Emil
Bad revenue and only nags about interstitial ads
I was contacted by Ad.plus. I was promised a 30% increase in revenue or $200 as a bonus. So I tried them out and they did terrible compared to AdSense. And when I addressed this issue, I only got e-mails telling me to add interstitial ads AND sticky header and sticky footer ads. I have at least five e-mails telling me to enable interstitial and sticky ads. They knew from the beginning that we are not interested in any intrusive ads that makes the site less useful. If I wanted a site cluttered with ads that makes the site horrible to use, I could have enabled that in AdSense and gotten a 30% increase. But in hindsight sticky anchor ads and interstitial ads is the only thing that Ad.plus focuses on! After a few weeks with very bad results, I wrote and said that I was terminating their ads because of bad performance. Then I got a reply saying that there was only one ad placement recorded in their system! That is probably one issue why the result was so terribly bad. But even comparing that single ad unit with the same ad unit from AdSense, there was still a 30% drop. If they had addressed this issue from the beginning instead of nagging about interstitial ads and sticky ads, they might have been doing a lot better. But probably not better than AdSense. And of course, I did not get the promised $200. And now in their reply, they added a new criteria (still nagging about interstitial ads and sticky ads) that wasn't in the sale pitch from the beginning. If I switched all ads to ad.plus I would have lost all my revenue for those weeks since their systems only registered one of the ads.
Response from Newsini (Ad Plus News)Mar 3, 2024
Hello, Thank you for your message. Please note that the $200 bonus is only available to publishers who fully test our solutions, including all high-impact units like Sticky Anchor and Interstitial ads, for at least one week. Placing a minimum number of ads on low-viewability placements doesn't constitute a full test and doesn't qualify for the bonus. We hope you understand.


