Have You Signed Up With TNX Yet?
Last month I joined TNX in the hope that it would supplement the record Blog Earnings I had in September. If you missed my review last month, then read this post that explains in detail how TNX works and how it can help you further monetise your website.
I had high hopes for TNX not only because of the simple way in which it allows publishers and webmasters to buy and sell links, but also because of the generous referral scheme.
So far the results have been mixed. The main disappointment is because it appears that only a quarter of the people I’ve referred have actually added the TNX code. If you haven’t added the code yet, then please do so as soon as possible as you won’t start earning until you do!
If you haven’t joined TNX yet, you should really give it a go, particularly if you are not doing very well selling links via other schemes. Unlike other networks where advertisers tend to spend their money with the high profile sites, TNX shares the wealth and advertisers are actively encouraged to buy links on a variety of sites, even those with low Page Ranks.
To join TNX or just to read more click here.
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Comment by horisly on 20 October 2007:
thanks your sharing
but no interest to it.
Comment by Kline on 19 October 2007:
Oh yea, if the TNX guy comes back, heres some suggestions:
Keyword targetting (at least check if page contains a word from advertisers list)
Information on my earnings.. i cant even check how much I am earning per day.. or really any information on my stats… nonexistant as a publisher
An automated paypal system to get payments.. whats up with ‘email you requesting a payment’ Thats just shady.
Offer a better way for buyers/sellers to sell points to each other. Since there is such a large disparity of value between buying/selling points.. you could have a point auction system like secondlife has…
or.. i could start my own tnx brokering site.. hrm.. not a bad idea.. anyone in?
Comment by Kline on 19 October 2007:
That being said, from a publishers standpoint it is a pretty ok deal. The links placed on my site are completely irrelevent, even within their own categories. People place links to automotive stuff on a site in the music/software category even though there is clearly an automotive category. Can’t blame tnx for that, but whatever.
I would caution that linking out to bad neighborhoods hurts you. Matt cutts has said that getting links in from bad neighborhoods does not hurt you (else you could clearly launch a defaming campaign linking to your competitors from spam sites).
This is good for the advertiser, but bad for the publisher. Everton, you could end up with links to spammy-mcviagra.com which can hurt you.
It’s an interesting idea, I will give it that, and it is working quite well for the moment, but it could be a lot better.
Comment by Kline on 19 October 2007:
“7.5 points which is 5 cents”
Actually, at the current conversion rate.. 7.5 points is 0.5 cents
I have a slight problem with TNX. They claim all over the place to only take 12.5% of a cut from both buyer and seller.
However, look at the numbers. Selling points is 1000 points for $0.64 Buying points is $1.2 for 1000 points. Thats a 50% take by TNX, not the 25% they advertise.
So, if it were 12.5%, and you bought 1000 points, you would be paying for 1125 points. And if you sold 1000 points, you would be getting paid for 875 points.. so you can see that the numbers just really don’t add up.. Unless my math is just completely wrong.
How does taking 12.5% from buyer and seller = 50% less value for sellers over buyers?
Comment by Everton on 17 October 2007:
Just selling
Comment by Sofna on 17 October 2007:
Have you bought any links or are you just selling some on there?
Comment by Shashank on 17 October 2007:
I ve singed up with TNX also got free points courtesy of DP but never used..i am thinking of trying later this month…their business model is pretty interesting.
Comment by Dave Starr on 17 October 2007:
Ah … once again the “You didn’t read our site” answer. FYI, Vlad and others considering dealing with TNX, It’s not my practice to fire off “help me” emails without at least trying diligently to work my way through the issues. I found TNX’s “Live Help” pop-up window, but the application doesn’t work. Since they do not supply a simple email address (or even a street address or other common forms of contact data). The route they ask you to take is to post your issues on a forum, which (big surprise) eh?, requires yet another registraion and another email “squeeze”. It may be some people’s idea os publisher support, but it’s not mine.
I violated one of my own cardinal rules with this little foray into TNX’s service. I learned along time ago not to do business with any company that does not provide specific contact information and who hides their domain registration behind privacy services. There may be some legitimate companies operating this way, but all my experiences with ones that hide have been poor. My bad.
Everton, and others interested in Page Rank. I’m no blind Google supporter, and I don’t belive all of what I read by the “legends in their own mind” who try to tell us they know all that goes on behind Google’s closed doors, but several big names recently have suffered PR reductions and at least one has had open communication from Matt Cutts (on Matt’s blog) that clearly indicated “off topic” links are a substantial negative factor. When I place the code on a site about getting a US K-1 visa (as one example) and select, from their meager lsit the “travel” category and TMX places a link for “hair replacement” services, I think it looks a bit high risk, to me … but that’s only my opinion. TNX now says they will soon offer a service to let webmasters control what goes on their pages … a bit late in the game … but ionce you put a “spam” link up and Google crawls, the damage is done.