Last updated on September 4th, 2022 at 03:35 am
Contextual advertising is a very effective advertising technology as it involves ads customized according to site content, thus making the ads relevant to the users’ interests. Media.net is one of the largest adtech companies in the world and is second only to Google AdSense in the contextual advertising domain. The Yahoo! Bing network has developed the ad network, and for many Publishers, they bring around 50-60% of what AdSense is bringing for them in terms of revenue. So, publishers can make money from the network if they focus on the right niche. Established in 2012, Media.net is still an emerging player in the adtech industry. It is considered to be the best alternative to Google AdSense. To know more about Media.net, click here.
In this article, we are going to discuss how publishers can sign up with Media.net.
How to Sign up with Media.net?
Go to the website of Media.net by clicking here.
Now provide the name of your website and your email address. Then click on Continue With Signup.
Now type in your name and the captcha code required. Then click Submit for Approval.
The application process only takes a couple minutes. Account approval may take 4 or 5 business days to about a week. Once your account is approved, each additional site you submit must also be approved, but your account representative can help with that, and getting additional sites approved should take a day or less.
Media.net Publisher Approval Criteria and Traffic Requirement
Media.net does not mention a specific minimum number of page views required to get accepted as a publisher. However, there are certain other restrictions that publishers need to abide by.
- Publisher websites need to have excellent quality content that must be primarily in English.
- The sites also need to have a majority of their traffic coming from tier-1 countries like USA, UK, and Canada.
- The network also has some constraints concerning the content on publisher websites. Websites with adult content or content related to violence, racism, drugs, and other illegal activities fail to get approval.
What Type of Sites Perform Best with Media.net?
The media.net contextual program is not appropriate for all types of websites. Thus, many publishers are worried about the RPM $0 issue, which arises when media.net is not been able to generate revenue from your blog. The media.net ads work on a hybrid model, a combination of CPA, CPC, CPL, and CPM. The final metric is displayed as a CPM value. The following site niches having the US and CA traffic perform well on media.net.
- Finance
- Real Estate
- College Loans
- Home Improvement
- Health Concerns
How Much Money Can You Make from Media.net Ads?
While this purely depends on your website traffic, you can still make anywhere around $10 to $15 in page RPM from the media.net contextual program. Many publishers are making that amount of money, and thus it is worth the try. They also have a marketplace comprising truly unique content-driven demand sources and direct display demand from leading DSPs competing in a first-price auction. The Marketplace is your key to unlocking higher revenues, especially in cookie-deficient environments.
Media.net also has an affiliate program for which you can apply here. To know more about the affiliate program and its workings, click here.
AdSense brought about a revolution in contextual advertising. However, Google’s rigid policies sometimes drive publishers away. But there is a void when it comes to alternatives to AdSense. Media.net is expected to fill that void. It is one of the best ad networks in the world and boasts of a publisher list that includes Forbes, Hearst, Meredith, Yahoo, MSN, Reuters, Kiplinger, The Street, Ziff Davis, NY Daily News, and many others. Thus Media.net is definitely worth trying by all publishers.
