Publisher FAQ
How does it work?
To get started, simply copy and paste the ad tag on your site, send us your web traffic, and ClickSpread will begin optimizing your website to display the best performing ads and maximize your earnings. I am using a different self-served platform, can I still use ClickSpread? Yes. Publishers can display ClickSpread ads on the same website as other ad platforms without any problem. You can you user our ads the with Adsence, Inforlinks and more. Are there any restrictions? ClickSpread has a strict policy of restricting ads on websites that may contain sexual material, violent content, malware, spyware, adware, or potentially harmful activities. Review are Terms of Service for additional information. Which geographic locations are supported by ClickSpread? ClickSpread supports all geographic locations; the ad will be created in the relevant language according to the impression’s geographic source. Who are ClickSpread’s advertisers? ClickSpread works with a large number of carefully selected advertisers to provide our publishers with a wide variety of relevant ads to choose from, according to their specific site content and geographic location. When are my reports update? ClickSpread stats and reports update every 2-3 hours. Our reports run on EST time. How can I track results? In the placements tab, you can view a placement’s performance within specific time intervals you define. You can also run reports for total revenue under the Reports tab; again you can choose the time intervals of your convenience. How do I get paid? Once saved, payments are automatically processed every month. What is the minimum payout? You can choose from three payment methods, each of which has different minimum payouts:
ClickSpread uses the most common IAB-standard sizes:
How many ads can I place on my website? We recommend placing 3-5 banners on a page. Placing more may damage the performance. How and where should I place my ads to improve results? In general, ads placed on the top half of a webpage get more attention and therefore bring more revenues. Ads between the pages’ content may also generate high conversions. |
Advertiser FAQ
What is the difference between CPC, CPM, CPV &CPI advertising?
For cost per click (CPC) advertising, you pay only when the text ad or graphical banner ads is clicked. For cost per thousand impressions (CPM) advertising, you are paying for every thousandth impression that your banner ad is displayed to the user (impressions are counted whenever your ad is viewed by the user, whether they click on the ad or not). For cost per view (CPV) advertising, you are paying for every time a user views your advertising page. For cost per interstitial (CPI) advertising, you are paying for every time a user views your advertising page through the interstitial ad format (full page ad). How Much Does ClickSpread Cost? You are in full control when determining how much ClickSpread costs for your campaign. You can specify how much of your budget you would like allocated as well as the amount that you are willing to pay: All rates are in US dollars. For standard advertiser account, the minimum deposit is $20. How can I send payment in order to start running my campaign? The advertiser can pay using:
Where will my ads appear? Your ad will appear on the content sites within ClickSpread's network and the search network. Our innovative technology scans our publisher’s content, which ensures that your ad(s) are placed only on the specific page that contains content targeted to your audiences. How can I customize my campaign? The ClickSpread campaign interface makes it easy for you to choose and change certain parameters, allowing you to customize your campaign to suit your needs. If you want to pay for clicks from multiple countries, you can choose to pay a different CPC for those countries. For content marketing campaigns, you can choose to target desktop or mobile, or both platforms, and you can also pay a different CPC for either platform. For mobile clicks, you can even target by device type--iOS and/or Android. Content campaigns, such as those that are solely to drive traffic to a page/video, will be on a daily budget. All other campaigns can be set to either a daily or weekly budget. You will be able to pause your campaign at any time, which will stop your campaign from being displayed--no further spend will happen on that paused campaign. When do my ads start running? Upon account sign-up, you can start creating your campaign(s). For your first campaign, we will contact you within 48 business hours by phone to verify your account and campaign with us. All subsequent campaign(s) will be approved within 24 business hours without phone verification. How Does ClickSpread Prevent Fraud? ClickSpread advanced advertising technology analyzes every click and impression to determine whether they are quality traffic or artificially generated. The system will automatically identify and filter all invalid traffic in real time based on the visit patterns. To ensure the accuracy of the validation system, our traffic control team will examine all the traffic on a daily basis. Any suspicious traffic will be removed and credited back to your account. |