I've been doing pop mediabuys for adult dating smartlink networks for a while this year, now earnings per click and ROI went sour so I'm considering some alternatives for arbitrage.
Here's the idea I have:
1) Build an adult "aggregator" site (like ixxx.com - but not as "whitehat") based on "porn tube webmaster programs" content feeds (there's a list of more than 30 programs on Porndude's site for webmasters) and some aggregator script - BuranCMS, SmartCJ, Adent etc - that would rotate thumbnails and optimize based on CTR.
This way I'm getting the initial monetization method - from webmaster programs (they usually pay around $2 for 1000 thumbnail clicks on Tier1 geos), plus I can be pretty much aggressive with ad formats I place on site (as I'll be buying traffic there, not waiting for google to send it) - so I'm definitely placing popunders plus some floating shit ("sticker"/"instant message"/"in-page push" etc) plus few banners.
2) Buy adult popunders at minimum bids - to index or category (if relevant source targetings available), tracking source ids; maybe do some traffic trades
3) Optimize by source ids for:
- bounce rate
- page depth
- thumbnail clicks (script should allow that)
- additional ad formats (pops, floaters, banners) revenue (if ad networks allow use of variables to get a report split by source id)
The math here:
I buy pops approximately at 130% price that I'd get for pops selling - around 25% average network margin plus some discrepancies.
So what I need here is getting more than 1,3 visitor ad interactions to cover expenses and the more the better to get some extra cash, sounds not that hard.
