Chitika


Also known as : Chitika

:: PROGRAM TYPE ::
PAY PER CLICK ( CPC )

:: PAY PER CLICK PROGRAM COMMENTS ::
Chitika turned out to be better than my expectations. Initially, I expected it to be like the other ordinary CPC programs like Bidclix, Clicksor etc which paid fewww cents a click (something like $0.10 max). After implementing them and checking out the first day stats, I was amazed.

Chitika, by default, uses manual targeting of products to your pages. For each page, you can enter a keyword, or series of keywords, that match the products you would like to promote, and Chitika will show the best matches. Since the ads are manually targeted by default, the program is in compliance with Google's Terms & Conditions for AdSense, and makes an excellent compliment to that program. Chitika does offer an contextual matching option if you are not running AdSense and prefer it. You will need to contact them after joining the program to enable this however.

Uptil 2005-11-16, things were going fine until they introduced a new technology for filtering out so called “curiosity clicks” which caused the CTR to drop by 40% and also the revenue by an equivalent percentage.

Announcement from Chitika regarding the adjustment


:: COMPANY BACKGROUND ::
Chitika - The Leader in Impulse Merchandising
Chitika is the industry's leading impulse merchandising company. Chitika was founded in May 2003 and is based in Massachusetts. Chitika (pronounced CHIH-tih-ka) helps web publishers generate revenue using innovative publisher-side solutions.

:: COMPANY'S TECHNOLOGY ::
Chitika's flagship service, eMiniMalls, is the industry's first impulse product merchandising service. Based on a proprietary patent-pending product merchandising platform, the eMiniMalls service brings a robust comparative shopping engine to web publishers - all packaged in a slick interactive user interface.

:: PROS ::
Good Support
You can create channels for tracking diffrent pages seperately.
NET 30 Payment Terms

:: CONS ::
Low CTR ( Cost per click )

:: PAYMENT TERM ::
NET 30

:: PAYMENT METHOD ::
Primary : PayPal
Secondary : Check

:: PUBLISHER CRITERIA ::
Anyone who complies with the standard No no.. list can join :-)

:: AD NETWORK CONTACT DETAILS ::
Chitika, Inc.
Suite 210, Mount Royal Office Park
2 Mount Royal Avenue
Marlborough, MA 01752
USA

T 508.460.0077
F 360.365.9337
E-mail: info@chitika.com

:: RECOMMENDATION ::
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

:: LINK ::
CHITIKA : Pay Per Click Program

Could you give us a comparison of your current earnings rates (after the "curiosity click" business) and your AdSense earnings rates?

Thought I would give a quick review of my experience with Chitika.

I am currently using Chitika on my blog and I am not extremely happy with their service. First of all the contextual mode is not extremely accurate and relevant content is often not found at all. I do like how the payout minimum is low and they pay by PayPal. I also like that I did not have to provide them with my social security number (This is the main reason I did not go with AdSence).