Need advice on ads

nextmansuncle · Feb 28, 2024

I have a custom built aggregator manga site that has recently gained a lot of traction. Last 30 day statistics: 1.5M page views, 212K unique visitors, 15 minute visit duration. No ad campaigns or anything like that, it's 50% organic search and 50% direct. Here are the top countries: USA (24%), Philippines (11%), India (8%), Indonesia (4%), Malaysia (4%), Brazil, Thailand, Canada, UK, France. I am new to the ads/adops space, but from my understanding, this isn't that great due to the high presence of tier 3.

I have been monetizing the website for the past 30ish days with a network that reached out to me, and have sticky and banner ads. I want to maintain a good reading experience, so I want to stick to conservative formats, so no popunder or malicious links. My CPM is currently around $0.02. I don't know if that's normal, low or high for this niche. I've read in a few places that manga sites generally have pretty terrible CPM.

I am looking for any kind of advice, especially on if there is a good ad network that is okay with the type of content I am hosting and can help maximize CPM. Crypto payouts are a huge plus. I am also open to suggestions on improving how I am placing units, etc. Thanks!

TLDR: Growing manga website, CPM sucks, need help with new network or any other advice.

Waddup · Feb 28, 2024

I got ya,

Used to own torrent websites and am not sure if it's similar but people search right?

What I did was add some VIP links on top, it's annoying for the user but you have to keep in mind that you are providing them free shit and they are used to ads otherwise they would be willing to pay for their shit.

This link you can attach to a smart link or you can also find VOD offers.

Los Pollos is not a bad network for this.

VOD offers are a bit more hardcore, it might or might not work depending on how badly they want to watch such a "film".

Another option would be building out a few websites in niches such as Finance and throwing ads up on there and using that "VIP" or just two fake links or a double-click link to those sites and cash on higher paid content.

Also, don't know much about Manga but shouldn't there be some paid premium websites that you can link to as an affiliate?

nextmansuncle · Feb 28, 2024

Waddup said:
I got ya,

Used to own torrent websites and am not sure if it's similar but people search right?

What I did was add some VIP links on top, it's annoying for the user but you have to keep in mind that you are providing them free shit and they are used to ads otherwise they would be willing to pay for their shit.

This link you can attach to a smart link or you can also find VOD offers.

Los Pollos is not a bad network for this.

VOD offers are a bit more hardcore, it might or might not work depending on how badly they want to watch such a "film".

Another option would be building out a few websites in niches such as Finance and throwing ads up on there and using that "VIP" or just two fake links or a double-click link to those sites and cash on higher paid content.

Also, don't know much about Manga but shouldn't there be some paid premium websites that you can link to as an affiliate?

Yeah I have a search page. I totally see where you're coming from, but I'd rather not have adult ads honestly. This website is pretty much a passion coding project, and I'm mostly looking to offset hosting costs and maybe make a bit on the side. I like the idea of affiliates from paid premium sites. I'll need to look into that more. Thanks for the ideas!

senselocation · Mar 16, 2024

header bidding

meotim · Feb 23, 2025

$0.02 is great. $0.009 with 30% US users here.
What network are you using?

nickjohn528 · Feb 23, 2025

nextmansuncle said:
I have a custom built aggregator manga site that has recently gained a lot of traction. Last 30 day statistics: 1.5M page views, 212K unique visitors, 15 minute visit duration. No ad campaigns or anything like that, it's 50% organic search and 50% direct. Here are the top countries: USA (24%), Philippines (11%), India (8%), Indonesia (4%), Malaysia (4%), Brazil, Thailand, Canada, UK, France. I am new to the ads/adops space, but from my understanding, this isn't that great due to the high presence of tier 3.

I have been monetizing the website for the past 30ish days with a network that reached out to me, and have sticky and banner ads. I want to maintain a good reading experience, so I want to stick to conservative formats, so no popunder or malicious links. My CPM is currently around $0.02. I don't know if that's normal, low or high for this niche. I've read in a few places that manga sites generally have pretty terrible CPM.

I am looking for any kind of advice, especially on if there is a good ad network that is okay with the type of content I am hosting and can help maximize CPM. Crypto payouts are a huge plus. I am also open to suggestions on improving how I am placing units, etc. Thanks!

TLDR: Growing manga website, CPM sucks, need help with new network or any other advice.

For digital ads mate you need to Focus on clear goals, precise targeting, compelling creatives, A/B testing, and retargeting.

For print ads: Choose the right placement, use strong visuals with minimal text, include a clear CTA, and track performance with unique code's.

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