Adbrite, the golden child of the founder of F*ckedcompany.com (which now doesn’t work anymore), must have the most inaccurate statistics of any program I have ever seen. You ever notice if you are using network ads, you get 90% less clicks recorded , however, on your “Ad Summery Page” (the page that advertisers look at) it will say a 90% higher number than your daily stats show you getting credit for?
Example: I had an adzone that was showing “clicks per 7 day period: 290″ on the adbrite public listing of my zone. But my stats which were only running network ads were crediting me with 2 or 3 hits/day. As soon as the adzone would sell, the stats would jump up to 30-40 clicks/day.
If you use Adbrite make sure to set alternative campaigns if minimum prices can’t be met. They do pay on time (paid on time for 2+ years, 1 of only 3 to achieve this that i have used) but I wouldn’t recommend using them. Potential advertisers from your site often get sold network ad place when they click the “Your Ad Here” link on the adbrite zones. It’s better to just setup a free shopping cart using paypal and sell your banner spaces flat rate, directly on your site.
Since I am still using them for some small scale ad zones I better stop ranting before they cancel my account.
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