it is not necessary to have a website. You can share your link wherever you want. But its better to have a website or blogspot blog to use some other innovative earning tools.

Reporting System:

Since shorte.st is a very well developed website, so it also has a effective reporting system so you can watch your real time stats. They offer two types of stats, one is General that is your earning stats and other is Referral, which shows your referrals earning stats.

Advertisement Types:

Shorte.st only offers Interstitial ads which is a full page ad, whenever a visitor clicks on a shorten link then a full page ad is shown to him/her for five seconds and after that he/she can skip the ad to reach the destination page. However if you want to check how their link shortening ads look then you can check through this link.

http://sh.st/t1f0a

Advertising Tools:

This is the section on which i want to focus, advertising tools on shorte.st are amazing. They offer something different that other shorten URL services are not offering. Besides the common tools like Quick link, Developers API, Mass Shrinker, Full Page Script etc they are also offering some new tools like Social Share Widget, Wordpress Plugin, Earn On Blogspot Comment.

Social Share Widget: This is a new way to earn some income which means whenever a visitor share your article you get paid for that. Basically you have to place their share widget on your blog or website and whenever a visitor tries to share your post then it first show a 5 second ad to him/her before redirecting it to social networking site.

Wordpress Plugin: They offer plugin for WordPress users that they can install on their blogs to monetize their blogs.

Earn On Blogspot Comment: If you don't like people to spam on your blog's comment section so after installing their script you would love people to create spam on your blog's comment section because it converts the comments link into a money making link.

Payout Rates:

Payout rates at Shorte.st is decent, not very high not very low and they update their rates daily. So sometimes you get high rates and sometimes decent but not low for sure.

Minimum Payment Threshold:

Minimum payment threshold at Shorte.st is only 5$, which is easily achievable. They currently use two payment processors mainly Paypal and Payoneer.

Payment Frequency:

Shorte.st pays its user on monthly basis they generally pays on 10th of each month so if you have  5$ or above in your accont after the 10th of November then you will be paid on 10th of December.

Referral Program:

Like its other competitors Shorte.st also has a very good referral program, if you refer a publisher to shorte.st then you will earn 20% of referrals earnings for life time. Also if you refer an advertiser to Shorte.st then you will get 20% of the every advertisement order that he/she makes. So its great to refer your friends to shorte.st.

Can I Share Shorte.st Shorten Links On Facebook/Twitter ?

There is no listing on their website that whether we can use shorte.st links on Facebook/ Twitter but i would not recommend you to share any of the shorten links services links on Facebook/Twitter because they consider them as spam. So please do an effective search on Google before sharing its links on Facebook/Twitter.

Pros:

  • Easy Sign up and instant approval.
  • Decent eCPM rates.
  • All countries accepted.
  • Attractive referral program.
  • New innovative ads.
  • Minimum Payment Threshold is just 5$.

Cons:

  • eCPM rates are not high. 

Personal Advice: 

Shorte.st is a good advertising network you can choose them if you are looking for minimum payment threshold and some innovative ad types. Overall its a good advertising network.
Thinking Of Joining This Network:

https://shorte.st/ref/1c9c5e6a54

Shorte.st Details At A Glance:

Network Type:CPC, CPM
Type of Ads:Interstitial
Banners Sizes:N/A
Countries Accepted:ALL
Requirements:N/A
Payment Methods:PayPal(5$), Payoneer(20$)
Minimum Payment Threshold:$5
Payment Frequency:Monthly
Payment Proof:Click Here
Referral Program:Yes
Statistics Updated:Daily
Conflict with other programs and/or exclusivity:N/A
Website URL:https://www.shorte.st/

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