Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
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Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
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Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#2Hey HN, We've been working on EmberAds for a few months now and I think we are ready to get HN using it, The idea is you paste two lines of code, we match to your content and show ads. We've over 10,000 retailers in our system and work mostly in the UK + US (other countries are coming soon).
Instead of being paid per click like adsense, you get paid per action (such as a signup or purchase) we've found this works better with sites that add value.
If you have any questions or want to get in touch, a lot of the team is on HN or you can ping me at dom@emberads.com
NOTE :: If you paste the code and see dresses, groupon ads or something less relevant, it means that we haven't matched your page yet (this usually takes around a minute or two).
If after a few minutes it's still not matched, please let me know using the email address above or @emberads your url and our team will look into it
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#3If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#4If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
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Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#5If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
Yes but our system automatically rotates in and out products to make sure that the ones we are showing on your page will convert.
We rotate out and disable none performing merchants.
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#6If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
Also, you're kind of at the advertiser's mercy on how reliable they are about reporting conversions, right? I can't see how the ad network could audit conversions with certainty, unless they were also processing the payments.
I would be very interested in hearing how it's done if I'm wrong, though.
I suppose it's kind of the same with an affiliate program, but on an ad network with thousands of participants, it seems much more uncertain.
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#7Congrats on launching this. You've picked quite a battle and quite a market to get into but hope it all goes well.
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#8Congrats on launching this. You've picked quite a battle and quite a market to get into but hope it all goes well.
Thanks, it's not going to be easy but I think our matching is brilliant and we have a fantastic team :)
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#9If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
Isn't this similar to Skimlinks i.e. you don't get paid by them until conversion?
Re: Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
#10If you're being paid per action, are you not then relying on the ability of the advertisers to convert your clicks?
Also, you're kind of at the advertiser's mercy on how reliable they are about reporting conversions, right? I can't see how the ad network could audit conversions with certainty, unless they were also processing the payments. I would be very interested in hearing how it's done if I'm wrong, though. I suppose it's kind of the same with an affiliate program, but on an ad network with thousands of participants, it seems…
> I can't see how the ad network could audit conversions with certainty, unless they were also processing the payments.
A ping script, from the ad network, on the transaction completion page is all that's needed. Pretty straight forward.