WordAds is an ad network by WordPress, that will display ads on your website and pay you for it. It is a good Google Adsense alternative.
You must be aware, to use Wordads, you must use WordPress and be on one of their paid plans. The cheapest is around $3.50 per month which includes a free domain name (yoursitename.com).
OK, so without writing a novel, let’s get straight into what you came here for…the $$$
Earnings
I’ve been displaying WordAds on my website for a few months now, but we will just look at these 2 recent months, December and January. As you can see my total earnings are $375.18 USD. Note all amounts are in American dollars.
I made $49.87 in December, then $99.46 in January.
My website views for those months:
December
January
It’s important to know how my ads are laid out, as earnings and stats will obviously vary depending on how you set it up. I use the WordPress theme “Expound” which automatically enables a banner ad at the top of every page, a side banner, and 2 ads at the bottom of the page. So there is always 4 ads total per page.
WordAds recently updated, and income is now calculated by “ads served”. Visitors must physically see the ad in their screen (scroll down to the ad) for it to be counted.
How it works
You are paid solely on ad impressions (views). It doesn’t matter whether the ads are clicked or not, which is good if you get decent traffic.
If you use WordPress and are on the free plan (yoursite.wordpress.com) you won’t be eligible for WordAds. You need to have a custom domain, which you get free with one of their plans.
Approval was instant, all I had to do was apply and I was accepted.
Payment can be received by a PayPal account. And you must reach a minimum of $100 total to be paid.
Rates (CPM)
Going just off my earnings over these 2 months, I’d say WordAds CPM rate is anywhere from $2.25-2.40 USD per 1,000 views. Which is actually very good, as they say the standard CPM rate is around $1 per 1,000 views.
Nobody will be able to give you a straight answer of your rate though, this is just my earnings and it is influenced by a number of factors.
As you can see, the CPM rate seems to be a bit higher in December than it was in January, and I wouldn’t be able to tell you why that is.
It’s probably also important to understand a bit more about my website to understand my earnings…
About my website
It’s a local news website based in Australia in a small country area, and most of my views are repeat visitors. You can check it out here.
Most of my traffic is driven from when I post links to articles on its Facebook page (15,000+ followers)
Very little traffic comes from search engines, but I’m looking into improving my search engine rankings and SEO knowledge.
Conclusion
Overall, I think WordAds is great. 10/10. For the amount of traffic I get, it’s a decent amount of money, and being Australian, the US dollar converts to more Australian dollars for me.
I think it’s a great alternative to other ad networks like Adsense, which can actually be quite difficult and time consuming to be approved for.
Most networks pay per click (PPC) meaning people must click your ads for you to earn any money. With WordAds, you get paid just for visitors on your website, without needing them to click the ads.
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Thanks for The information! Gives me confidence in the direction I’m taking my own projects!
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If I have 4 ad spaces on a page and someone views the page does wordpress recognize it as 1 ad view or 4 ad views?
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Thanks for this honest article. I am just getting started and I was curious if its worth the time. 😀 I have seen video on youtube that said that after 5 months he earns 6 dollars… 😀
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Thanks Mate. I just started my Website(spacestrek.wordpress.com), about 6 months ago. And your article helped me to understand WordAds, Thank you once again
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Hi and thanx for your article. My website has last month 100K view. Could you guess, How much can i earn?
My website name is ( https://razeakhar.com ). thanx
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I am looking at activating wordads on my blog in the nearest future. The information you shared here was very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
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You’re welcome thanks for stopping by. Do you already have a plan with WordPress?
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Yes, I do have a paid personal plan. But it seems that a premium plan may be what I need more.
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Thanks for sharing this information. Can you please post the latest earning as of now.
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What if your ads is about WordAds do they still for that?
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Just like mine XD
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still pay* for that
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Hello, thank you for this article. I was wondering if you have any traffic tips for a new blogger like me?
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Hi Nate, send an email to latrobevalleynews@gmail.com and I’d be more than happy to help 🙂
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Wow you get a decent traffic!Mine only has a few😭,can you help me?
