Publishers, Affiliates and Bloggers Turning to New E-Commerce Ad Widgets from ''WidgetBucks'': New Ad Network Serving Contextual Shopping Widgets That Outperform
Traditional Ad Networks and Integrate with Facebook
SEATTLE (PRWEB) October 2, 2007
WidgetBucks serves Web publishers who are looking for better-performing online ads and ways to make money from the exploding widget market. In August 2007, 239 million widgets were used by Internet users in the U.S., where it is estimated that nearly half the online population -- over 87 million people -- use widgets, according to comScore.
Using patent-pending technology called MerchSense(TM), WidgetBucks (http://widgetbucks.com) displays contextual shopping widgets in publishers' advertising space. Additionally, WidgetBucks is the first ad network to support general Web publishers, as well as be offered as an ad unit within popular social networking sites, such as Facebook.
Over 2,000 publishers and partners, including InfoSpace, RockYou, SixApart, Whateverlife, BuddyTV, WidgetBox and ePage, as well as content partners eBay and Shopping.com, have tested WidgetBucks during the recent private beta period.
News Facts about WidgetBucks
-- Automated, scalable ad units complement other networks such as Google AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network
-- Product offers from 30,000 merchants, including top brands such as Amazon, Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, NewEgg, Macy's and Gap
-- Publishers and bloggers earn money every time consumers click WidgetBucks ad content on their sites and are linked to a merchant's offer
-- MerchSense(TM) automatically matches products with editorial content, meaning consumers receive more engaging, meaningful and relevant ads
-- Flash-based widgets, presented in part as top 10 lists, cover 100 different categories, 300+ configurations and buying trends of 100 million online shoppers
-- Constant monitoring auto-optimizes widget rotation based on success rate
-- Publishers and bloggers receive a $ 25 sign-up bonus, and affiliates also earn a 10 percent referral fee based on the commissions earned by the people they refer. The 10 percent commission lasts 12 months from the new publishers' sign-up date.
Quotes
Attributed to Jim Kukral, veteran online marketing consultant and award-winning blogger:
-- The challenge for website publishers has always been to find high-quality monetization solutions they can use to drive revenue for their efforts. Up until now, the options were Google AdSense and a handful of others. WidgetBucks delivers a new kind of monetization widget driven by everyone's favorite online activity ... shopping.
-- Finally, a strategy to help publishers get all of their eggs out of Google's basket ... which is a good thing.
Attributed to Matt Hulett, president and CEO of Mpire:
-- Traditional ad networks are quickly becoming the dinosaurs of the online ad world, and WidgetBucks represents the quickest way to increase revenue for larger publishers and bloggers alike.
-- WidgetBucks gives publishers and bloggers a business model for widgets on their sites and ads that deliver three times more money than traditional online ads.
-- WidgetBucks helps Mpire further push its strategy of distributing our shopping analytics across the Web.
About Mpire
Seattle-based Mpire is an award-winning meta-shopping service that brings together thousands of online stores and marketplaces, such as eBay, Amazon, Shopping.com, Target, WalMart and Gap. Along with its affiliate marketing service, WidgetBucks, Mpire's universal shopping experience combines proprietary pricing analysis for both new and used items, coupons and reviews, as well as distributed shopping features such as the Mpire Plug-in, shopping-trend widgets and Web service APIs. Founded in 2005, Mpire is backed by Ignition Partners and former eBay executive Richard Rock.
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Bloggers and Webmasters Share Hot Shopping Deals and Make Money this Christmas
Philadelphia (PRWEB) December 3, 2007
New ad network serving the latest hot shopping deals allows Bloggers and Webmasters to make money this busy shopping season.
Webmasters and bloggers are always looking for new ways to monetize their websites using ad networks such as Google Adsense. With the Buxr Widget, website publishers can display the hottest shopping deals and earn commissions on every sale. According to Buxr.com co-founder Michael Glozman, "the Buxr Widget is superior to other ad networks since the widget displays the hottest deals featuring the best product pricing in each category with all of the deals personally selected by the Buxr shopping mavens."
Some Facts about Buxr.com
The Buxr Widget is a scalable, fully customizable ad unit featuring products from leading merchants such as Walmart, NewEgg, Buy.com, and Circuit City.
Buxr Widget can compliment contextual ad networks such as Google Adsense
Webmasters and Bloggers earn money each time a sale is made via the
Buxr Widget.
Ad content for the Widget is handpicked by Buxr.com bargain hunting experts.
The Buxr Widget features tag based product targeting allowing publishers to display only the most relevant shopping deals.
Here is what Priya of Shankrila.com had to say about the widget after testing it in its beta phase:
"This has to be one of the most useful ad widgets I have ever had"
About Buxr.com :
Michael Glozman and Yan Bezugliy have spent the past year developing Buxr.com, collaborating solely online. Michael Glozman is owner and operator of a popular deals site named Cheapstingybargains.com, which has been his full time job for almost 4 years. Buxr partner and co-founder is Yan Bezugliy, a Software Engineer who also runs a popular blog named ProBargainHunter.com and a deal aggregation site named Wireddeals.com
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