Miles Baker said [30 October 2006 @ 4:19 am]

You should try again, I do really well with Arbitrage. In fact, I am getting ready to do a arbitrage experiment to see how much I can make in one year starting with only $50 on MSN Adcenter. All you need to do is figure out your average EPV (Earnings Per Visitor) then you know exactly how much you can pay per click, then it’s on! Of course, the trick is getting enough cheap traffic. Sometimes your niche is too small to make enough money, and if it’s too big you have too much competition for your ads and you can’t get the clicks cheap enough.

Hang in there and keep going!

Kidino said [30 October 2006 @ 9:45 am]

Hello Miles … thanks for that. Yes, I will probably take another shot at this. Taking a break and rethinking the process.

Stephanie Hetu said [30 October 2006 @ 7:14 pm]

Hi!

One little tip when it comes to Adsense arbitrage :

Start your experiment with 5 pages on your site that are optimised for 1 high paying keyword each.

In you adsense account, add one URL channel for each of the 5 pages.

Build a ppc campaign and divide the traffic you send between the 5 pages.

After a few humdreds of clicks, you’ll be ablt to know exactly which page bring a higher ROI and you can then drop the low paying pages.

My 2 cents!

Gobala Krishnan said [31 October 2006 @ 3:53 am]

These are all great tips, but where I live, the Adsense check takes 2 weeks to arrive by mail, and another 3-4 weeks to clear in the bank. Adwords costs are charged immediately to my credit card.

I’ve tried arbitrage before, but dropped it quickly when I realized I could go broke even if the campaigns were profitable. Not to mention the learning curve where you tend to lose money..

If you’re in the US maybe this would not be a problem, but I’d rather not arbitrage as I see it as a money game. In a blink of an eye I could be gone.

Kidino said [31 October 2006 @ 8:21 pm]

Hello Gobala. Yes, I am aware of that. And we also get this month’s earning next month. You need to have deep pocket to get started with this … or …

Do this a month, pay the credit card and then pause the campaign it until the cheque clears in the bank. And use the profit to continue again … LOL!