Publishers FAQ

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GENERAL

1. What kind of service does AdOnion offer?

AdOnion empowers a two-way interacting ad marketplace for both our advertisers and publishers. Webmasters who want to sell ad spaces on their websites and advertisers who want to buy ads from these websites or to list their merchant offers on their website. We offer a transparent, open market for advertisers and webmasters to come together.

2. Who should use AdOnion?

There are two groups who should use AdOnion

a). Webmasters and website owners who are looking to profit from advertising on their site, but do not wish to be bothered with the extra work involved in recruiting advertisers. Right now, there are more reasons for you to join the marketplace as you are able to see advertiser's offers meaning you can run offers of your choice on your site.

b). Advertisers, marketers, agencies and small business owners who are looking to promote their product or service on the internet. Not only would you know specifically which website you are advertising on, publishers can also contact you if they are interested in running your offers saving you time in looking for traffic.

3. What are ratings?

Ratings are encouraged after each transaction (campaign) is approved to rate the responsiveness and provide a general feedback of the overall communication and the confirmation of the information provided by the business partner. The rating is used to provide a potential clients more information and confidence in setting up campaign with the business partner as their creditability will build up through ratings. It is important to note that the rating does not reflect the performance of the campaign.

4. What are some terms that I should know before I start?

- CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) your ad will be listed within the ad spot that you choose and for every one thousand views you will be charged
- CPV (Cost Per Visit), your ad will be listed within the ad spot that you choose and for every visit you get you will be charged
- CPI (Cost Per Interstitials), your ad will be listed in front of the publisher’s website for a view seconds, and you will be charged for every visitors that it shows
- CPC (Cost Per Click) only when user click on your ad you will be charged
- CTR (click-through rate), is the number of clicks your ad receives divided by the number of times your ad is shown
- eCPC (Effective Cost Per Click) - the average cost per click delivered
- eCPM (Effective Cost Per Thousand Impressions) - the average cost per thousand impressions delivered.

PUBLISHERS

1. How much does it cost to join?

It is absolutely free.

2. What are the benefits of joining the publisher's program?

• Transparency-you are able to know who is advertising
• Monetize-Set the rates you desire for your ad zone and you can pick offers to run on your website to monetize your site to it's fullest potential
• Target-narrow your search by keywords
• Flexible Choose from a variety of ad formats such as popunder, interstitials, graphical banners and text banners.
• Control -Approve or reject ads, recruit your own ads for your ad zones
• Control-Accept/Reject websites
• No Cost-It's free

3. How do I get started?

You can sign up for an account at here

4. I'm an International, can I join?

Yes, you can still join the marketplace but all funds will be based on US dollars.

5. How many accounts will I need?

You would only need 1 account, as you'll have access to both advertiser's and publisher's area.

6. Can I work with another network?

Yes, feel free to work with another network as there are no exclusive agreements when working with AdOnion.

7. What kind of ads can I sell?

You can sell popunders, interstitials, graphical banners, text banners and text banners. New innovative ad formats will be released from time to time. Examples of ad formats, refer to http://www.adonion.com//home/adformat

8. How come my site is not appearing in the Marketplace?

The reason that your site is not in the marketplace because the ad codes did not get implemented on your website, or your website still needs to be approved.

9. How do I add an ad code to my site?

Once you create your ad zone you will be given a piece of code, simply copy and paste it to the top of your website's source code that you've allocated the ad space or provide the code to your website administrator if your website is not managed by you.

10. Do you accept adult content or services?

No, we do not accept adult content or services websites.

11. How do I know when there is an ad to approve?

We will notify you by email when there is ad waiting for your approval.

12. How long do I have to approve the publisher campaign?

Upon creation of your ad zone you can specify a time frame you will approve the ad, if the time frame is pass and the advertiser is not interested in the ad zone anymore they can delete the campaign, therefore it is in the best interest for you to approve the campaign as soon as possible.

13. What if I don't want a specific ad?

You will be able to approve/disapprove any ads that you want/reject on your site, you will be able to see the number of ad campaigns that wants to advertise on your site. In addition you can approve them yourself.

14. What if I approved an ad but now I don't want to accept it anymore?

In the instance you have approve the ad but don't want to accept it any longer, please contact your account manager so we can help you settle this with the advertiser.

15. What does the number of Ad Zone mean?

The number of ad zone indicates how many banner spaces you're allocated to the ad marketplace. All the ones that are approved are classify under active and all the spots that is waiting for approval or deleted are classify under inactive.

16. What does the number of Ad Campaigns mean?

The number of ad campaign means the number of advertisers that are currently running on your website. The number of pending campaigns means that you've selected to review the campaigns before they are active on your site and you would need to approve it. The approved campaigns are the ones that you've approved and is running on your website.

17. How much will I get paid?

You can set your own rates for the ad location that you are looking to list, and you will get paid up to 65% of the advertising revenues generated by your site.

18. How do I get paid?

You will be paid on a net 15 terms, via Paypal or Check.

19. Is there a minimum amount I have to earn before receiving checks?

Yes, the minimum amount you would need to earn before getting paid is $50.

20. Can I see the stats to my ad campaign?

Yes, you will have access to the reports of your ad campaign in your account area.