I’ve Given Up On Chitika For Good


I recently added Chitika to my blog to see if their new units would generate any clicks and usage. I wanted to see if the new shoplinc store and associated alinks, and RPU units would work on my site, where the eMinimalls hadn’t in the past.

I can definitely say without a doubt that the trial has been a complete failure, despite my attempts to help Chitika by writing more product related posts. At best I’ve been making around 4 dollars a day, but on average about $2.

For such a low amount the ads aren’t worth it, particularly as they are one of the bits on my site that are slowing pages down. What really closed the deal for me was that despite a decent number of clicks through to the store, the traffic wasn’t converting into paid clicks.

Have you had any joy with Chitika? So far no-one in the forum has.

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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  1. Thilak says:

    Same with me, I’m planning to dump Chitika and move to something else.

  2. Curious Cat says:

    $4 per day ?? ???

    Can you share traffic (pageviews) numbers for comparison purposes. What was the eCPM??

    Also how much did you make (for the same traffic) from alinks?? Did alinks result in higher $$$ for you for the same traffic….??

  3. Everton says:

    On a normal day I get around 7-8k page views. The alinks/shoplinc accounted for about 50% of my earnings

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