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Sure I can help. Send an email to latrobevalleynews@gmail.com
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Very useful blog. I started my blog on wordpress (www.pickupsmiles.com) and looking for monetizing it. I bought premium plan on wordpress. Should I be switching to bluehost?
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I previously blogged on Blogger but changed to WordPress at the first of the year. This may seem like a silly question but my “Revenue” shows $0.05 (I’m considering buying a state of the art safe to keep it in) but my “Total Earnings” is still at $0.00. Are Revenue and Total Earnings different?
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Hmm…it doesn’t show up like that on mine. I just have total paid, and total outstanding, because you only get paid in $100 increments, so there may be an amount outstanding
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Thank You for a super helpful post. I am still getting my head around monetizing my blog, but I have finally started to generate money from Word Ads. The goal is to soon be earning something akin to your levels, that’s for sure!
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https://the-history-blogger.com/
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Thank you so much and good luck on your journey! I’ll be sure to check out your blog
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Thank You! I hope you like it.
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Wow and thank you for your article on the Inca Trail. I’m actually doing it next month!
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Oh that’s great! Let me know if you have any other queries!
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Could I bother you for your email address so I can pm you? I have a few questions 🙂
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Of course. I’m on historybloggeramy@gmail.com
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I just started http://www.oinegro.com.br I don have a clue how much they pay in Brazil. Or if they support the country. I’m surprised at the payouts being received by others. I used to htink you can never get less than $1 per CPM
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Interesting stuff. I just started placing WordAds on my website https://mesmotsbysazz.com/
Hope it turns out good.
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What’s the feedback?
Did you use bluehost?
How?
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OMG, are you serious? with 60.000+ visitors, you can earn around $90?. Do you know? with 400.000 visitors/month i just get 40 dollars. My visitors are from Indonesia on average
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Thanks for this amazing info. jacob from nigeria
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Hi Jacob, I’m Nigerian too. Thinking about monetizing my blog, can you shed some light on how you did yours? If you did it.
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Interesting stuff, thanks for the numbers! I was accepted into the WordAds program back in November and have been recording the earnings since. My last update is here: https://ripitapart.com/2018/07/25/wordads-adventures-episode-4/
It looks like the pay-per-impression rate isn’t constant for everyone. In January 2018 it looks like you had about $0.443 per 1000 impressions but my blog was $0.669 per 1000 impressions (granted, I only had 17,887 total ad views in that month so there’s probably a lot of math when calculating revenue based on viewership). Geography probably is a factor as well, since I’m based in Canada.
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I haven’t yet (I’m still using native WordPress) but will definitely look at going with them now. My CPM this month has been the worst I’ve seen so far, getting only $0.13 CPM if I’m lucky.
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Did you start on Bluehost or did you migrate your WordPress site from somewhere else?
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That’s does seem strange even for the rate. Maybe considering switching to another program and make some comparison ourselves.
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Am too scared to use the word ads on my site. I do get about 2 million pageviews monthly
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I don’t think its hurt to try, we can have a better look at how the ads network are performing, but keep your expectation in check.
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What are you waiting for!? You could potentially earn a lot!
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Appreciated the review! I myself using Wordads at my site too (ethugamer.com) but is encountering a big question mark with January earning 🙂 There are a lot to this matter to be honest, but well your info does help.
My last 3 months earning
Periods Earning Ad Served (Impression) Views
01-2018 $15.16 68,744 23k
12-2017 $13.25 43,353 16k
11-2017 $7.79 42,308 15k
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That’s not too bad! Your rate does seem to be a bit lower than mine, but I can see your website is growing
and views are increasing, so too will the income.What country are you from?
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I base in Vietnam. Yeah the locale of the traffic does affect the rate, but I wrote in both my native language and English to attract US & UK traffic (more than half of my traffic was in US) the rate seem to be very positive (double with just 1k impression in Nov to Dec) but have no idea while it’s a little low on January. But well as they mentioned, it’s fluctuate each month. I am new to these CPM Ads, so maybe it just a matter of expectation, will definitely looking for some more way to earn a little extra income.
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