AuctionAds filling up fast
June 10, 2007 Posted by Bryan in : New Products, News, Site News , 1 comment so farIf you run a website and you haven’t yet tried AuctionAds, it’s time to get off your ass. A recent post on the AuctionAds blog noted that they had met and surpassed their initial year end goals for new registrations in their first three months. For those interested in getting referral credits, the number of people who haven’t yet signed up is decreasing quickly everyday.
The AuctionAds service grabs eBay listings and posts them as ads on your site. When people click through and purchase a product, you make a percentage of the sale. Additionally, if people register for the AuctionAds service via your site, then you get a little extra percentage for referring them (at no cost to them).
As you may have noticed, we’ve been running AuctionAds on our site for about a month and a half. Since this site makes most of its money from the ad revenue it generates (will the new store change that?), I was initially concerned about them detracting from our big breadwinner - Adsense. I started them out at the bottom of the page to see what would happen.
One of the great things about AuctionAds is that the ads show product images. People like to get a sense of what they’re clicking before they commit to it. I’m not sure why Google hasn’t yet developed anything with this approach, but even at the bottom of the page, AuctionAds click-through rates were beating Adsense click-through rates considerably.
The first few weeks were slow, but now the service is really starting to take off. The AuctionAds perform so well that I am comfortable leaving them at the bottom of the page AND replacing the Adsense ads with some different, more risky, CPA links. Essentially AuctionAds have freed up an Adsense block (since you can only have three per page) and given us the ability to try out some new income generating options.
If you have a blog or other website and haven’t yet tried AuctionAds, I definitely recommend it. The service is structured such that the more people that register, the more money people make. However, if you’re interested in getting that referral bonus, it’s best to get in as early as possible before everyone else has already signed up. To register (and give us some credit) click here.
Texxors.com Store Launches
June 5, 2007 Posted by Bryan in : Site News , 1 comment so farToday we’re happy to announce the launch of the Texxors.com store. From now on, many of the products you see reviewed on Texxors.com will be available at special prices for Texxors readers in the Texxors.com store.
In honor of our launch we’ve struck a great deal with the maker of one of our recently reviewed products to bring you the MySoldius Solar iPod and phone charger at a great price (and with free shipping!). Tara gave this product two thumbs up so it would be a great, environmentally friendly gift for the dad on your father’s day list.
Keep an eye out in our upcoming reviews for new products available in the store and signup for the RSS feed so that you don’t miss out on limited supply products or special offers.
Now with 250% more RSS
April 9, 2007 Posted by Bryan in : Site News , add a commentTexxors has several RSS feed options to keep you informed, enlightened, and laughing throughout the day. In addition to the standard posts and comments feeds available, we recently added a straight feedburner feed (available here) and several feeds tailored to various types of feed readers. Use the icons at the bottom right of every page to subscribe.
Still not sure about RSS? Here are some sites to help get you going:
How to use Firefox’s Live Bookmarks to read RSS feeds
Reading feeds with Internet Explorer 7
A list of standalone RSS readers with screenshots (Some are free, some are not. Most are Windows based.)
We’re baaaack…
August 30, 2006 Posted by Bryan in : Site News , add a commentTexxors is back with that sleeker look and feel we promised. The article migration has to be done manually so over the next few weeks we’ll be reposting the old articles that everyone loved from the old site. We’ll also add a few new articles we’ve got in the pipes.
Thanks to everyone for sticking around during the change over! We love you mans!
Feel free to send us your comments on the new setup via the info on the contact us page.
