Chitika Online Advertising Network Review – My Experience

So many times, bloggers and webmasters have always wondered if chitika online advertising network was real or scam, in the sense that, they wondered if they truly pay. Well, here I am again to give an exclusive review about chitika.

First of all, for the benefit of those who might not know or fully understand what chitika online advertising network is, I am gonna give a quick introduction.

What is Chitika Online Advertising Network?

Chitika is an online advertising network of advertisers and publishers, where interested advertisers put up an ad and pay for it and ads are displayed on publishers blogs or sites and they make a percentage of the amount the advertiser is paying per click when the ads is clicked.

Chitika online advertiisng network review

You can relate it to Google Adwords and Google Adsense where advertisers set up an ad via Google Adwords, and ads are displayed among the network of publishers’ sites using Google Adsense. Do you now get the point?

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Who Is Eligible To Use Chitika?

It’s simple. Blog owners are termed as bloggers, Forum owners, or generally, website owners. As long as your website or blog is in line with Chitika TOS and Chitika Policy then you are good to go.

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Okay, enough of the intro. Let’s head to the subject matter which talks about Chitika reviews, are they real or scams?

Chitika Online Advertising Network Review, Real Or Scam?

Okay, I know this might not go well with everyone who might have read or had experience using chitika but personally, the Chitika network is real and they pay.

How It All started?

I actually started using them early this year being 2013 on this same trueinternetworld techsng blog and the experience was pretty cool until I stopped using them 2 or 3 months back.

You might be wondering why I stopped using them but here are my reasons.

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  1. Low CPC (Cost Per Click)

The CPC is low. Personally, their cpc (Cost per click) is very low compared to other contextual ad services I’ve used. Sometimes I’d get over 200 clicks and it could give me just around $2+ (2 USD) which is very poor.

Despite this, I continued using them for like 3 to 4 months hoping there would sometimes, be an increase. Besides, at the time, i was using them alongside Adsense. Hence, I wasn’t so tensed with the rate I was getting with them.

2. User Experience

Their ads seemed like it was affecting my readers’ experience. Most times, I’d look out first to make sure my readers do not have issues with how they interact with my website on both mobile and PC.

Looking at the way their ads were displayed on mobile, I personally didn’t like it. Hence, the reason why i had to take the ads off the blog.

Maybe someday, I will still use chitika again in the future if their ad format on mobile is more appealing and their CPC gets better.

Frequently Asked Questions

Over the times I’ve had chitika ads on this blog, i received a few questions from those who were interested in using the contextual ad services. Although i have often replied them, I’d like to relay them here.

Do Chitika Really Pay?

Yes, they pay. I have been paid like 4 times on a monthly payment cycle.

How Do They Pay?

They pay basically using two mediums, Paypal and Check. In other to be paid via PayPal, you need to make at least $10 a month which is very cool. Both AdSense and Media.net both have their threshold at $100 USD.

For check payments, you need to make at least $50, in other words, PayPal payment threshold is $10 while the check is $50 which is very considerate.

Personally, the cheque payment didn’t work for me as I couldn’t get the check payment to date using my real home address. Hence. I had to opt-in for PayPal account payment and that’s what I have been using.

I have already contacted the support team concerning my check payment which they promised to pay into my PayPal account during their next payment cycle.

What more would you like to know about Chitika online advertising network? I am here to help based on the fact that I have been using them for a long time now and Yes, my review about them says Chitika is real.

Samuel is a Tech Enthusiast who loves to explore everything that concerns Tech. Most of his explorations and guides, he shares via this platform. He studied Computer Science and prefers being simply called Sammy! 😉